Boteju gets big break (16 March 1999)
The national selectors included promising allrounder Hemantha Boteju in a 15 member squad that will compete in the forthcoming Triangular limited over cricket tournament to be worked off in India
16-Mar-1999
16 March 1999
Boteju gets big break
The Daily News
The national selectors included promising allrounder Hemantha Boteju
in a 15 member squad that will compete in the forthcoming Triangular
limited over cricket tournament to be worked off in India.
Boteju will have the opportunity of representing the national team
for the first time having earlier played for the Sri Lanka 'A' side.
He is also a member of the Sri Lanka World Cup pool from which the
final squad will be named after this series.
In addition Sri Lanka youth cap Prasanna Jayawardena has been
recalled to the side in the absence of regular wicket keeper Romesh
Kaluwitharana. Meanwhile Arjuna Ranatunga returns to the side after
having missed the Asian Test Championship final against Pakistan in
Dhaka.
The Sri Lanka team for the Triangular limited over tournament:
Arjuna Ranatunga (captain), Aravinda de Silva (vice captain), Marvan
Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardena, Eric Upashantha, Ruwan Kalpage, Hashan
Tillekeratne, Chaminda Vaas, Promodaya Wickremasinghe, Hemantha
Boteju, Russel Arnold, Chandika Hathurusinghe, Avishka Gunawardena,
Upul Chandana, Prasanna Jayawardena.
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)