Hemantha Boteju
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| Full name | Jayawardene Welathanthrige Hemantha Devapriya Boteju | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1977 Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 99) | 22 March 1999 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 27 March 1999 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20Is umpired | 2 (2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 4 (2016–2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 3 (2016–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.