Jayantha Seneviratne

Jayantha Seneviratne
Personal information
Full name Jayantha Seneviratne
Born (1952-06-06) 6 June 1952
Colombo, Western Province, Ceylon
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1973/741975/76 Sri Lanka Board President's XI
1973/74 Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 16 7
Runs scored 646 68
Batting average 30.76 11.33
100s/50s /6 /
Top score 98* 31*
Balls bowled 328 7
Wickets 4
Bowling average 29.75
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 2/72
Catches/stumpings 12/ 1/
Source: Cricinfo, 27 January 2012

Jayantha Seneviratne (born 6 June 1952)[1] is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sri Lanka cricket team from 1973 to 1979, playing in five unofficial Test matches against India, Pakistan and the West Indies.

Life and playing career

He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo, where he played cricket for the first XI from 1968 to 1970. After leaving school, he played for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in Colombo. He represented the Sri Lanka Board President's XI in 1973, and the Sri Lanka national team in 1974 and 1975.

He made his highest first-class score of 98 not out, the highest score of the match, when Sri Lanka lost by 17 runs to Pakistan in Karachi in 1973-74.[2]

Cricket administration

Jayantha is a former national selector and national coaching committee member of Sri Lanka Cricket, the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. He also coached Bhutan, and has served as a curator.

References

  1. Thawfeeq, Sa'adi. "Jayantha the unlucky one". The Nation. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. "Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Karachi 1973-74". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  • Jayantha Seneviratne at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  • Jayantha Seneviratne at ESPNcricinfo
  • "OBSERVER-MOBITEL School cricket show has unearthed latent talent- Jayantha Seneviratne By Ranjan ANANDAPPA". sundayobserver. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  • "A winning partnership with a home grown coach". sundaytimes. July 24, 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  • "Jayantha Seneviratne". Cricket World. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  • "Teams Jayantha Seneviratne played for". Cricket World. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  • "42nd Battle of the Maroons". Battle of the Maroons. 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  • "Jayantha and Ooshadie to prop Bhutan cricket". Sunday Times. 26 January 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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