Gayan Wijekoon

Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Gayan Ramyakumara (more commonly known as Gayan Wijekoon; born December 21, 1976 in Gampaha) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played 2 Tests and 3 T20Is for Sri Lanka. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-hand medium-pace bowler.

Gayan Wijekoon
ගයාන් විජේකෝන්
Personal information
Full nameWijekoon Mudiyanselage Gayan Ramyakumara
Born (1976-12-21) 21 December 1976
Gampaha, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 102)July 13 2005 v West Indies
Last TestJuly 25 2005 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 18)14 September 2007 v Kenya
Last T20ISeptember 17 2007 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
1997/98Sinhalese Sports Club
1998/992002/03Tamil Union and Athletic Club
2003/04presentChilaw Marians Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I LA T20I
Matches 2 3 111 3
Runs scored 38 1 2230 1
Batting average 12.66 1.00 25.34 1.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/9 0/0
Top score 14 1* 116 1*
Balls bowled 114 66 4397 66
Wickets 2 2 119 2
Bowling average 33.00 50.50 23.48 50.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/49 1/12 6/33 1/12
Catches/stumpings 0/ 0/ 22/ 0/
Source: Cricinfo, 22 September 2016

Domestic career

Despite having played on several occasions for the Sri Lankan A team, he is yet to make the same impact for his country's full squad, with little but a selection to the New Zealand-touring squad of 2004/05. Before joining the Chilaw Marians, he opened the batting for Tamil Union.


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