Tony Opatha

Sri Lanka · PACE · 1975 to 1979 · on scorecards: ARM Opatha

BATTING

Matches: 5
Innings: 3
Runs: 29
Average: 9.66
Strike rate: 52.72
High score: 18
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 5
Average: 36
Economy: 4.26
Strike rate: 50.6
Best figures: 3/31
4w / 5w: 0 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 3 / 0
Run-outs effected: 0

CAREER IN BRIEF

Tony Opatha played 5 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 1975 to 1979. The first came against West Indies at Old Trafford, with a score of 11, and the last against India at Old Trafford in 1979.

The best bowling is 3 for 31 against India at Old Trafford in 1979.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 5 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
18	27	New Zealand	Trent Bridge	1979	Lost
11	18	West Indies	Old Trafford	1975	Lost
0	10	Pakistan	Trent Bridge	1975	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
3/31	10.1	India	Old Trafford	1979	Won
2/67	12	Pakistan	Trent Bridge	1975	Lost

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Australia	1	0	–	0/0	0	–
India	1	0	–	0/0	3	10.33
New Zealand	1	18	18.00	0/0	0	–
Pakistan	1	0	0.00	0/0	2	33.50
West Indies	1	11	11.00	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Neutral	5	29	9.67	0/0	5	36.00

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Trent Bridge	2	18	9.00	0/0	2	49.00
Old Trafford	2	11	11.00	0/0	3	16.67
Kennington Oval	1	0	–	0/0	0	–

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v West Indies, 1975 at Old Trafford
Latest in the archive: v India, 1979 at Old Trafford

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 5 August 1947
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Balls faced (career): 55
Ducks: 1
Four-wicket hauls: 0

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