Mahes Goonatilleke
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Full name | Hettiarachige Mahes Goonatilleke | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 16 August 1952 (1952-08-16) (age 72) Kegalle, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 5) | 17 February 1982 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 17 September 1982 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 23) | 14 June 1975 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 26 September 1982 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 August 2005 |
Hettiarachige Mahes Goonatilleke (born 16 August 1952) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played five Test matches and six One Day Internationals as wicket-keeper during 1981 and 1982 – being Sri Lanka's first wicketkeeper in Test cricket.
International career
He is regarded by many as the finest wicket-keeper produced by the island nation and even made 56 against Pakistan as an opener in Faisalabad. Goonatilleke had a chance to become a regular wicket-keeper for Sri Lanka, but he chose to tour South Africa in the 1982/83 season, and that disqualified him from playing international cricket.
External links
- Mahes Goonatilleke at ESPNcricinfo
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- 1 Bandula Warnapura (c)
- 2 Flavian Aponso
- 3 Hemantha Devapriya
- 4 Lantra Fernando
- 5 Mahes Goonatilleke
- 6 Nirmal Hettiaratchi
- 7 Lalith Kaluperuma
- 8 Susantha Karunaratne
- 9 Bernard Perera
- 10 Anura Ranasinghe
- 11 Ajit de Silva
- 12 Bandula de Silva
- 13 Jeryl Woutersz
- Coach: Tony Opatha
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