Shaminda Eranga

Shaminda Eranga

Personal information
Full name	Ranaweera Mudiyanselage Shaminda Eranga
Born	(1986-06-23) 23 June 1986 Chilaw, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Shamee
Batting	Right-hand batsman
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Relations	spouse - Savithri Weerakkody
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 118)	16 September 2011 v Australia
Last Test	26–29 December 2014 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 147)	16 August 2011 v Australia
Last ODI	29 January 2015 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
	Chilaw Marians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List-A Matches 16 17 63 60 Runs scored 186 34 1123 212 Batting average 16.90 11.33 21.18 13.25 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/4 0/1 Top score 45* 12** 100* 69* Balls bowled 3,371 674 8,128 2,647 Wickets 52 20 153 66 Bowling average 34.88 32.60 31.69 34.54 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/49 3/46 6/21 4/38 Catches/stumpings 5/- 5/- 29/- 21/-
Source: Cricinfo, 29 January 2015

Ranaweera Mudiyanselage Shaminda Eranga (born 23 June 1986) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He studied at St. Mary's College in Chilaw.

Shaminda made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka on 16 August 2011 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota against Australia.

He made his test debut on September 16, 2011 and took a wicket with his first ball, becoming the 15th player to do so in the history of test cricket.

His constant back injuries meant that he couldn't make the national team regularly after his Test debut, and his next international game came much later, in August 2012 against India, in which he made his Twenty20 International debut. By taking Gautam Gambhir's wicket in his very first over in that match, Eranga set a world record for being the only bowler to have taken a wicket in his first over in all formats of the game.

External links

• Shaminda Eranga at ESPNcricinfo
• Shaminda Eranga's profile page on Wisden
• Shaminda Eranga at CricketArchive (subscription required)