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Full name | Nihal Senaka Hewavitharana Mudiange Ralahamilage Kodituwakku | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Ceylon | 23 July 1940||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 24 February 2017 |
Nihal Kodituwakku (born 23 July 1940) is a former cricketer who played for Ceylon in the 1960s.
Kodituwakku attended Royal College, Colombo, where he played in the cricket team. [1] Short of stature, he became an opening batsman, strong on the back foot and against the short ball. [1] He made his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1965–66, scoring 87 in the second innings after the Ceylon team had been forced to follow on 255 runs behind. [2] He toured Pakistan in 1966-67 with the Ceylon team.
He worked in advertising for J. Walter Thompson before going to manage his family's estate at Wariyapola. [1] He coached the cricket teams at a number of schools, including Maliyadeva College, Royal College and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. [1] He officiated as a match referee in domestic first-class and List A matches from 2002 to 2011. [3] In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers honoured by Sri Lanka Cricket for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council. [4] [5]
He lives in Kottawa with his second wife, Orema. They have two daughters. He also has two daughters from his first marriage. [1]
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Full name | Nihal Senaka Hewavitharana Mudiange Ralahamilage Kodituwakku | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Ceylon | 23 July 1940||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 24 February 2017 |
Nihal Kodituwakku (born 23 July 1940) is a former cricketer who played for Ceylon in the 1960s.
Kodituwakku attended Royal College, Colombo, where he played in the cricket team. [1] Short of stature, he became an opening batsman, strong on the back foot and against the short ball. [1] He made his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1965–66, scoring 87 in the second innings after the Ceylon team had been forced to follow on 255 runs behind. [2] He toured Pakistan in 1966-67 with the Ceylon team.
He worked in advertising for J. Walter Thompson before going to manage his family's estate at Wariyapola. [1] He coached the cricket teams at a number of schools, including Maliyadeva College, Royal College and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. [1] He officiated as a match referee in domestic first-class and List A matches from 2002 to 2011. [3] In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers honoured by Sri Lanka Cricket for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council. [4] [5]
He lives in Kottawa with his second wife, Orema. They have two daughters. He also has two daughters from his first marriage. [1]