13 Facts About Chinthaka Jayasinghe

Chinthaka Umesh Jayasinghe was born on 19 May 1978 and is a former Sri Lankan T20I cricketer.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe is based in Australia and works as a bus driver.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe commenced his cricketing career as a school boy, playing at the Under 13,15,17 and 19 levels, representing his school Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe was the captain of the school team at all these levels.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Burgher Recreation Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe was offered a Sri Lankan Cricket Annual National Player Contract in 2008 as a T20 Specialist and said contract continued into the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe achieved a number of national records in first class cricket such as fastest century, most number of sixes in the seasons etc.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe played 142 first class matches and 128 List-A matches.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe scored more than 8500 runs and took 200+ wickets in both formats during his 14 years in a first class cricket career.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe retired from all first class cricket in 2014.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe has since been playing in Australia where he started at Greenvale Cricket club and then moved to the Westmeadows Cricket Club in Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association, where he has won many accolades and two championships.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe made his T20I debut against India at Nagpur in 2009.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe was a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 played in the West Indies in 2010 and Trevor Bayliss was the head coach.