19 Facts About Charith Senanayake

Charith Panduka Senanayake was born on 19 December 1962 and is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and businessman.

Charith Senanayake played in three Test matches and seven One Day Internationals from 1990 to 1991.

Charith Senanayake served as manager of Sri Lanka national cricket team for a considerable period of time.

Charith Senanayake played professional cricket in Kenya representing Mombasa Sports Club.

Charith Senanayake has worked as an expertise in marketing in several positions including marketing manager of Macwoods Ltd in Sri Lanka, marketing consultant of Tea Tang Ltd in Sri Lanka, general manager of LAB International Ltd in Kenya and CEO of Afri Bridge Trade Exporters in Kenya.

Charith Senanayake received his maiden test call up for the tour of New Zealand in 1990 and subsequently made his test debut on 31 January 1991 against New Zealand at Wellington where he scored duck on debut while opening the batting.

Charith Senanayake then went onto score his maiden test half-century in his second test during the second test match of the series against New Zealand.

Charith Senanayake scored 64 opening the batting alongside debutant Chandika Hathurusingha and the duo added 95 runs for the opening wicket.

Charith Senanayake was then dropped from the Sri Lankan test team after the third test of the series as he only scored 97 runs during the three match test cricket in the tour of New Zealand and it marked his only test series of his career.

Roshan Mahanama and Chandika Hathurusingha subsequently secured their positions as openers in test team which left no room for Charith Senanayake to regain his place in the side.

Charith Senanayake then moved to Kenya in 1998 due to lack of opportunities in Sri Lanka in order to pursue his cricketing career.

Charith Senanayake has worked as coach of Colombo Cricket Club in two occasions just prior to his migration to Kenya.

Charith Senanayake worked as a television commentator for a brief stint.

Charith Senanayake was appointed as the team manager of Sri Lanka men's cricket team in 2008 replacing Hashan Tillakaratne following the intervention of the then Sports minister Gamini Lokuge.

Charith Senanayake was appointed as team manager when he was on the holiday to Sri Lanka.

Charith Senanayake then resigned from the position of team manager in 2013 and was replaced by Michael de Zoysa.

Charith Senanayake again became the team manager in July 2018 for the fourth time replacing Asanka Gurusinha.

Charith Senanayake was accused then for his allegedly leaking a personal letter from the then national team captain Mahela Jayawardene to the media in which Mahela claimed that he had lost all his confidence in SLC.

Charith Senanayake had revealed that Sri Lankan cricket would be placed in a situation like the Kenyan cricket team in the future.