Manjula_Munasinghe
Arachchige Manjula Nishantha Munasinghe (Urdu: منجولا مناسنگھے; born 10 December 1971), best known as Manjula Munasinghe, is a Sri Lankan Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1994 and 1996. He currently lives in Australia.[1]
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| Full name | Arachchige Manjula Nishantha Munasinghe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1971-12-10) 10 December 1971 (age 52) Colombo, Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 79) | 14 April 1994 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 January 1996 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1998 | Sinhalese SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Western Province South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Western Province North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Colombo, Munasinghe made his first-class debut for the Sinhalese Sports Club during the 1990–91 season.[2] He first played for Sri Lanka "A" during the 1992–93 season in a quadrangular tournament also involving Bangladesh "A", India "A", and Pakistan "A".[3]
Munasinghe did not play for Sri Lanka, but remained active domestically until the 1997–98 season. His best first-class bowling figures came in February 1994, when he took 9/38 in the first innings of Western Province North's match against Central Province.[4]
Munasinghe made his ODI debut for the Sri Lankan national cricket team during the 1994 edition of the Austral-Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates, playing a single match. He did not play internationally again until the 1995–96 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, held in Australia, where he played four matches as a right-arm fast bowler.[5]
After the conclusion of his playing career, Munasinghe emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, firstly working with the Victorian Cricket Association as a junior coach. In 2006, he established the Aus–Lanka Cricket Academy in Rowville which was intended to provide cricket coaching for children of immigrants.[6]
- First-class matches played by Manjula Munasinghe (33) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- List A matches played by Manjula Munasinghe (17) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- Western Province North v Central Province, Singer President's Trophy 1993/94 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ODI matches played by Manjula Munasinghe (5) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- Coverdale, Brydon (2012). Melbourne's Sri Lankan connection – ESPNcricinfo. Published 24 December 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.