Hashan Tillakaratne
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Full name | Hashan Prasantha Tillakaratne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Ceylon | 14 July 1967|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-Keeper Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 45) | 16 December 1989 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 24 March 2004 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 51) | 27 November 1986 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 7 April 2003 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1987–2006 | Nondescripts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017–2019 | Kandy Falcons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Sri Lanka women's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Bangladesh women's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricifo, 9 February 2006 |
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] He is currently a politician and also involved in many aspects of cricket within the country.[3] His twin sons Ravindu Tillakaratne and Duvindu Tillakaratne also play domestic cricket in Sri Lanka.[4][5][6]
International career
Hashan started playing cricket at
He was part of the Sri Lankan cricket team that won the
During a group stage match against West Indies as part of the 1995–96 Singer Champions Trophy at Sharjah chasing a mammoth 334, Hashan Tillekaratne coming in at seven had an uphill task to rescue the Sri Lankan batting singlehandedly in the run chase when they were reduced to 103/5 at one stage.[22] He nearly pulled off a Javed Miandad type masterclass innings of his own by scoring a century coming into bat at seven giving Sri Lanka a fair chance of getting closer to the winning target from nowhere.[23] However, his valiant knock was in vain as Sri Lanka lost only by four runs in the end being bowled out for 329.[24] He went to become the first batsman in the world to score an ODI century when batting at number 7 position. Up to date, he remains the only Sri Lankan to have scored an ODI century when batting at number 7 position and still has the highest ODI score for Sri Lanka when batting at no 7 positions.[25]
Post-retirement
On 1 February 2005, the Sri Lankan cricket board appointed him executive director of Cricket-Aid, a body formed to provide relief following the
Following this he entered politics, joining the United National Party, and was appointed as the party's organiser for Avissawella constituency in Colombo. He continued his association with cricket serving on various SLC committees at the invitation of the newly appointed president, Arjuna Ranatunga. He was also granted honorary life membership of the MCC in March 2008. In May, he was appointed the president of the Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers of Sri Lanka (ACUSSL) and the Sri Lankan cricket board appointed him as National Cricket Team Manager in July 2008.[28] This appointment was subsequently vetoed by Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge on the grounds that the SLC had failed to obtain his prior permission on the appointment and Hashan was replaced by Charith Senanayake.[29][30]
In April 2011, he caused a furore by making public allegations that match-fixing had been taking place in Sri Lankan cricket since 1992 and stated that he was prepared to divulge the information that he had about this to the ICC.[31][32][33][34] His claims were also supported by former Sri Lankan Test captain Arjuna Ranatunga who claimed that there was corruption within the administration of the game.[35][36] In 2012, he made allegations that there were political interference during the 2012 Sri Lanka Cricket Board elections.[37] He joined the Sri Lanka Cricket selection panel in 2013.[38]
He was appointed as a temporary batting coach of Sri Lankan cricket team in 2017.[39] He became the coach of the Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team in 2018 and up until 2020 on a two-year agreement with the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup being his last assignment as U19 coach.[40][41][42][43][44] He also served as batting coach of Sri Lanka Emerging Team for a brief stint. In 2019, there were reports that the test cap of Hashan Tillekaratne was to be sold in an online auction. However, Hashan himself refused such reports and insisted that he would never sell his national pride for money.[45]
He was appointed as the coach of the
International centuries
No. | Score | Against | City | Ground | Date | Result | Ref |
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[1] | 116 | Zimbabwe | Harare, Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 26 October 1994 | Draw | [49] |
[2] | 108 | New Zealand | Dunedin, New Zealand | Carisbrook Stadium | 18 March 1995 | Draw | [50] |
[3] | 115 | Pakistan | Faisalabad, Pakistan | Iqbal Stadium
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15 September 1995 | Sri Lanka won | [51] |
[4] | 119 | Australia | Perth, Australia | W.A.C.A. Ground | 8 December 1995 | Sri Lanka lost | [52] |
[5] | 126 not out | Zimbabwe | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 18 September 1996 | Sri Lanka won | [53] |
[6] | 103 | Pakistan | Colombo, Sri Lanka | R.Premadasa Stadium | 19 April 1997 | Draw | [54] |
[7] | 136 not out | India | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 29 August 2001 | Sri Lanka won | [55] |
[8] | 105 not out | West Indies | Galle, Sri Lanka | Galle International Stadium | 13 November 2001 | Sri Lanka won | [56] |
[9] | 204 not out | West Indies | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 29 November 2001 | Si Lanka won | [57] |
[10] | 104 not out | South Africa | Centurion , South Africa
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SuperSport Park | 15 November 2002 | Sri Lanka lost | [12] |
[11] | 144 | New Zealand | Colombo, Sri Lanka | R.Premadasa Stadium | 25 April 2003 | Draw | [58] |
No. | Score | Against | City | Ground | Date | Result | Ref |
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[1] | 104 | West Indies | Mumbai, India | Wankhede Stadium | 9 November 1993 | Sri Lanka lost | [59] |
[2] | 100 | West Indies | Sharjah, UAE | Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 16 October 1995 | Sri Lanka lost | [24] |
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