 Pari gbolohun yii: Wijesuriya soju fun orile-ede Sri Lanka lati odun 197879 titi di 198586, sugbon ko se ipalara kankan ninu ere-kere kariaye, bi o tile je pe awon akole-kere-kere ati akole-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere-kere. Ìdárayá àkọkọ rẹ fún Sri Lanka ni eré ọjọ kan lòdì sí West Indies, níbi tí ó ti gba ọpá Larry Gomes bí Sri Lanka ti fi ọpá méje ṣẹgun. Wijesuriya tun ni a yan fun irin-ajo ti Ilu Gẹẹsi ni ọdun 1979, nibi ti o ti pari pẹlu awọn iwe-ẹri mẹwa ni apapọ ti 37.70 ni awọn ere kilasi akọkọ marun, pẹlu mẹta fun 13 lodi si Scotland ni ere ọjọ mẹta ti ojo. Ó kò, sibẹsibẹ, han ni awọn : Ìdíje Àgbáyé nílẹ Gẹẹsì ní ọdún 1979. Wijesuriya tun rin irin ajo lọ si Pakistan gẹgẹbi oṣere ọdọ ni akoko diẹ ṣaaju ọdun 1979, ti o gba awọn wicket 25 ni jara kan. 