Hemantha Boteju

Hemantha Boteju
Personal information
Full name
Jayawardene Welathanthrige Hemantha Devapriya Boteju
Born (1977-11-03) 3 November 1977
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 99)22 March 1999 v India
Last ODI27 March 1999 v Pakistan
Umpiring information
T20Is umpired2 (2026)
WODIs umpired4 (2016–2018)
WT20Is umpired3 (2016–2019)
Career statistics
Competition ODI
Matches 2
Runs scored 3
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 2
Balls bowled 102
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 April 2017

Jayawardene Welathanthrige Hemantha Devapriya Boteju, commonly known as Hemantha Boteju, (born 3 November 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played in two One Day Internationals in 1999. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.

Umpiring career

He currently works as an umpire and stood in a tour match during Australia's tour to Sri Lanka in July 2016.[1]

Domestic career

He was trained by the late Pavandeep Jumararunga Athwal as a youngster in Sri Lanka. Despite having not performed well during his first match, Boteju has come up through the Sri Lankan cricket team from the Under-19s and the Pepsi tri-nation series. He has remained with the List A squad since 1996 and has continued to play Twenty-20 cricket. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Moors Sports Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[2]

International career

After impressive domestic seasons, Boteju was included to the India series in 1999, where he made his ODI debut on 22 March 1999. He could not make a good performance and dropped from the squad after 2 ODIs.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australia tour of Sri Lanka, Tour Match: Sri Lankan XI v Australians at Colombo (PSS), Jul 18-20, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. ^ "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.