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Romesh Kaluwitharana

Personal information

Full name Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana

Born 24 December 1969 (age 43)

Colombo,Dominion of Ceylon

Nickname Little Kalu

Batting style Right-hand

Bowling style Right-armmedium

Role Batsman,Wicketkeeper

Domestic team information

Years Team

- Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club

- Colts Cricket Club

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI

Matches 49 189

Runs scored 1,933 3,711

Batting average 26.12 22.22

100s/50s 3/9 2/23

Top score 132* 102*

Ballsbowled - -

Wickets - -
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Bowling average - -

5 wickets

ininnings- -

10 wickets in

match- -

Best bowling - -

Catches/stumpings 93/26 132/75

Source: [1], 9 February 2006

Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana (born November 24, 1969) is a formerSri Lankancricketerwho played in

49Testand 189ODIsfrom 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 the1996 World Cup).

Once in the national side, he sometimes threw hiswicketaway due to poor shot-selection and was suspect to

theswingingdelivery. However, he relished pace and would often be quick to put away any delivery off line or

length. His greatest contribution toODIscame after he was promoted to the top of the batting order to partner

openerSanath Jayasuriyaduring the 1995-96 tour of Australia, helping to give birth to an aggressive batting

approach in the first fifteen overs offielding restrictions. This new strategy of attacking from the outset heavily

contributed to Sri Lanka to win all their matches and secure the1996 Cricket World Cupas 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 byArjuna 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 companionMuttiah Muralitharan.

Career Centuries[edit source|editbeta]

Test Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Romesh Kaluwitharana

In the column Runs, * indicates being not out

The column title Match refers to the Match Numberof the player's career

Test Centuries of Romesh Kaluwitharana
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Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year

[1] 132* 1 Australia Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 1992

[2] 103 9New

ZealandDunedin, New Zealand Carisbrook 1997

[3] 100 26 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1999

One Day International Centuries

ODI Centuries of Romesh Kaluwitharana

Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year

[1] 100* 56 Kenya Nairobi, Kenya Gymkhana Club Ground 1996

[2] 102* 156 England Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2001
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