Yohan Goonasekera
Sri Lanka
INTL CAREER: 1983 - 1983
Full Name
Yohan Goonasekera
Born
November 08, 1957, Colombo
Age
66y 185d
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Left arm Medium, Slow Left arm Orthodox
TEAMS
One of many players given an opportunity on the 1982/83 series of New Zealand it proved to be Goonasekera's only international series. Against a high class New Zealand pace attack featuring Sir Richard Hadlee, Cairns, Chatfield and Snedden he had a torrid time although his scores did improve each innings. Goonasekera's notable achievement was snaring four catches in the first innings of the second Test at Wellington, a record effort by a Sri Lankan equaled by Hashan Tillekeratne a decade later. The left handed batsman had an improved series in the one day encounters though it was not enough to convince the selectors to persevere with him.
(Johann P Jayasekera
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