Uvais Karnain

Uvais Karnain
Personal information
Full name
Shaul Hameed Uvais Karnain
Born11 August 1962 (1962-08-11) (age 62)
Colombo
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 38)31 March 1984 v New Zealand
Last ODI29 April 1990 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI
Matches 19
Runs scored 229
Batting average 19.08
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 41*
Balls bowled 105.5
Wickets 16
Bowling average 31.56
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/26
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 May 2006

Shaul Hameed Uvais Karnain (born 11 August 1962) is a Sri Lankan former Sri Lankan cricketer who played 19 One Day Internationals (ODI) between 1984 and 1990. Making his ODI debut in 1984 against New Zealand, he took a five-wicket haul, thus becoming the first debutant to do so in ODIs. Karnain started playing cricket at Isipathana College, Colombo.