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- Former Sri Lanka captain and batter Hashan Tillakaratne has been appointed the new head coach of the Sri Lanka women's team, SLC confirmed on Wednesday. He took up the role officially on June 1 and will be contracted up to December 31, 2021.
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Deshabandu Hashan Prasantha Tillakaratne (born 14 July 1967) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former Test captain for Sri Lanka. [1] He was a key member for 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team for Sri Lanka. [ 2 ]
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Tillakaratne was bestowed a rare honour when conferred with a honorary life membership of the MCC from March 2008 onwards. In May, he was appointed the president of the Association of Cricket...
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May 18, 2017 · Tillakaratne retired in 2004 after Sri Lanka were whitewashed 3-0 by Australia at home. Having served a term as a national selector, in 2016 he was appointed as SLC's Batting Coach.
A batsman who possessed immense patience and excellent temperament, Hashan Tillekeratne was one of the key members in the Sri Lankan top order. Initially starting out as a wicket-keeper bats ...
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- Sri Lankan stalwart. Though his stats might not suggest it, Tillakaratne was one of the leading Sri Lankan batsmen of his era. Among all Sri Lankan batsmen with at least 1,000 Test runs, Tillakaratne’s average of 42.87 is the sixth best, ahead of more celebrated names such as Tillakaratane Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Roy Dias and Arjuna Ranatunga.
- World Cup hero. One of the heroes of Sri Lanka’s fairytale 1996 World Cup-winning campaign, Tillakaratne scored 128 runs in five innings at 64 with one half-century.
- A rare change-up! Sri Lanka broke One-Day International (ODI) records galore when they slammed 398 for five against Kenya during the 1996 World Cup. Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Aravinda de Silva, and Arjuna Ranatunga went ballistic, all scoring at a strike-rate of over 120.
- Wicketkeeping duties. Tillakaratne kept wickets in the early part of his career, and did a fairly competent job at it as well. In 52 ODIs as wicketkeeper, he scored 1,035 runs at 31.36, which was better than his overall average.
Jul 16, 2016 · In their fourth group-stage match against India where Sachin Tendulkar blazed away to a run-a-ball knock of 137 to post a mammoth 271, Tillakaratne spoiled the opposition’s party. He joined...
Jun 2, 2021 · Former Sri Lanka captain and batter Hashan Tillakaratne has been appointed the new head coach of the Sri Lanka women's team, SLC confirmed on Wednesday. He took up the role officially on June 1...
