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Upul Chandika Hathurusingha (Sinhala: උපුල් චන්දික හතුරුසිංහ; born 13 September 1968) is a former cricketer. He was also the former head coach of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.[1] Hathurusingha also worked as the head coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team between 2014-2017.

Chandika Hathurusingha

Personal information
Full name	Upul Chandika Hathurusingha
Born	(1968-09-13) 13 September 1968 (age 54) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Chaminda Hathurusingha (brother)
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1991–1999)
Test debut (cap 48)	22 February 1991 v New Zealand
Last Test	4 March 1999 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 65)	10 January 1992 v Pakistan
Last ODI	19 March 1999 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1989–2005	Tamil Union C&AC
1998–2004	Moors SC
Head coaching information
Years	Team
2005–2006	United Arab Emirates
2009–2010	Sri Lanka A
2011–2013	New South Wales
2013–2014	Sydney Thunder
2014–2017	Bangladesh
2017–2019	Sri Lanka
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 26 35 207 96 Runs scored 1274 669 10,862 2,203 Batting average 29.62 20.90 36.44 27.88 100s/50s 0/8 0/4 20/61 0/16 Top score 83 66 191 93 Balls bowled 1962 954 22,359 2663 Wickets 17 14 425 59 Bowling average 46.41 50.64 22/09 29.69 5 wickets in innings 0 0 12 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0 Best bowling 4/66 4/57 8/29 4/18 Catches/stumpings 11/– 6/8 161/– 27/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2014

He has also coached the United Arab Emirates, the Sri Lanka A cricket team, New South Wales and Sydney Thunder. A right-handed all-rounder who bowled medium-fast, Hathurusingha played 26 Tests and 35 One Day Internationals for the Sri Lankan national side, and also had a successful domestic career for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and Moors Sports Club.

Playing career

An opening batsman, Hathurusingha most often opened alongside Roshan Mahanama. A useful pace-bowler, Hathurusingha was not called into the Test side until an injury to Mahanama stopped him from playing. Hathurusingha started his career by piecing together a trio of half-centuries in his first three matches. After a long layoff from the side when other players took over in the opening batsman position, and the subsequent discovery of Sanath Jayasuriya in just that position, Hathurusingha began to play once again, but this time as a strong middle-order batsman and medium-pace bowler. This was not to prove overly effective, though, and when Hathurusingha was not called upon to play in the Cricket World Cup in 1999, this brought about an end to his international career. He played once again in the Premier Tournament and became Player of the Tournament three seasons running (2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04). His Twenty-20 career began in 2005–06. He has not played international cricket since 1999.[2]

Coaching career

Having retired from first-class cricket at the end of the 2004–05 season, and Twenty20 cricket at the end of the following season, Hathurusingha was appointed coach of the United Arab Emirates in December 2005 on a one-year contract.[3] Following the completion of this contract, he was named coach of Sri Lanka A on a three-year contract with Sri Lanka Cricket.[4] In 2009, he was named senior assistant to Sri Lanka's national coach, Trevor Bayliss, but he was fired in June 2010 due to disciplinary reasons, after returning early from a tour of Zimbabwe to attend a coaching course in Australia.[5] Despite a request from Kumar Sangakkara, the national team's captain at the time, for him to be retained in the position, Hathurusingha was not reappointed, and subsequently obtained permanent residency in Australia.[6] He was a coaching consultant for the Canada national cricket team at the 2011 World Cup,[7]

Hathurusingha was appointed assistant coach of New South Wales in September 2011, on a two-year contract.[8] When senior coach Anthony Stuart was dismissed from the position in December 2012, midway through the 2012–13 season, Hathurusingha was named acting coach for the remainder of the season.[9] Trevor Bayliss was appointed coach of New South Wales for the 2013–14 season, with Hathurusingha remaining as senior assistant and also taking over from Shane Duff as coach of the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League, as part of a restructure of Cricket NSW's coaching system.[10][11]

Bangladesh

In May 2014, Hathurusingha was named as coach of the Bangladesh national side, replacing Shane Jurgensen, who had resigned following the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.[12][13] Up to 2017, he is the most successful coach to ever get involved in Bangladesh cricket, with ODI series victories against India, Pakistan and South Africa, and Test victories against Sri Lanka (away), England and Australia. During his tenure, Bangladesh moved higher in Team Rankings and qualified for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and directly qualified for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup as well.[14]

Chandika's record as Bangladesh Coach
	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn/NR
Test	21	6	11	4
ODI	51	25	23	3
T20I	29	10	19	2

Sri Lanka

On 9 November 2017, Hathurusingha resigned from coaching the Bangladesh team. On 8 December Sri Lanka Cricket announced that he would be the head coach of the national team after their 2018 tour in India.[1]

Chandika's record as Sri Lanka Coach
	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn/NR
Test	21	6	11	4
ODI	44	10	29	5
T20I	12	4	8	0

Updated: 28 June 2019

References

External links

• Chandika Hathurusingha at ESPNcricinfo

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