Full Name

Hettiarachige Mahes Goonatilleke

Born

August 16, 1952, Kegalle

Age

71y 225d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

An efficient gloveman and proficient batsman in the lower order, Goonatilleke was Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper during their initial foray into the Test arena. An accomplished player, Goonatilleke established his position in the side leading up to the Sri Lanka's Test debut. His performances in Tests were promising, as he was a capable performer behind the wickets comfortable against pace or spin. With the bat he provided great resistance producing some handy performances. Such was his ability he was asked to open the batting in the second Test at Faisalabad. He performed admirably scoring 27 in the first innings and then top-scoring with 57 in the second innings, providing stoic resistance as the batting capitulated around him. Sri Lanka were robbed of a quality player when he disappointingly opted to tour South Africa in 1982-83, ending his Test career overnight.
Johann P Jayasekera

Mahes Goonatilleke Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Tests51021775622.12--010103
ODIs6433114*31.005853.4400-04
FC263974305613.43--01-3618
List A9755923*29.50--00-14

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests5------------
ODIs6------------
FC26-000-----000
List A9-000-----000

Umpire & Referee

FormatMatReferee
List A33
Hettiarachige Mahes Goonatilleke

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Debut/Last Matches of Mahes Goonatilleke

Recent Matches of Mahes Goonatilleke

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
Sri Lanka vs India8*0c/0s26-Sep-1982BengaluruODI # 159
Sri Lanka vs India7 & 02c/0s & 1c/0s17-Sep-1982ChennaiTest # 934
Sri Lanka vs India4*0c/0s15-Sep-1982DelhiODI # 157
Sri Lanka vs India14*0c/1s12-Sep-1982AmritsarODI # 156
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan50c/1s31-Mar-1982KarachiODI # 151

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