Chandika Hathurusingha
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 Sri Lanka (SL) |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
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| Bowling type | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 26 | 35 |
| Runs scored | 1274 | 669 |
| Batting average | 29.62 | 20.90 |
| 100s/50s | -/8 | -/4 |
| Top score | 83 | 66 |
| Balls bowled | 1962 | 954 |
| Wickets | 17 | 14 |
| Bowling average | 46.41 | 50.64 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
| Best bowling | 4/66 | 4/57 |
| Catches/stumpings | 7/- | 6/- |
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As of 9 February 2006 |
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Upul Chandika Hathurusingha (born September 13, 1968 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
An opening batsman, Hatharusingha was most often one of the opening batsmen alongside Roshan Mahanama. A useful pace-bowler, Hatharusingha was not called into the Test side until an injury to Mahanama stopped him from playing. Hathurusingha started his career by piecing together a trio of half-centuries in his first three matches. After a long layoff from the side when other players took over in the opening batsman position, and the subsequent discovery of Sanath Jayasuriya in just that position, Hathurusingha began to play once again, but this time as a strong middle-order batsman and medium-pace bowler.
This was not to prove overly effective, though, and when Hatharusingha was not called upon to play in the Cricket World Cup in 1999, this brought about an end to his international career. He played once again in the Premier Tournament and became Player of the Tournament three seasons running (2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04). His Twenty-20 career began in 2005-06.
