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Full name Hashan Prasantha Tillakaratne
Born July 14, 1967, Colombo
Current age 40 years 308 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Nondescripts Cricket Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
83
131
25
4545
204*
42.87
11
20
540
1
122
2
ODIs
200
168
40
3789
104
29.60
6582
57.56
2
13
89
6
First-class
252
351
82
13253
204*
49.26
37
60
275
7
List A
275
229
54
5197
104
29.69
2
20
115
10
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
83
10
76
25
0
-
-
-
1.97
-
0
0
0
ODIs
200
15
180
141
6
1/3
1/3
23.50
4.70
30.0
0
0
0
First-class
252
2726
1368
41
4/37
33.36
3.01
66.4
0
0
List A
275
638
402
24
4/17
4/17
16.75
3.78
26.5
2
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, Dec 16-20, 1989 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), Mar 24-28, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Nov 27, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Apr 7, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1984/85
Last First-class
Badureliya Sports Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (Police), Feb 24-26, 2006 scorecard
List A span
1984/85 - 2004/05
Profile
A tough competitor and adhesive crease-occupier, Hashan Tillakaratne was an important figure in Sri Lanka's emergence as an international force. As a schoolboy he excelled at cricket, first at Isipathana College Colombo and then subsequently at DS Senanayake College. He first came to prominence with a match-saving century against England B at Galle in 1986 while still at school, and went on to make his one-day international debut against India in November of that year. A Test debut followed against Australia three years later and early on in his Test career Tillakaratne often played as batsman-wicketkeeper.
But his considerable batting potential was realised when he gave up the gloves in 1994. Tillakaratne was an important figure in Sri Lanka's emergence as an international force which culminated with a historic victory in the Wills World cup in 1996. He lost his place when Sri Lanka turned to youth after the 1999 World Cup, but heavy scoring in domestic cricket brought him back into the national team in 2001. His return bolstered the middle order and he enjoyed a prolific run with the bat until being named Test captain in April 2003. His ten-match tenure produced just one win, which clinched a series against England later in the year, and his leadership style was criticised for being too defensive. Following a 3-0 series whitewash against Australia he stepped down in March 2004, and despite remaining keen to continue his career as a batsman, he was overlooked for the subsequent tour of Zimbabwe.
On February 1 2005, the Sri Lankan board appointed him executive director of Cricket-Aid, a body formed to provide relief following the December 2004 tsunami. Subsequently he turned his considerable people skills to politics , joining the United National Party, the oldest political party in the country and was appointed as the party's organizer for Avissawella electorate in the Colombo district. He continues his association with cricket apart from working to uplift the lives of people in his electorate, serving in various committees on the SLC at the invitation of the newly appointed president, Arjuna Ranatunga. Tillakaratne was bestowed a rare honour when conferred with a honorary life membership of the MCC from March 2008 onwards .
(Charlie Austin)
