Romesh  Kaluwitharana

Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana (born November 24, 1969, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 49 Test and 189 ODIs from 1990 to 2004. He was appointed as the interim cricket coach of Malaysia on the 17th of May 2008.

His early career made him look like a good Sri Lankan prospect, and the undoubted highlight of his career was the entertaining innings of 132 not out (including 26 boundaries) that he made on Test debut against a powerful Australian side in 1992. However, he failed to deliver on his promise in a declining Sri Lankan team (prior to the revival of Sri Lankan cricket at the 1996 World Cup).

Once in the national side, he sometimes threw his wicket away due to poor shot-selection and was suspect to the swinging delivery. However, he relished pace and would often be quick to put away any delivery off line or length. His greatest contribution to ODIs came after he was promoted to the top of the batting order to partner opener Sanath Jayasuriya during the 1995-96 tour of Australia, helping to give birth to an aggressive batting approach in the first fifteen overs of fielding restrictions. This new strategy of attacking from the outset heavily contributed to Sri Lanka to win all their matches and secure the 1996 Cricket World Cup as all other teams were not prepared for such an attack. Kaluwitharana was the wicket keeper and opener with Jayasuriya in that world cup series that was captained by Arjuna Ranatunga.

The two of them revolutionized the one day game and their tactics are now commonly used by limited overs openers.

Kaluwitharana has spent a number of years contributing to charity work in the impoverished Northern part of Sri-Lanka along with his long-time cricket companion Muttiah Muralitharan.

Romesh Kaluwitharana

Sri Lanka

 

 

Full name Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana

Born November 24, 1969, Colombo

Current age 43 years 133 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Colts Cricket Club, Galle Cricket Club, Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Other Coach

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	49	78	4	1933	132*	26.12	3203	60.34	3	9	284	6	93	26
ODIs	189	181	14	3711	102*	22.22	4776	77.70	2	23	411	17	132	75
First-class	145	219	15	8050	192	39.46			16	49			302	58
List A	251	243	21	5876	140*	26.46			5	36			183	87
Twenty20	5	5	0	158	80	31.60	112	141.07	0	1	15	5	4	2

 
Bowling averages
 

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	189	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	145	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
List A	251		12	16	2	2/16	2/16	8.00	8.00	6.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	5	1	12	24	2	2/24	2/24	12.00	12.00	6.0	0	0	0

 
Career statistics
 

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), Aug 17-22, 1992 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Oct 28-Nov 1, 2004 scorecard
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Margao, Dec 8, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v Australia at Dambulla, Feb 22, 2004 scorecard
First-class debut	1988/89
Last First-class	Burgher Recreation Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Dec 10-12, 2004 scorecard
List A debut	1990/91
Last List A	Colts Cricket Club v Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Colts), Sep 19, 2004 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colts Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Colts Cricket Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Oct 8, 2005 scorecard

                                                                                             ROSHAN MAHANAMA

Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama (born 31 May 1966 in Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and currently an ICC match referee.

Although he averaged less than 30 at Test cricket, he did score four centuries, including a top score of 225 for the Sri Lankan cricket team against India at Colombo, where he shared a then world record second wicket partnership of 576 runs with Sanath Jayasuriya. This record was surpassed in July 2006 as the largest partnership in Test match history by fellow Sri Lankans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who put on 624 against South Africa.

Roshan Mahanama was the stylish batsman in Sri Lankan cricket side. He established himself as stylish opening batsman in late 80's & early 90's. In W.C. 1992, Roshan Mahanama performed as opening batsman along with M.A.R. Samarasekera & U.C. Hathurusingha. During the captaincy of Aravinda de silva in early 90's, Roshan Mahanama was a consistent opening batsman. In W.C. 1992, Roshan Mahanama scored: 59 runs off 89 balls v.s. Zimbabwe, 80 runs off 131 balls v.s. New Zealand & 68 runs off 121 balls v.s. South Africa. During 1995/96, whenever Roshan Mahanama gets out, Aravinda de Silva gets out easily.

Roshan is the 36th Sri Lanka Test Cap [Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan at Colombo 1985/86].

'Retired hurt' is common parlance in cricket, but that is the name former Sri Lankan cricketer Roshan Mahanama chose for his biography, reflecting his feelings after he was not considered for selection in the One-dayers and Tests, following the team's disastrous showing in the 1999 World Cup.

The authorities told Roshan that he was dropped to groom young talent. But then players older than he was found a place, and that hurt the veteran. As a matter of principle and self-respect he decided to retire.

These facts are mentioned in the book 'Retired hurt,' penned by noted Australian sports chronicler Ken Piesse, based on 40 hours of taped narration on Roshan's experience on and off the field.

Roshan Mahanama

Sri Lanka

 

 

 

Full name: Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama

Born: May 31, 1966, Colombo 

Current age :46 years 310 days

Major teams: Sri Lanka, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo Cricket Club

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Other: Referee

 

Batting and fielding averages
 

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	6s	Ct	St
Tests	52	89	1	2576	225	29.27			4	11	2	56	0
ODIs	213	198	23	5162	119*	29.49	8521	60.57	4	35		109	0
First-class	137	211	18	6698	225	34.70			12	31		136	0
List A	250	235	29	6374	119*	30.94			6	41		120	0

 
Bowling averages
 

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	52	2	36	30	0	-	-	-	5.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	213	2	2	7	0	-	-	-	21.00	-	0	0	0
First-class	137		36	30	0	-	-	-	5.00	-	0	0	0
List A	250		2	7	0	-	-	-	21.00	-	0	0	0

 
Career statistics
 

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (CCC), Mar 14-18, 1986
Last Test	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Mar 27-30, 1998
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Mar 2, 1986
Last ODI	Kenya v Sri Lanka at Southampton, May 30, 1999
First-class span	1984-1999
List A span	1984-2001

 
ICC match referee statistics
 

Test debut	West Indies v Bangladesh at Gros Islet, May 28-Jun 1, 2004
Last Test	New Zealand v England at Auckland, Mar 22-26, 2013
Test matches	43
ODI debut	West Indies v Bangladesh at Kingstown, May 15, 2004
Last ODI	New Zealand v England at Auckland, Feb 23, 2013
ODI matches	187
T20I debut	Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Dec 11, 2007
Last T20I	New Zealand v England at Wellington, Feb 15, 2013
T20I matches	26