Ishara Amerasinghe

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Ishara Amerasinghe
Personal information
Full name	Merenna Koralage Don Ishara Amerasinghe
Born	5 March 1978 (1978-03-05) (age 30)
	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Only Test (cap 108)	3 April 2008: v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 131)	18 May 2007: v Pakistan
Last ODI	10 April 2008:v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997/98	Burgher Recreation Club
1998/99	Colts Cricket Club
2000/01–2002/03	Nondescripts Cricket Club
2003/04	Colts Cricket Club
2004/05	Galle Cricket Club
2005/06–present	Colts Cricket Club
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	1	8	89	68
Runs scored	0	6	292	34
Batting average	–	–	6.48	6.80
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Top score	0*	5*	46	5*
Balls bowled	150	426	10,776	2,736
Wickets	1	9	234	82
Bowling average	105.00	40.33	22.58	24.60
5 wickets in innings	0	0	7	1
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	1/62	3/44	5/12	5/44
Catches/stumpings	0/–	1/–	26/–	9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 October 2008

Merenna Koralage Don Ishara Amerasinghe (born March 5, 1978, in Colombo), is a Sri Lankan cricketer who attended Nalanda College Colombo. A right-arm fast-medium bowler with a side-on action, Amerasinghe was named in the 30 man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup. He is the second fastest bowler in Sri Lanka, behind Lasith Malinga. Despite not making it to the Caribbean he was selected in the Sri Lankan squad for a post World Cup tournament against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi. He made his One Day International debut in the first game of the series but failed to take a wicket. However, he made significant strides in the recent CB series (2008), where he picked up 8 wickets at 35.75 each.

Ishara is the 108th Sri Lanka Test Cap [West Indies Vs Sri Lanka at Port of Spain West Indies 2007/08]