Roy Luke Dias was born on 18 October 1952 and is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played Test matches and One Day Internationals for the national side.
24 Facts About Roy Dias
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Roy Dias played representative cricket for Sri Lanka from 1979 to 1987.
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Sri Lanka was promoted to Test status three years later, and Roy Dias was picked for the first Test.
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Roy Dias had a difficult start, being dismissed for a duck 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.
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Roy Dias 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.
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Batting first, Sidath Wettimuny and Roy Dias added 217 for the second wicket, then a Sri Lankan record partnership for any wicket.
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Roy Dias continued to make big scores, enjoying a personally good tour of India in September 1982, where he made his only two ODI centuries, with scores of 39,102 and 121 in the three-match series.
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Sri Lanka played a Test match, and Roy Dias made two fifties as he and Duleep Mendis cooperated to draw the match.
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At the 1983 Cricket World Cup, Sri Lanka only won one match, and Roy Dias contributed with his only fifty of the series.
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Sri Lanka continually improved, at least in Test cricket, but Roy Dias' career went the other way.
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Roy Dias made few big scores in Tests, but he made quite a few fifties in losing causes in ODIs.
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However, in the second Test, Roy Dias came in with the score 109 for 2 and made a stroke-filled 95 to lift Sri Lanka to 385.
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Roy Dias then recorded his third and last Test century in the third Test, as Roy Dias survived for five hours with Duleep Mendis to save a draw and a series victory.
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Roy Dias returned for the last match of the 1987 cricket World Cup, the team having played and lost four matches without him, and while his teammates failed to pass 40 he recorded 80 in his last international innings.
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In May 1998, Roy Dias succeeded Bruce Yardley as head coach of Sri Lanka.
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Roy Dias was sacked after the team's poor performance at the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
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Roy Dias was appointed head coach of Nepal in September 2001.
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Roy Dias was appointed to an initial two-year contract, but ultimately remained as coach until 2010.
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Roy Dias's tenure saw Nepal finish runner-up at the 2004 ACC Trophy.
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Roy Dias oversaw the national under-19 team qualify for four editions of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, recording multiple victories over ICC full members and finishing as plate champions in 2006.
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Roy Dias coached the team at the 2011 ACC Twenty20 Cup.
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Roy Dias was appointed coach of the Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team in 2016.
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Roy Dias was removed after the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
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Roy Dias scored five international centuries, three in Test matches and two in ODIs.