Chandika Hathurusingha

Upul Chandika Hathurusingha (born September 13, 1968 in Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

An opening batsman, Hathurusingha was most often one of the opening batsmen alongside Roshan Mahanama. A useful pace-bowler, Hathurusingha 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 Hathurusingha 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.

Hathurusingha was appointed in 2009 as an understudy to Sri Lanka's national coach, Trevor Bayliss, but was later fired due to disciplinary reasons.^[1] Disappointed, Hathurusingha then moved to Australia. ^[2]

In 2011 Hathurusingha joined Cricket Canada as a coaching consultant at the 2011 Cricket World Cup

References

External links

• CricketArchive player profile
• Cricinfo player profile
• Ananda-Nalanda