Personal information | ||||
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Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |||
Bowling style | n/a | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | Tests | ODIs | ||
Matches | 5 | 6 | ||
Runs scored | 177 | 31 | ||
Batting average | 22.12 | 31.00 | ||
100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/0 | ||
Top score | 56 | 14* | ||
Balls bowled | 0 | 0 | ||
Wickets | 0 | 0 | ||
Bowling average | 0 | 0 | ||
5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
Best bowling | n/a | n/a | ||
Catches/stumpings | 10/3 | 0/4 | ||
Source: [1], 16 August 2005 |
Hettiarachige Mahes Goonatilleke (born 16 August 1952, Kegalle) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played five Test matches and six ODIs as wicket-keeper during 1981 and 1982 - being Sri Lanka's first wicketkeeper in Test cricket. He showed good promise as both wicket-keeper and batsman, and even made 56 against Pakistan as an opener. His second best score came in the same match, with 27. 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.