Vinothen John

Sri Lanka · PACE · 1982 to 1987 · on scorecards: VB John

BATTING

Matches: 45
Innings: 19
Runs: 84
Average: 9.33
Strike rate: 55.26
High score: 15
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 34
Average: 48.67
Economy: 4.29
Strike rate: 67.9
Best figures: 3/28
4w / 5w: 0 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 5 / 0
Run-outs effected: 0

CAREER IN BRIEF

Vinothen John played 45 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 1982 to 1987. The first came against India at Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, with 1 wicket, and the last against England at Nehru Stadium in 1987.

The best bowling is 3 for 28 against New Zealand at Carisbrook in 1983. With the ball: 12 wickets at 29.8 at home and 12 wickets at 58.7 away. The most wickets came against New Zealand: 14 wickets at 22.1 in 9 ODIs.

P Saravanamuttu Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 6 ODIs and 9 wickets at 21.8. Sri Lanka won 7 of the ODIs Vinothen John played and lost 35.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 45 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
15	27	England	Headingley	1983	Lost
12*	11	Pakistan	St Helen's	1983	Lost
11	17	New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1985	Lost
8*	7	England	Arbab Niaz Stadium	1987	Lost
8	7	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1985	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
3/28	10	New Zealand	Carisbrook	1983	Lost
3/29	10	New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1985	Lost
3/39	9	New Zealand	P Saravanamuttu Stadium	1984	Won
2/26	6	India	P Saravanamuttu Stadium	1985	Won
2/33	9	Australia	P Saravanamuttu Stadium	1983	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Australia	9	8	4.00	0/0	7	45.43
New Zealand	9	20	10.00	0/0	14	22.14
Pakistan	9	30	30.00	0/0	4	86.50
India	7	2	2.00	0/0	4	57.75
West Indies	7	1	1.00	0/0	4	72.75
England	4	23	11.50	0/0	1	159.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	12	7	7.00	0/0	12	29.75
Away	18	35	7.00	0/0	12	58.67
Neutral	15	42	14.00	0/0	10	59.40

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
P Saravanamuttu Stadium	6	1	1.00	0/0	9	21.78
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	4	6	–	0/0	2	54.50
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	11	11.00	0/0	3	33.33
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	0	–	0/0	2	64.00
Headingley	2	21	21.00	0/0	0	–
Arbab Niaz Stadium	2	11	–	0/0	0	–

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v India, 1982 at Gandhi Sports Complex Ground
Latest in the archive: v England, 1987 at Nehru Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 27 May 1960
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast
Balls faced (career): 152
Ducks: 3
Four-wicket hauls: 0

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