Roy Dias
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Roy Dias...served as a coach for the Sri Lanka national cricket team and more recently for the Nepal national cricket team. The coaching of Dias has been instrumental in the success of the Nepali cricket team in different associate cricket tournaments. In this article: Roy Luke Dias, Sri Lanka, World Cup, India, Duleep Mendis, Nepal national cricket team, Derek Underwood, Ranjan Madugalle, and Arjuna Ranatunga |
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Roy Luke Dias (born 18 October 1952, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played 20 Test matches as a specialist batsman, and became the first Sri Lankan to hit 1,000 Test runs. He played representative cricket for Sri Lanka from 1979 to 1987, and with his 214 runs in the 1979 ICC Trophy he was an integral part of Sri Lanka's tournament victory, as he played four matches with a batting average of 71.33, scoring 214 runs. The victory meant Sri Lanka qualified for the 1979 cricket World Cup, and, surprisingly, Sri Lanka won one match in that tournament as well. Dias made a patient 50 as Sri Lanka made their way to 238 for 5, before bowling India out for a meagre 191.
Sri Lanka was promoted to Test status three years later, and Dias was picked for the first Test. He had a difficult start, being dismissed for nought by Bob Willis as Sri Lanka fell to 11 for 2, but battled better in the second innings against England's spinners Derek Underwood and John Emburey. He made 77, but when he departed and the third wicket fell, Sri Lanka fell apart from 140 for 3 to 175 all out, and England chased 171 to win with relative ease.
Indeed, Sri Lanka's first Test matches were promising, but in the end it often ran away from them at crucial moments. An example of this would be Dias' third Test, which was the second Test of three in Pakistan. Batting first, Sidath Wettimuny and Dias added 217 for the second wicket, then a Sri Lankan record partnership for any wicket. That enabled Sri Lanka to be on top, leading by 184 on first innings, but they could not bowl out Pakistan and had to settle for a draw. Sri Lanka went on to lose the series 0-2, despite Dias recording a career best 109 in the Third Test.
- Nationality:
- Sri Lankan
- Bowling Style:
- Right arm off break (OB)
- Batting Style:
- Right-handed batsman (RHB)
- Test Matches:
- 20
- Runs Scored (Test):
- 1285
- Batting Ave (Test):
- 36.71
- Top Score (Test):
- 109
- Balls Bowled (Test):
- 4
- Wickets (Test):
- 0
- Bowling Ave. (Test):
- 0
- Best Bowling (Test):
- n/a
- Catches/Stumpings (Test):
- 6/0
- ODI Matches:
- 58
- Runs Scored (ODIs):
- 1573
- Batting Ave. (ODIs):
- 31.46
- Top Score (ODIs):
- 121
- Balls Bowled (ODIs):
- 9.2
- Wickets (ODIs):
- 3
- Bowling Ave. (ODIs):
- 23.33
- Best Bowling (ODIs):
- 3/25
- Catches/Stumpings (ODIs):
- 16/0
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