Amila Aponso

Amila Aponso
Personal information
Full name Malmeege Amila Aponso
Born (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nickname Amiya
Batting style Right hand
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
ODI debut (cap 173) 21 August 2016 v Australia
Last ODI 4 September 2016 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015-Present Ragama Cricket Club
2016-Present Sri Lanka Emerging Team
Career statistics
Competition ODIs 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 ODI cricketer and first-class cricketer who plays for Ragama Cricket Club. He is a past pupil of St. Sebastians College, Moratuwa.[1]

International call

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.[2]

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.[3] He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 21 August 2016.[4] Sri Lanka lost the match by 3 wickets, but commentators praised the bowling performances of Aponso.[5]

References

  1. "Amila Aponso". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. "Pakistan win a thriller, Zol ton not enough for India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. "Sri Lanka pick 18-year-old Avishka Fernando in ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. "Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 21, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. "When Aponso did what Zampa couldn't". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

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