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Full name Jayawardene Welathanthrige Hemantha Devapriya Boteju
Born November 3, 1977, Colombo
Current age 30 years 197 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Colombo Cricket Club,Moors Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
2
2
1
3
2
3.00
11
27.27
0
0
0
0
1
0
First-class
96
143
16
3495
108
27.51
4
21
57
0
List A
68
46
7
858
102*
22.00
1
0
17
0
Twenty20
9
8
1
117
32
16.71
0
0
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
2
2
102
113
0
-
-
-
6.64
-
0
0
0
First-class
96
7473
3450
162
5/18
21.29
2.76
46.1
2
0
List A
68
1845
1377
60
4/24
4/24
22.95
4.47
30.7
3
0
0
Twenty20
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
ODI debut
India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Mar 22, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam, Mar 27, 1999 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1995/96
Last First-class
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Mar 27-30, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1996/97
Last List A
Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Dec 1, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (Burgher), Mar 2, 2007 scorecard
Profile
A right-arm medium-pace bowler and lower-order batsman, Boteju has come up through the ranks to represent Sri Lanka. Boteju was a key member of the Sri Lankan U-19 team that played against the Indian U-19 side in 1996-97. Opening the bowling and batting in the top six his performances suggested he would represent Sri Lanka in the future. In the lead up to the 1999 World Cup, Boteju was blooded in the Pepsi tri-nation series in India. On debut he performed poorly. Struggling to control the ball he was taken apart by Sourav Ganguly
and Rahul Dravid, conceding 56 in eight overs, and scoring only 2. His second game, against Pakistan, was more promising, bowling tidily until he ran into a withering display of strokeplay from the enigmatic Wasim Akram. He remained in the picture touring with the A team though his performances suggested he may lack the strength to specialise in either department at the highest level.
Johann P Jayasekera
