Full name Halwathurage Chinthaka Umesh Jayasinghe
Born May 19, 1978, Kalutara
Current age 32 years 41 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Burgher Recreation Club, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Kandurata, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A
Also known as Chintha
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 6 ft 1 in
Education Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya
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Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20Is | 5 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 38 | 49.00 | 49 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 123 | 192 | 19 | 4960 | 142 | 28.67 | 6 | 27 | 98 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 115 | 95 | 22 | 1931 | 86* | 26.45 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 644 | 67 | 29.27 | 483 | 133.33 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 21 | 10 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20Is | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 123 | 5246 | 2517 | 104 | 5/39 | 24.20 | 2.87 | 50.4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| List A | 115 | 3914 | 2378 | 106 | 5/44 | 5/44 | 22.43 | 3.64 | 36.9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 35 | 23 | 438 | 535 | 28 | 4/17 | 4/17 | 19.10 | 7.32 | 15.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I debut | India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Dec 9, 2009 scorecard |
| Last T20I | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Lauderhill, May 22, 2010 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1996/97 |
| Last First-class | Basnahira South v Kandurata at Colombo (Bloomfield), Mar 25-28, 2010 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1998/99 |
| Last List A | Kandurata v Ruhuna at Moratuwa, Feb 21, 2010 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Lauderhill, May 22, 2010 scorecard |
The 22-year-old Chintaka Jayasinghe is a forthright and positive all-rounder. He hits the ball hard, bowls useful medium pace and could well break into the national one-day squad in the near future. He was educated at Dharmapala Vidyalaya in Pannipitiya. Perhaps his greatest cricketing moment to date was when he scored twin hundreds against Royal College, Colombo in 1995/96. His name first appeared on the national scene when the selectors included him in the U19 team that toured Malaysia and Singapore in 1994 and England in 1995. He also played for the Sri Lankan 'A' team that toured India in 1998 and played against Zimbabwe 'A' in their 2000 tour of Sri Lanka. He now plays his club cricket for BRC
