Rohan Nishantha Weerakkody (born 30 April 1968) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. Making his known debut for the Sri Lankan Young Cricketers side (the original name of the Sri Lankan U-19 cricket team), he went on to captain the side on 7 occasions during the 1987/88 Youth World Cup, winning 3 matches but losing 4 and failing to qualify beyond the Group Stage.[1] He went on to play domestic cricket professionally for Nondescripts Cricket Club at both First-class and List A level.

Rohan Weerakkody
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 10 4
Runs scored 161 30
Batting average 13.41 30.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 32 30
Balls bowled 1055 138
Wickets 26 6
Bowling average 21.34 16.83
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/46 4/24
Catches/stumpings 6/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 November 2022

He played primarily a bowler, with a good bowling average in the low 20s-high 10s at senior level.

References edit

  1. ^ "McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup 1987/88 schedule". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2007.

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