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Full name Shantha Kalavitigoda
Born December 23, 1977, Colombo
Current age 30 years 146 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira North, Colts Cricket Club, North Central Province, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	1	2	0	8	7	4.00	54	14.81	0	0	1	0	2
First-class	132	218	14	6297	169	30.86			12	28			112
List A	82	79	9	1910	121	27.28			1	11			20
Twenty20	5	5	1	145	50*	36.25	110	131.81	0	1	18	4	3

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	132		84	39	0	-	-	-	2.78	-	0	0	0
List A	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
Only Test	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Apr 11-14, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Badureliya Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Mar 27-30, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1997/98
Last List A	Basnahira North v Wayamba at Colombo (RPS), Jan 2, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colts Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Colts Cricket Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Oct 22, 2005 scorecard

Profile

Shantha Kalavitigoda was a surprise call-up for Sri Lanka's postponed tour to New Zealand in 2004-05. But Kalavitigoda, a right-handed opener, has been quietly knocking on the door in recent years. While younger batsmen have been given repeated opportunities to flatter and fail, Kalavitigoda has been consistently accumulating first-class runs, scoring eight hundreds in the two seasons. In 2003-04 he was adjudged the best batsman in the Premier League, and in 2004-05 he scored nearly 800 runs for Colombo Colts and North West Province. That was enough to win him selection to the A team against England A in March 2005. He grabbed his opportunity with a fighting 83 off 177 balls at NCC in the second Test, an innings that persuaded the selectors to give him a chance in the senior team. When that opportunity did arrive in the second Test in Wellington he was shunted down to an unfamiliar No. 7 position and failed in both innings.

Kalavitigoda's first taste of international cricket was with the Sri Lankan under-17 team at the 1994 World Cup in Malaysia. He was a prolific scorer for his school, Nalanda College, and once shared a 380-run partnership with Mahela Jayawardene in an under-23 match for SSC, his first club.

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