00:00Today we turn the pages of history to remember a largely forgotten name in Sri Lankan cricket,
00:06Roger Vijasuriya, a left-hand spinner who made his international debut against Pakistan
00:10at Karachi on March 12, 1982.
00:13In that very first ODI, he returned with figures of 1 for 48 in eight overs, a modest beginning
00:19on a big stage.
00:21Representing Sri Lanka in four test matches and eight ODIs, Vijasuriya International
00:26career was brief and sadly is often recalled for the wrong reasons.
00:30He holds the unenviable record of having one of the worst bowling average in test cricket
00:35history, a statistic that overshadowed his genuine talent with the ball.
00:40Yet beyond the numbers, he remains a reminder of Sri Lankan early struggle in the test arena,
00:46when raw potential often face the harsh realities of international cricket.
00:59The first game came, which Moshe Nishan has decided to play a single player, and now Mansour
01:09will play a single player, and this is a serious player.
01:13It was a very difficult game, and it was a very difficult game.
01:18It was a very difficult game.
01:20It was a clean ball, and Mansour Aftar had a game in the air.
01:25You peptides the entire stress tire itself followed and is a complete failure!
01:32And that mentors sent thevmoral movement, and it was a great case-offer!
01:41And commands engines actually didn't PR only This happened right now.
01:45And his impairment must be defeated until different may be defeated, and I was surprised
01:48that this victim Commander Matterslysya International
01:52and the main line is the same
01:54and the main line is the same
01:56and the main line is the same
02:00The Gageo Suriya is the same
02:03This is a good game
02:07Good length game
02:09We are now at Slyde
02:12The Gageo Suriya
02:22That's the onside field, feet mid-arm, the sniper mid-wicket, Kuala Gumpar.
02:35That should have been thumped, but the ball kept very low, the Jai Sekre, to effect thumping.
02:47That's near where we got the offside field.
03:03Whoever else takes the lead mid-off, trying to take the field in there.
03:17Roger Vijasuriya born on 18 February 1960.
03:33He is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played a right-handed bassman and a left-arm orthodox
03:38spinner.
03:39Representing his country in four test matches and eight one-day international between 1982
03:44and 1985.
03:45Despite showing promise in domestic cricket, including taking 107 wickets in 42 first-class
03:51matches and achieving a best figure of 6 for 51, his international career was less successful,
03:57particularly in tests where he required an unusually high bowling average of 294.
04:02He had a notable first international appearance in an ODA Pakistan in 1982.
04:08And after Sephardic opportunities, his final international games came during the 1985-86 tour
04:14of Pakistan, where he claimed his sole test wicket and his best ODA figure of 2 for 25.
04:20After retiring from international play, Vijasuriya continued in Sri Lankan domestic cricket,
04:25tapering off his career by the mid-1990s.
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