Jeevantha Kulatunga

Jeevantha Kulatunga
Personal information
Full name Hettiarachchi Gamage Jeevantha Mahesh Kulatunga
Born (1973-11-02) 2 November 1973
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993– Colts Cricket Club
1990–95 North Western Province
2007– Wayamba
2011 Drumpellier Cricket Club (Overseas Professional)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20I T20
Matches 186 102 2 38
Runs scored 8,315 2,345 19 820
Batting average 32.35 28.95 9.50 26.45
100s/50s 13/50 1/14 0/0 1/3
Top score 234 132 11 104*
Balls bowled 5,183 725 210
Wickets 81 22 15
Bowling average 28.91 23.45 16.26
5 wickets in innings 1 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 5/67 5/21 4/28
Catches/stumpings 186/– 54/– 2/– 12/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 September 2010

Hettiarachchi Gamage Jeevantha Mahesh Kulatunga (born 2 November 1973) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer. An aggressive right-handed middle order batsman, Kulatunga has been captain of Colts Cricket Club since 2003/04.

Born in Kurunegala, Kulatunga was just 17 when he made his first class debut in 1990, playing for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club. In 2001 he was selected to represent the Sri Lanka Board President's XI in a game against England at Matara, scoring a half century. He has also played for Sri Lanka A, in games against Pakistan A and India.

In October 2008, Kulatunga was selected in the Sri Lanka side for an International Twenty20 tournament in Toronto. He made his debut on 20 October against Zimbabwe, scoring eight runs and taking a catch in a five-wicket victory,[1] also playing against Canada.

He has been a prolific scorer in domestic cricket and in May steered his club Wayamba to a 31-run victory in the inaugural Inter-Provincial Twenty20 final against Ruhuna, earning an opportunity to make his international debut. He has also played for Barisal Blazers in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.

Career Best Performances

as of 15 September 2010

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
T20I 11 Sri Lanka v Canada Ontario 2008 n/a
FC 234 Colts v Ragama Colombo (MSC) 2009 5–67 Colts v Sri Lanka Air Force Colombo (Colts) 2004
LA 132 Wayamba v Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI Colombo (Colts) 2010 5–21 Colts v Badureliya Colombo (Colts) 2006
T20 104* Wayamba v Kandurata Galle 2010 4–28 Colts v Kurunegala YCC Colombo (Nondescripts) 2005

References

  1. "Canada v Sri Lanka in 2008/09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2008.

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