Sumithra Warnakulasuriya (born 25 March 1962) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer.[1]
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| Born | 25 March 1962 Maharagama, Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Warnakulasuriya attended Royal College, Colombo from 1968 to 1982. In 1982 he was the school's head prefect and captain of the cricket team. In the 1980 Royal–Thomian match he scored 197, a record for the contest.[2]
An opening batsman, Warnakulasuriya played 16 matches of first-class cricket for various Sri Lankan national teams between 1982 and 1986 but was unable to break into the Test team. He toured Pakistan with the Sri Lanka under-23s team in January-February 1984, playing in all three matches against Pakistan under-23s and scoring 182 runs at an average of 36.40.[3] Overall, his highest first-class score was 174 not out off 419 balls for a Sri Lanka Colts XI against the touring Indian side in August 1985.[4]
Warnakulasuriya later coached in Bangladesh before returning to Sri Lanka to coach the national under-19 team.[2][5]
References edit
- ^ "Sri Lanka's best first-class players who failed to win the Cap". The Papare. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b Epasinghe, Premasara (7 March 2005). "Royal-Thomian record holder Sumithra Warnakulasuriya". Daily News. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Under-23s in Pakistan 1983/84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Colts XI v Indians 1985". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Wijesekera, Bernie (29 January 2006). "The 'star' that eclipsed". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 February 2024.