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Amila Aponso

Amila Aponso
Personal information
Full name Malmeege Amila Aponso
Born (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 23)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nickname Amiya
Batting style Right hand
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 173) 21 August 2016 v Australia
Last ODI 4 September 2016 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2015-Present Ragama Cricket Club
2016-Present Sri Lanka Emerging Team
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 5 27 21 13
Runs scored 6 382 70 24
Batting average 6.00 13.64 10.00 4.80
100s/50s -/- 0/2 -/- -/-
Top score 2* 68 36 10*
Balls bowled 260 4,805 930 229
Wickets 7 111 29 17
Bowling average 25.85 23.27 19.86 13.58
5 wickets in innings 0 6 n/a 0
10 wickets in match 0 1 n/a 0
Best bowling 4/18 7/130 4/27 3/14
Catches/stumpings -/- 12/– 3/- 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 September 2016

Malmeege Amila Aponso, or Amila Aponso (born 23 June 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan international cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Ragama Cricket Club. He is a past pupil of St. Sebastians College, Moratuwa.

Aponso took 31 first-class wickets at an average of 20.9 in the 2015 season, and was rewarded with a place in the Sri Lanka A squad to New Zealand, later that year. After series of good performances in domestic arena in 2015 and 2016, he had to wait until Sri Lanka's main spinner Rangana Herath retired from limited-overs cricket.

In August 2016 he was added to Sri Lanka's squad for their One Day International (ODI) series against Australia. He took his first international wicket by dismissing Aaron Finch. He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 21 August 2016. Sri Lanka lost the match by 3 wickets, but commentators praised the bowling performances of Aponso.

He was part of the Sri Lankan team that won the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017 by defeating Pakistan in the final. He was the top wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in that tournament with 12 dismissals.


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