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Jeevantha Kulatunga



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Jeevantha Kulatunga
Personal information
Full name Hettiarachchi Gamage Jeevantha Mahesh Kulatunga
Born 2 November 1973 (1973-11-02) (age 35)

Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-handed
Role Batsman
International information
National side Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years Team
1993- Colts Cricket Club
1990-95 North Western Province
2007- Wayamba
Career statistics

FC LA T20I T20
Matches 159 80 2 17
Runs scored 6,768 1,792 19 253
Batting average 30.62 30.37 9.50 18.07
100s/50s 8/46 0/10 0/0 0/1
Top score 175 69 11 78

Balls bowled 4,625 653 144
Wickets 69 21 11
Bowling average 30.33 20.66 16.09
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 164/– 41/– 2/– 8/–

Source: CricketArchive, 01 November 2008

Hettiarachchi Gamage Jeevantha Mahesh Kulatunga (born November 2, 1973) in Kurunegala 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.

He 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.

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