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Romesh Kaluwitharana fact file

Rajneesh Gupta | November 10, 2004

Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper-batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana announced his retirement from international cricket after missing out on selection to the training squad for next month's tour of New Zealand.

The 34-year-old was widely respected for his cavalier batting style, especially during Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup triumph when he teamed up with Sanath Jayasuriya in famous pinch-hitting assaults to lay the platform for many of the team's victories.

A look at the facts and figures of the diminutive batsman:

Full name: Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana
Born: 24th November 1969, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting: Right-hand batsman
Other: Wicketkeeper 
Teams: Sri Lanka (Test: 1992/93-2004/05); Sri Lanka (ODI: 1990/91-2003/04); Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club (Main FC: 1993/94); Galle Cricket Club (Main FC: 1994/95); Colts Cricket Club (Main FC: 1996/97-2004/05)Test debut: v Australia, Colombo SSC, 1992-93
ODI debut: v India, Margao, 1990-91

Career Highlights:
- Scored a century on Test debut  (132 not out v Australia at Colombo, SSC in 1992-93) which is also the highest by a debutant at # 7 in Test cricket
- Was never dismissed for duck in his 28 Test innings on home soil -- most by any batsman
- Only Sri Lankan batsman to be dismissed twice without facing a ball in ODIs.
- His 75 stumpings are the most by any wicketkeeper in ODIs
- First wicketkeeper to effect three stumpings in an ODI on two occasions
- Only wicketkeeper not to concede a single bye in opposition's total of 350 or more in ODIs. India's total of 373 for 6 at Taunton in the 1999 World Cup is still the highest total in ODI history without a bye.
- Was a part of the 1996 World Cup winning Sri Lankan team

A look at the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper's career:

Test career:
OpponentMtsInnsNORunsHsAve100500CtSt
Australia9141397132*30.54121156
England11-252525.00---31
India451864021.50---72
New Zealand711-49610345.0913-105
Pakistan1120140910021.53123166
South Africa611-1854516.82--1174
West Indies47-832311.86---81
Zimbabwe7912527131.50-2-171
TOTAL497841933132*26.123959326

ODI Career:
OpponentMtsInnsNORunsHsAve100500CtSt
Australia212116089530.40-631411
Bangaldesh1----------
England1616249010235.0015199
India323024825317.21-15237
Kenya331136100*68.001--11
New Zealand1717-3655421.47-13158
Pakistan434016237515.97-353222
South Africa151513538325.21-3-84
West Indies222133745420.78-23314
Zimbabwe191832809918.67-24167
TOTAL18918114371110222.222232413275



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