Jayantha Seneviratne (born 6 June 1952) is a former

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er who played

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for Sri Lanka cricket team from 1973 to 1979, playing in five unofficial

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matches against India, Pakistan and the West Indies.

Cricket career

He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo, where he played cricket for the first XI from 1968 to 1970. After leaving school, he played for

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in Colombo. He represented the Sri Lanka Board President's XI in 1973, and the Sri Lanka national team in 1974 and 1975. He made his highest first-class score of 98 not out, the highest score of the match, when Sri Lanka lost by 17 runs to

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in 1973-74. Jayantha is a former national selector and national coaching committee member of

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, the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. He also coached

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, and has served as a

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. He also runs a private coaching school and has coached at Nalanda College for many years.

Personal life

He and his wife Mekala live in Kohuwala,

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. They have three daughters.

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