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Full name Hettiarachige Mahes Goonatilleke
Born August 16, 1952, Kegalle
Current age 56 years 22 days
Major teams Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
10
2
177
56
22.12
0
1
0
10
3
ODIs
6
4
3
31
14*
31.00
58
53.44
0
0
0
4
First-class
26
39
7
430
56
13.43
0
1
36
18
List A
9
7
5
59
23*
29.50
0
0
1
4
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
26
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
9
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Sep 17-22, 1982 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Feb 14, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Sri Lanka at Bangalore, Sep 26, 1982 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1975/76 - 1982/83
List A span
1981/82 - 1982/83
Profile
An efficient gloveman and proficient batsman in the lower order, Goonatilleke was Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper during their initial foray into the Test arena. An accomplished player, Goonatilleke established his position in the side leading up to the Sri Lanka's Test debut. His performances in Tests were promising, as he was a capable performer behind the wickets comfortable against pace or spin. With the bat he provided great resistance producing some handy performances. Such was his ability he was asked to open the batting in the second Test at Faisalabad. He performed admirably scoring 27 in the first innings and then top-scoring with 57 in the second innings, providing stoic resistance as the batting capitulated around him. Sri Lanka were robbed of a quality player when he disappointingly
opted to tour South Africa in 1982-83, ending his Test career overnight.
Johann P Jayasekera
