Lahiru Jayaratne to be a Trainee at the Darren Lehmann Academy in 2014

Michael Roberts

LAHIRU JAYARATNESri Lanka Cricket South Australia and Sri Lanka Cricket have combined to sponsor a short-term training stint at the Darren Lehmann Academy for a promising young player from the island in 2014. Sri Lanka Cricket has now selected LAHIRU JAYARATNE for this course. Lahiru has played for Sri Lanka Under 19s and  for the present Under 23 team. He is also a member of the A Team squad selected for the forthcoming series against England A in Sri Lanka. His official profile is detailed below.

ADELAIDE CRICKET desmond Desmond de Silva with Mihiri, Nilanga. Charitha, Sujith, Manoj and Anu to his right AND with Ganga. Sumith. Nayan. Ajit, Muditha, Lalith and Chanaka to his left —   a hard working Committee.

Sri Lanka Cricket South Australia  recently held a song and dance gathering at Adelaide  where Desmond de Silva and a band from Melbourne stirred the crowd. among those present at the function were Andrew Sinclair and Andrew Sincock from the South Australia Cricket Association. Personnel from the Darren Lehmann Academy and the Jason Gillespie Academy also joined in the fun — as did the Hectorville cricket mob  — a club coached and captained by Muditha Maduwansa (formerly of the Tamil Union).

Lahiru Jayaratne  

Full name: Pallepolagedera Lahiru Madushan Jayaratne

Born October 12, 1991, Matale

Current age 22 years 47 days

Major teams Kandurata Maroons, Ragama Cricket Club, Schools Invitation XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Sri Lanka Under-23s

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

NO

Runs

HS

Ave

BF

SR

100

50

4s

6s

Ct

St

First-class

7

10

3

115

40

16.42

117

98.29

0

0

12

3

2

0

List A

13

9

5

69

32*

17.25

148

46.62

0

0

5

1

5

0

Twenty20

20

6

3

6

3*

2.00

14

42.85

0

0

0

0

9

0

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

SR

4w

5w

10

First-class

7

12

363

260

5

2/30

2/50

52.00

4.29

72.6

0

0

0

List A

13

13

499

456

16

3/36

3/36

28.50

5.48

31.1

0

0

0

Twenty20

20

16

250

312

13

2/10

2/10

24.00

7.48

19.2

0

0

0

Career statistics

First-class debut Badureliya Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Kaluthara, Mar 4-6,   2012scorecard
Last First-class Saracens Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield),   Mar 22-24, 2013 scorecard
List A debut Ragama Cricket Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors),   Sep 9, 2009 scorecard
Last List A Pakistan Under-23s v Sri Lanka Under-23s at Singapore, Aug 23, 2013scorecard
Twenty20 debut Schools Invitation XI v Wayamba at Colombo (Colts), Apr 24, 2008scorecard
Last Twenty20 Sri Lanka A v Kenya at Colombo (CCC), Nov 2, 2013 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground

Match Date

Scorecard

Sri Lanka A v Kenya Colombo (CCC)

2 Nov 2013

T20

2/28 Sri Lanka A v Kenya Colombo (CCC)

2 Nov 2013

T20

3*, 2/15 Sri Lanka A v Kenya Colombo (CCC)

31 Oct 2013

T20

2/22 Sri Lanka A v Kenya Colombo (CCC)

31 Oct 2013

T20

0/13 Kandurata Ma v Wolves Mohali

20 Sep 2013

T20

0/33 Kandurata Ma v Sunrisers Mohali

17 Sep 2013

T20

1/57 SL U-23s v Pak U-23s Singapore

23 Aug 2013

LA

13, 1/23 SL U-23s v Singapore Singapore

21 Aug 2013

Other OD

7*, 3/36 SL U-23s v U.A.E. Singapore

20 Aug 2013

LA

1/36 SL U-23s v Bdesh U-23s Singapore

18 Aug 2013

LA

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Jan 13, 2010

Lahiru Jayaratne, player portrait

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