Indika de Saram

Personal information

Full name

Samantha Indika de Saram

Born

2 September 1973 (age 43)
Matara, Sri Lanka

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm offbreak

Role

Wicket-keeper

International information

National side

Sri Lanka

Test debut (cap 79)

18 November 1999 v Zimbabwe

Last Test

12 March 2000 v Pakistan

ODI debut (cap 100)

22 August 1999 v Australia

Last ODI

20 April 2001 v Pakistan

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	4	15	217	183
Runs scored	117	183	12,679	4,553
Batting average	23.40	16.63	39.13	28.63
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	28/68	4/30
Top score	39	38	237	138
Balls bowled	–	–	1,912	652
Wickets	–	–	27	11
Bowling average	–	–	43.33	43.90
5 wickets in innings	–	–	0	0
10 wickets in match	–	–	0	0
Best bowling	–	–	3/27	2/5
Catches/stumpings	1/–	9/–	236/8	71/2

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 June 2015

Samantha Indika de Saram (born September 2, 1973 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who usually occupies the position of wicketkeeper.

A powerful batsman, Saram kept wicket and scored a vast number of runs for his school team, becoming one of the most reliable batsmen in the country, including an innings in which he alone scored 304 runs in just 149 balls. However, playing for his Test side, he was never really given a chance to shine, and he has not played a Test match for nearly six years, opting instead for the realms of Twenty20 cricket.

He has also played for Sultans of Sylhet in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.

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