Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
name	Ranasinghe Premadasa
order	3rd President of Sri Lanka
term start	January 2, 1989
term end	May 1, 1993
predecessor	Junius Richard Jayawardene
successor	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
order2	11th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
term start2	February 6, 1978
term end2	March 3, 1989
predecessor2	Junius Richard Jayawardene
successor2	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
birth date	June 23, 1924
birth place	Colombo, British Ceylon
death date	May 01, 1993
death place	Colombo, Sri Lanka
nationality	Sri Lankan
party	United National Party
spouse	Hema Premadasa(nee Wickrematunge)
children	Sajith, Dulanjali
religion	Buddhism

Ranasinghe Premadasa ( ) (June 23, 1924 - May 1, 1993) was the 3rd President of Sri Lanka from January 2, 1989 to May 1, 1993. Before that, he served as the Prime Minister in the government headed by J. R. Jayewardene from February 6, 1978 to January 1, 1989. He was assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing, by the LTTE.

Early life

Ranasinghe Premadasa came from a family of modest means, as such his political rise was resented by some of his rivals from the two or three Govigama caste families who had inherited political power, during and post British colonial rule. He attended St Joseph's College, Colombo which at that time had started an oriental languages course. Richard Ranasingha wished his son to follow this course. He originally planned to be a journalist, and translated an autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru into Sinhala.

Premadasa was married to Hema Wickrematunge and had three children.Sajith and daughter Dulanjali and Ranjith, his son, is the MP for Hambantota District.

Political career

Premadasa's entry into politics was made from the Labour Party, then headed by A. E. Goonesinha. Having realized that the Labour Party in the 1950s didn't have a very promising future, Premadasa joined the moderate United National Party, and became the first non-Govigama politician to reach to the highest levels in democratic, post-independence Sri Lanka.

During his tenure as Minister of Broadcasting in Dudley Senanayake's cabinet, Premadasa turned Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia, into a public corporation - the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation on 5 January 1967.

Part of his political program was shelter for the poor, after the United Nations declared a Year of Shelter. Other policies included ''Jana Saviya'', the instrument he used to help the poor, a foster parents scheme, the ''Gam Udawa'' project with which he tried to stir up the stupor in the villages, the mobile secretariat whereby he took the central government bureaucracy to the peasants, the Tower Hall Foundation for drama and music, and the pension schemes he initiated for the elder artistes. On the economic front, the garment industry project that he initiated became a forerunner in earning foreign exchange and provision of employment in the villages. This was just one step in the direction of taking the economy to the outstations.

Presidency

Premadasa met with less success in dealing with Sri Lanka's civil war. When he assumed office, he faced a rebellion in the south from the hardline Sinhala-nationalist, Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). The security forces brutally put down the revolt and killed many of its leaders. In the north, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were facing off against the Indian Peace-Keeping Force. The Indian presence on the island was unpopular, and Premadasa requested India to leave. In order to force IPKF to leave the island, he authorized a clandestine operation to supply arms to LTTE according to the report published by the Srilankan Presidential commission to inquire into the 1992 assassination of one of the senior most officers in the Sri Lankan army, Lt Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa. The inquiry also found that Premadasa ordered clandestine supply of arms to LTTE. In the end, LTTE massacred 774 policemen using the same weapons he had given to LTTE (the policemen were asked to surrender to LTTE in Batticaloa at Premadasa's request). After the IPKF left in 1990, the government's war with the LTTE resumed, and resulted in stalemate.

Premadasa is well-known for the unostentatious life led by him in his simple home, away from his luxurious official residence. He perhaps travelled less than any other leading Sri Lankan politician. During his presidency, he also expelled from the UNP his two formidable rivals Lalith Athulathmudali and Gamini Dissanayake, who then joined to form the Democratic United National Front (DUNF). He was found to be involved in the assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali by a presidential commission appinted by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.

Death

Ranasinghe Premadasa was killed on 1 May 1993, during a May day rally, by an LTTE suicide bomber. Little more than a week before, Lalith Athulathmudali had also been assassinated.

See also

List of political families in Sri Lanka

Sajith Premadasa

References

External links

Website of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

Official Website of United National Party (UNP)

Remembering Premadasa

Methek Kathawa Divaina

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
playername	Upul Tharanga
country	Sri Lanka
fullname	Warushavithana Upul Tharanga
living	true
dayofbirth	2
monthofbirth	2
yearofbirth	1985
placeofbirth	Balapitiya
countryofbirth	Sri Lanka
batting	Left-handed
international	true
testdebutdate	18 December
testdebutyear	2005
testdebutagainst	India
lasttestdate	18 December
lasttestyear	2007
lasttestagainst	England
odidebutdate	2 August
odidebutyear	2005
odidebutagainst	West Indies
lastodidate	6 February
lastodiyear	2011
lastodiagainst	West Indies
club1	Singha Sports Club
year1	2000–01
club2	Nondescripts Cricket Club
year2	2003–present
club3	Ruhuna
year3	2007–present
columns	4
column1	Tests
matches1	15
runs1	713
bat avg1	28.52
100s/50s1	1/3
top score1	165
deliveries1	–
wickets1	–
bowl avg1	–
fivefor1	–
tenfor1	–
best bowling1	–
catches/stumpings1	11/–
column2	ODIs
matches2	120
runs2	3,896
bat avg2	36.07
100s/50s2	12/19
top score2	133
deliveries2	–
wickets2	–
bowl avg2	–
fivefor2	–
tenfor2	–
best bowling2	–
catches/stumpings2	21/–
column3	FC
matches3	82
runs3	4,720
bat avg3	35.48
100s/50s3	10/19
top score3	265*
deliveries3	18
wickets3	0
bowl avg3	–
fivefor3	0
tenfor3	0
best bowling3	0/4
catches/stumpings3	61/1
column4	LA
matches4	187
runs4	5,804
bat avg4	33.54
100s/50s4	13/31
top score4	173*
deliveries4	–
wickets4	–
bowl avg4	–
fivefor4	–
tenfor4	–
best bowling4	–
catches/stumpings4	47/2
date	7 February
year	2011
source	http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/50747.html Cricinfo }}

Warushavithana Upul Tharanga (born 2 February 1985 in Balapitiya, commonly known as Upul Tharanga) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman and wicketkeeper.

Early life

Upul Tharanga had his education at Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda. He started his cricket career as a teenager at his school. Having played for Nondescripts since the age of 15, he played for Sri Lanka's under-15, under-17 and under-19 squads. He had a successful under-19 World Cup in 2004 with successful innings of 117 and 61 in successive games. He was sent by the Sri Lankan cricketing board to play league cricket for Loughton Cricket Club in Essex.

Tharanga's Sri Lankan call-up in July 2005 made for a mixed 2005, after his family home was washed away by the Asian tsunami. His equipment, which was also washed away, was replaced by Kumar Sangakkara. Tharanga graduated to the "A" team and in July he was selected for the full squad.

International career

On the 2006 tour of England he really began to develop, particularly in the one-day game, scoring over 300 runs in Sri Lanka's 5-0 whitewash of the hosts. In addition, Tharanga is also well-known for taking part in a record-breaking first wicket partnership with Sanath Jayasuriya in the final match of this series. He finished off with 109 off 102 balls, and played a pivotal role in completing the whitewash against England.

Tharanga lost his form in the 2007 World Cup scoring only one half century (against New Zealand) he then continued his poor run of form in the home series against England in 2007 where he failed to contribute and often fell before the 10th over often resulting in a middle-order collapse. Subsequently he lost his ODI place to Malinda Warnapura and his test place to Michael Vandort but he remains within the squad.

However, in the 2011 World Cup, he is back to performing remarkably. In the semi-final game against England, his partnership with Dilshan could not be pierced. Together they wrapped up the game, each acquiring centuries. His strong form has returned him to the opening position in the strong Sri-Lankan batting line up.

He has also come in for special praise from Jayasuriya, one of the greats of cricket, saying that he could be the next captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team.

Doping violation

A urine sample provided by Tharanga after the world cup semi-final against New Zealand on 29 March 2011 was found to have metabolites of two glucocorticosteroids - prednisone and prednisolone, which are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Tharanga initially claimed he had taken some medication for asthma and had no idea it was a banned drug.

An independent anti-doping tribunal was convened at which Tharanga pleaded guilty, claiming he had taken some herbal remedy to ease discomfort caused by a long-standing shoulder injury. The tribunal accepted that Tharanga "had no intention to enhance his sporting performance or to mask the use of another performance enhancing substance, but that he had failed to satisfy the high levels of personal responsibility implicit upon him as an international cricketer subject to anti-doping rules". The tribunal found Tharanga guilty of breaching the ''ICC Anti-Doping Code'' and banned him from all cricket and cricket-related activities for a three month period (9 May 2011 to 8 August 2011).

One Day International Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of ODI centuries scored by Upul Tharanga

In the column Runs, * indicates being not out

The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" align="center" width:"100%" !colspan=7|One Day International Centuries of Upul Tharanga |- ! width="40"| !! width="50"|Runs !! width="50"|Match !! width="100"|Against !! width="200"|City/Country !! width="200"|Venue !! width="50"|Year |- | [1] || 105 || 5 || || Colombo, Sri Lanka || R Premadasa Stadium || 2005 |- | [2] || 103 || 12 || || Christchurch, New Zealand || Jade Stadium || 2006 |- | [3] || 120 || 23 || || London, England || Lord's Cricket Ground || 2006 |- | [4] || 109 || 27 || || Leeds, England || Headingley || 2006 |- | [5] || 105 || 31 || || Mohali, Chandigarh, India || Punjab Cricket Association Stadium || 2006 |- | [6] || 121 || 32 || || Motera, Ahmedabad, India || Sardar Patel Stadium || 2006 |- | [7] || 118 || 86 || || Kolkata, India || Eden Gardens || 2009 |- | [8] || 118* || 90 || || Dhaka, Bangladesh|| S.B National Stadium || 2009 |- | [9] || 101* || 111 || || Colombo, Sri Lanka|| Sinhalese Sports Club Ground || 2011 |- | [10] || 133 || 117 || || Kandy, Sri Lanka|| Pallekele International Cricket Stadium || 2011 |- | [11] || 102* || 119 || || Colombo, Sri Lanka|| R Premadasa Stadium || 2011 |- | [12] || 111 || 139 || || Hambantota, Sri Lanka|| Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium || 2011 |}

References

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
playername	Herschelle Gibbs
country	South Africa
fullname	Herschelle Herman Gibbs
nickname	Scooter
living	true
dayofbirth	23
monthofbirth	2
yearofbirth	1974
placeofbirth	Green Point, Cape Town
countryofbirth	South Africa
heightft	5
heightinch	9
batting	Right-handed
bowling	Right arm slow
role	Opening batsman
international	true
testdebutdate	27 November
testdebutyear	1996
testdebutagainst	India
testcap	264
lasttestdate	10 January
lasttestyear	2008
lasttestagainst	West Indies
odidebutdate	3 October
odidebutyear	1996
odidebutagainst	Kenya
odicap	42
lastodidate	27 February
lastodiyear	2010
lastodiagainst	India
odishirt	09
club1	Western Province
year1	1990/91-2003/04
club2	Cape Cobras
year2	2004/05-2005/06
club3	Deccan Chargers
year3	2008-2010
club4	Glamorgan
year4	2008
club5	Yorkshire
year5	2010-present (Twenty20 cricket only at Yorkshire)
club6	Northern Districts
year6	2010-present (Twenty20 cricket only at Northern Districts Cricket Club)
club7	NSW Blues
year7	2011-present
columns	4
column1	Test
matches1	90
runs1	6,167
bat avg1	41.95
100s/50s1	14/26
top score1	228
deliveries1	6
wickets1	0
bowl avg1	–
fivefor1	0
tenfor1	0
best bowling1	0/4
catches/stumpings1	94/–
column2	ODIs
matches2	248
runs2	8,094
bat avg2	36.13
100s/50s2	21/37
top score2	175
deliveries2	–
wickets2	–
bowl avg2	–
fivefor2	–
tenfor2	–
best bowling2	–
catches/stumpings2	108/–
column3	FC
matches3	193
runs3	13,425
bat avg3	42.21
100s/50s3	31/60
top score3	228
deliveries3	138
wickets3	3
bowl avg3	26.00
fivefor3	0
tenfor3	0
best bowling3	2/1473
catches/stumpings3	176/–
column4	LA
matches4	387
runs4	11,937
bat avg4	35.42
100s/50s4	27/62
top score4	175
deliveries4	66
wickets4	2
bowl avg4	28.50
fivefor4	0
tenfor4	n/a
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date	6 February
year	2011
source	http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2345/2345.html CricketArchive }}

Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman.

Gibbs was schooled at St Joseph's Marist College and then Diocesan College in Rondebosch. Gibbs was a gifted sportman at school playing provincial rugby, cricket and soccer and featuring in SA Schools teams for all three sports.

At backward point, he is considered by some to be the next Jonty Rhodes in his ability to hit the stumps, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the eighth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the tenth highest success rate. Gibbs is said to rarely practice in the nets before a match. It is said he prefers to play on instinct in this case.

He became the first player to hit six sixes in one over in One Day International cricket, doing so against the Netherlands in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. On 8 June 2007 he got married in St Kitts to Tenielle Povey, but divorced soon afterwards.

Career

Gibbs has scored two double centuries in his Test career, both contrasting innings. His first was an innings of 211 not out against New Zealand at Jade Stadium in 1999. His innings took 468 balls while his second double century, 228 against Pakistan came off just 240 balls. In that innings in Newlands, he reached a national record partnership of 368 with Graeme Smith. He has put on a further two 300-run opening stands with his captain, making them the only pair in Test history to break 300 on three occasions. He also holds the South African second wicket record, a partnership of 315* with Jacques Kallis.

Gibbs famously dropped a catch in a World Cup game against Australia in 1999, when he attempted to throw the ball up into the air in celebration before he had full control of it. The player that he dropped, Steve Waugh, went on to make a century and win the game for Australia, a victory which also gave the Australian side the momentum they required to go on and win the tournament. It was claimed at the time that, immediately after the dropped catch, Waugh had "sledged" Gibbs with the statement, "You've just dropped the World Cup", but, in his autobiography ''Out of My Comfort Zone'', Waugh denies this. Waugh did state, however, that teammate Shane Warne had noticed that Gibbs had developed a habit of throwing the ball in the air prematurely after taking catches and instructed his colleagues not to leave the crease too quickly if they happened to be caught by Gibbs, just in case the situation that happened to Waugh should actually occur.

Gibbs is one of only three batsmen in ODI history to score hundreds in three consecutive innings, the others being Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar. On 3 October 2002, in Potchefstroom, his 153 was more than the rest of his team made altogether in a total of 301 for eight against the Bangladeshis, who were beaten decisively. On 6 October, in the 2nd ODI of that series, Gibbs had a chance to become the only batsman to score four hundreds in a row. South Africa was set 155 for victory, and Gibbs fell just three runs short, finishing unbeaten on 97. With just six runs needed for victory, he had the strike on 96, but Alok Kapali bowled a legside wide that went for four and made his task almost impossible.

On 12 March 2006, Gibbs played a monumental innings in the 5th ODI against Australia, scoring 175 off just 111 balls leading South Africa to victory.he was batting with Graeme Smith after Boeta Dippenaar got out on 1(3)bowled by Nathan Bracken. This was the highest scoring One Day International match in history and his innings broke several batting records. It was the highest ever score made in an ODI against Australia, beating Robin Smith's effort in 1993. By bringing up his hundred off just 79 balls, he also brought up what was at the time the fastest ever ODI century against Australia. More importantly however, it was the fastest ever hundred by a South African batsman against any opposition, although the record would be broken later in the year by Mark Boucher. It was also the highest ever score by a batsman in South Africa. He scored 126 runs in boundaries, the most ever by a batsman. This record stood until 11 April 2011, when Shane Watson hit 150 runs in boundaries against Bangladesh.

In the match against the Netherlands in the group stage of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Gibbs hit six sixes in an over off the bowling of Daan van Bunge becoming the first player in One Day International history to do so. Ravi Shastri and Sir Garfield Sobers had previously achieved this feat in first-class cricket but to date no player has achieved this in Test Cricket. In doing so, he raised US$1 million for the Habitat for Humanity housing projects as part of a contest run by tournament sponsor Johnnie Walker. It is likely that his being awarded citizenship of St Kitts and Nevis was due to this feat. His six hitting form continued throughout the tournament and when he hit Jacob Oram into the stands during a Super Eight match he drew level with Ricky Ponting on 28 for most sixes in World Cup history.

Gibbs played for Glamorgan in the 2008 County Twenty20 tournament where he had a successful time; his highest score being 98 off just 52 balls in a losing game against Northants. He then signed up to play for Glamorgan for the 2009 County season, replacing Mark Cosgrove as the overseas player at the end of June. He also represented Glamorgan in two NatWest Pro40 League matches in that same season.

Gibbs then signed for Yorkshire Carnegie for the 2010 Friends Provident t20 tournament, where he was their overseas player, scoring 101 from 53 balls against Northamptonshire to achieve his first century in English T20 cricket.

His test career came to an end following the 2007/08 West Indies tour of South Africa.

Struggle with form

In the past two series against England and the West Indies he was brought down the order from opening batsman to the middle order due to lack of form. After the move he regained form and looked more comfortable batting against the older ball. On 22 April 2006, Gibbs paid the price for his recent run-drought, and was dropped for the second and third Tests against the New Zealand cricket team. He has been short of confidence in Test cricket of late, and scored only 6 and 2 in the First Test at Centurion Park. South Africa's chief selector, Haroon Lorgat said, "We had a meeting and agreed that a break and a fresh start next season will do him a world of good." This decision was widely viewed as a harsh one.

He came back into the side in the middle order but continued to struggle for runs. On the conclusion of the 1st Test against Pakistan in January 2007 he had gone over 2 years without a century. He had come close on many occasions to ending the drought, getting out in the nineties four times.

In April 2009, his sixteen One Day International innings since the March 2008 one-day series in Bangladesh having yielded just three fifties, even Stuart Hess, his most ardent media supporter, was moved to cast doubt over his future. Hess had famously recommended Gibbs as captaincy successor to Shaun Pollock in 2003, but now, noting that his "average, as an opener, in that same period is 25.25, more than 10 runs below his overall average of 35.87", Hess felt "a sense that Gibbs is living off past deeds and not playing with the requisite form needed to hold on to a national spot." He noted, however, that Gibbs was the only South African with more than 1,000 World Cup runs and that, of the twelve others, only Sachin Tendulkar with 57.93 and Sir Viv Richards with 63.31 had better averages:

Perhaps putting up with Gibbs's current inconsistent streak may just have to be the pay-off South Africa have to make if it means he can help guide the national side to greater glory in two years time.

After being dropped from the side Gibbs stated that he wanted to perform well in the domestic cup and that he was feeling well about it. He stated that his aim was to play in the 2011 Cricket World Cup

Indian Premier League

In April 2008, Herschelle Gibbs was picked up by and joined the Deccan Chargers of the Indian Premier League. His mediocre performance in 2008 season made the Chargers' management put him on sale. However, he came up with splendid knocks in the second season helping the Deccans Charger ahead with four continuous wins in their first four matches. Of all the openers, Adam Gilchrist and Gibbs have been the most explosive pair. He also played crucial role in the finals by scoring unbeaten 53 (48 balls) in the final when Gilchrist was out for a duck by having no runs on the board. He also took a crucial catch of Mark Boucher at point when the Royal Challengers were cruising to the victory.

Controversies

In 2001 Gibbs was fined along with several teammates for smoking marijuana during that year's tour of the West Indies.

Most notoriously, Gibbs was involved in the match fixing affair with former captain Hansie Cronje, who offered him $15,000 to score "less than 20" in the 3rd One-day International of a series. He tearfully claimed to the King Commission of inquiry into corruption in South African cricket that he did not follow through on his side of the bargain, in fact scoring a fine 74. As a result he was banned for only six months. He repeatedly refused to tour India fearing arrest and refused to even speak to Indian Police over the matter. However, Gibbs was named in the South African squad to tour India in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, and as a result, he had to meet with Indian Police over his involvement in the match-fixing scandal.

On 15 January 2007, it was announced that Gibbs would face a disciplinary panel after making racist comments during the 1st Test against Pakistan. His words had been picked up on the stump microphone saying remarks such as "go back to the zoo" and swearing to the Pakistani players and as a result heard across the world. The comments were said to have been directed at members of the crowd after teammate Paul Harris had been abused by them whilst fielding. The Pakistani management made an official complaint to referee Chris Broad and Gibbs was banned for two Tests.

He appealed against the ban but this was rejected by the ICC's code of conduct commissioner, Richie Benaud. The ban was, however, changed to one Test, one Twenty20 game and one ODI match - all against Pakistan.

Test Centuries

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" align="center" width:"100%" !colspan=7|Herschelle Gibbs's Test Centuries |- ! width="40"| !! width="50"|Runs !! width="50"|Match !! width="100"|Against !! width="150"|City/Country !! width="200"|Venue !! width="50"|Year |- | [1] || 211* || 13 || New Zealand || Christchurch, New Zealand || AMI Stadium || 1999 |- | [2] || 120 || 14 || New Zealand || Wellington, New Zealand || Basin Reserve || 1999 |- | [3] || 147 || 29 || Zimbabwe || Harare, Zimbabwe || Harare Sports Club || 2001 |- | [4] || 107 || 31 || India || Bloemfontein, South Africa || Goodyear Park || 2001 |- | [5] || 196 || 32 || India || Port Elizabeth, South Africa || Sahara Oval St George's || 2001 |- | [6] || 104 || 38 || Australia || Durban, South Africa || Sahara Stadium Kingsmead || 2002 |- | [7] || 114 || 40 || Bangladesh || Potchefstroom, South Africa || Sedgars Park || 2003 |- | [8] || 228 || 43 || Pakistan || Cape Town, South Africa || Sahara Park Newlands || 2003 |- | [9] || 179 || 46 || England || Birmingham, England || Edgbaston || 2003 |- | [10] || 183 || 50 || England || London, England || The Oval || 2003 |- | [11] || 142 || 54 || West Indies || Durban, South Africa || Sahara Stadium Kingsmead || 2003 |- | [12] || 142 || 55 || West Indies || Cape Town, South Africa || Sahara Park Newlands || 2004 |- | [13] || 192 || 56 || West Indies || Centurion, South Africa || SuperSport Park || 2004 |- | [14] || 161 || 63 || England || Johannesburg, South Africa || New Wanderers Stadium || 2005 |- |}

One Day International Centuries

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" align="center" width:"100%" !colspan=7|Herschelle Gibbs's One Day International Centuries |- ! width="40"| !! width="50"|Runs !! width="50"|Match !! width="100"|Against !! width="150"|City/Country !! width="200"|Venue !! width="50"|Year |- | [1] || 125 || 20 || || Port Elizabeth, South Africa || Sahara Oval St George's || 1999 |- | [2] || 101 || 35 || || Leeds, England || Headingley Stadium || 1999 |- | [3] || 111 || 47 || || Kochi, India || Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi || 2000 |- | [4] || 104 || 65 || || St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda || Antigua Recreation Ground || 2001 |- | [5] || 107 || 68 || || Bridgetown, Barbados || Kensington Oval || 2001 |- | [6] || 125 || 71 || || Bulawayo, Zimbabwe || Queens Sports Club || 2001 |- | [7] || 114 || 97 || || Tangier, Morocco || National Cricket Stadium || 2002 |- | [8] || 116 || 103 || || Colombo, Sri Lanka || R. Premadasa Stadium || 2002 |- | [9] || 116 || 104 || || Colombo, Sri Lanka || R. Premadasa Stadium || 2002 |- | [10] || 153 || 105 || || Potchefstroom, South Africa || Sedgars Park || 2002 |- | [11] || 108* || 111 || || Kimberley, South Africa || De Beers Diamond Oval || 2002 |- | [12] || 143 || 120 || || Johannesburg, South Africa || Old Wanderers || 2003 |- | [13] || 101 || 156 || || London, England || The Oval || 2004 |- | [14] || 100 || 160 || || Cape Town, South Africa || Sahara Park Newlands || 2005 |- | [15] || 118 || 162 || || Durban, South Africa || Sahara Stadium Kingsmead || 2005 |- | [16] || 175 || 185 || || Johannesburg, South Africa || Old Wanderers || 2006 |- | [17] || 111 || 213 || || Harare, Zimbabwe || Harare Sports Club || 2007 |- | [18] || 102 || 214 || || Lahore, Pakistan || Gaddafi Stadium || 2007 |- | [19] || 119 || 220 || || Cape Town, South Africa || Sahara Park Newlands || 2007 |- | [20] || 102 || 224 || || Johannesburg, South Africa || The Wanderers Stadium || 2008 |- | [21] || 110 || 243 || || Port Elizabeth, South Africa || Sahara Oval St George's || 2009 |- |}

See also

List of cricketers banned for match fixing

References

Hess, Stuart. "Is Gibbs a risk worth taking?" ''IOL'', 8 April 2009.

Notes

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
honorific-prefix	Honourable
name	Wimal Weerawansa
honorific-suffix	MP
parliament	Sri Lanka
birth date	March 07, 1970
birth place	Kalutara
nationality	Sri Lankan
party	Jathika Nidahas Peramuna
profession	Leader of Jathika Nidahas Peramuna
religion	Buddhism
footnotes	}}

Wimal Weerawansa (Sinhala:විමල් වීරවංශ) is the leader of the political party Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (political party formed by few members who defected from Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or JVP). He was entered into politics through the JVP during the 1980s and rocketed to the position of Propaganda secretary. He fell out of favor with top JVP leadership as he insisted publicly that the party should support the Rajapaksa government during its military campaign against the LTTE. However the JVP's inability to impose its will on the president on key policy matters such as the number of ministerial portfolios forced them to oppose the government. The JVP declared that its parliamentary members would abstain from voting for the government budget proposals for the year 2008. The government which did not have a majority at the time was at the risk of losing its budget proposals in a vote, which would require a general election to be held according to the Constitution of Sri Lanka.

However, some of the JVP's MPs including Wimal Weerawansa (at the time parliamentary group leader of the party) and Nandana Gunathilake (the JVP presidential candidate for 1999 presidential election) publicly voted in favor of the government while emphasizing the need to support the government war effort to defeat the LTTE. Despite not having JVP's support, the government managed to pass the budget proposal bill in the parliament with help from MPs that joined the government from the opposition. After its futile attempt, JVP charged Wimal Weerawansa with corruption, extramarital relationships and espionage (though the JVP leadership and politburo never presented any credible evidence similarly to many of its allegations and conspiracy theories). After an arbitrary investigation by the JVP, he was "expelled" from his positions and party membership.

However, Wimal Weerawansa had the last laugh as he was immediately given a key publicity role in the government and JVP suffered major setbacks in following elections, in which it lost over 70% of the seats held from previous elections, and currently has itself relegated to the status of a minority party with little political leverage. Weerawansa's defection also cost the JVP much of its propaganda arm, which was solely run by Weerawansa. To maintain his support with the government, Weerawansa and his followers formed the National Freedom Front (JNP). Wimal Weerawansa, along with other ultranationalist politician Champika Ranawaka were the two most highly prized campaigners for the president Rajapaksa. With repeated appearances in state run media Wimal Weerawansa was able to discredit main opposition candidate Gen.(ret) Sarath Fonseka and was instrumental in the re-election of president Rajapaksa. First elected in 2000, Wimal Weerawansa is currently a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was re-elected in 2004 general election with second highest number of preferential votes in the island after then prime minister and current opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe.

See also

Cabinet of Sri Lanka

Jathika Nidahas Peramuna

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

References

External links

Parliament profile

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
playername	Roshan Mahanama
country	Sri Lanka
batting	Right-hand bat
bowling	-
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columns	2
column1	Tests
matches1	52
runs1	2576
bat avg1	29.27
100s/50s1	4/11
top score1	225
deliveries1	36
wickets1	-
bowl avg1	-
fivefor1	-
tenfor1	-
best bowling1	-
catches/stumpings1	56/-
column2	ODIs
matches2	213
runs2	5162
bat avg2	29.49
100s/50s2	4/35
top score2	119*
deliveries2	2
wickets2	-
bowl avg2	-
fivefor2	-
tenfor2	n/a
best bowling2	-
catches/stumpings2	109/-
date	9 February
year	2006
source	http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/49626.html }}

Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama (born 31 May 1966 in Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and currently an ICC match referee.

Although he averaged less than 30 at Test cricket, he did score four centuries, including a top score of 225 for the Sri Lankan cricket team against India at Colombo, where he shared a then world record second wicket partnership of 576 runs with Sanath Jayasuriya. This record was surpassed in July 2006 as the largest partnership in Test match history by fellow Sri Lankans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who put on 624 against South Africa.

Roshan Mahanama was the stylish batsman in Sri Lankan cricket side. He established himself as stylish opening batsman in late 80's & early 90's. In W.C. 1992, Roshan Mahanama performed as opening batsman along with M.A.R. Samarasekera & U.C. Hathurusingha. During the captaincy of Aravinda de silva in early 90's, Roshan Mahanama was a consistent opening batsman. In W.C. 1992, Roshan Mahanama scored: 59 runs off 89 balls v.s. Zimbabwe, 80 runs off 131 balls v.s. New Zealand & 68 runs off 121 balls v.s. South Africa. During 1995/96, whenever Roshan Mahanama gets out, Aravinda de Silva gets out easily.

Roshan is the 36th Sri Lanka Test Cap [Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan at Colombo 1985/86]

'Retired hurt' is common parlance in cricket, but that is the name former Sri Lankan cricketer Roshan Mahanama chose for his biography, reflecting his feelings after he was not considered for selection in the One-dayers and Tests, following the team's disastrous showing in the 1999 World Cup.

The authorities told Roshan that he was dropped to groom young talent. But then players older than he was found a place, and that hurt the veteran. As a matter of principle and self-respect he decided to hang up his boots.

These facts are mentioned in the book 'Retired hurt,' penned by noted Australian sports chronicler Ken Piesse, based on 40 hours of taped narration on Roshan's experience on and off the field.

Player Statistics

Career Performance

Test Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Roshan Mahanama

In the column Runs, * indicates being not out

The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" align="center" width:"100%" !colspan=7|Test Centuries of Roshan Mahanama |- ! width="40"| !! width="50"|Runs !! width="50"|Match !! width="100"|Against !! width="150"|City/Country !! width="200"|Venue !! width="50"|Year |- | [1] || 153 || 15 || New Zealand || Moratuwa, Sri Lanka || Tyronne Fernando Stadium || 1992 |- | [2] || 109 || 16 || New Zealand || Colombo, Sri Lanka || Sinhalese Sports Club Ground || 1992 |- | [3] || 151 || 20 || India || Colombo, Sri Lanka || P. Saravanamuttu Stadium || 1993 |- | [4] ||225 || 44 || India || Colombo, Sri Lanka || R. Premadasa Stadium || 1997 |- |}

See also

100 Runs Test Cricket Partnerships by Sri Lanka

Ananda-Nalanda

References

"Roshan Mahanama - Perfectionist in batting and fielding" an article called Life and times in sports by Premasara Epasinghe

"World record-holder Mahanama Observer Schoolboy Cricketer in 1983 and 1984" an articlae by A. C. de Silva

"Cricket’s gentle giant" an article by Randima Attygalle

Observer schoolboy cricketers Madugalle and Mahanama now International Match Referees!

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