Roy Dias

Roy Dias
Personal information
Full name
Roy Luke Dias
Born (1952-10-18) 18 October 1952 (age 72)
Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 4)17 February 1982 v England
Last Test16 April 1987 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 15)9 June 1979 v New Zealand
Last ODI30 October 1987 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1974/75–1991/92Colombo Cricket Club
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
1998–1999Sri Lanka
2001–2010Nepal
2011Oman
2012–2013Malaysia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 20 58 93 89
Runs scored 1,285 1,573 4,296 2,363
Batting average 36.71 31.46 32.05 31.50
100s/50s 3/8 2/11 5/24 3/14
Top score 109 121 144 121
Balls bowled 24 56 180 56
Wickets 0 3 1 3
Bowling average 23.33 118.00 23.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/25 1/9 3/25
Catches/stumpings 6/0 16/0 39/0 24/0
Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2019

Roy Luke Dias (born 18 October 1952) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played Test matches and One Day Internationals for the national side.

An elegant and stylish[citation needed] right-handed batsman he played 20 Test matches and became the first Sri Lankan to hit 1,000 Test runs.[1] He played representative cricket for Sri Lanka from 1979 to 1987.

  1. ^ "Records | Test matches | Batting records | Fastest to 1000 runs | ESPNcricinfo.com".