Warushavithana Saman Jayantha (born 26 January 1974), known as Saman Jayantha, is a former Sri Lankan

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er who played 17

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in 2004 before he was dropped by the Sri Lankan selectors.

International career

He started his international career by scoring 24 runs in two matches against

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as a middle order batsman, but improved during Sri Lanka's 5–0 whitewash of Zimbabwe in April 2004, hitting a career-best 74

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to guide Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket win in the second ODI. However, he only played three of Sri Lanka's six matches during the

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, and was in and out of the team until successive ducks against

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and

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caused his exit from the team.

Domestic career

He made his

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debut on 17 August 2004, for

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in the

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. Jayantha was also part of the Sri Lankan team that lifted the

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title in 2007 where he was also the leading wicket taker in that tournament with 6 wickets. In the 2003 Hong Kong Sixes he was the leading runscorer scoring 152 runs and went on to win the man of the tournament award. He is also the only Sri Lankan to have won the "Man of the tournament" award in Hong Kong Sixes history.

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* Sri Lankan cricketers 1974 births Living people Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Basnahira cricketers Ruhuna cricketers Kandurata cricketers Alumni of Dharmasoka College People from Ambalangoda Cricketers from Southern Province, Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1970s-stub