Jayantha Paranathala

Jayantha Paranathala (24 November 1950 – 26 September 2023) was a Sri Lankan cricketer and Deputy Inspector General of Police.^[1] He was also a vice president of Sri Lanka Cricket and a national cricket selector.^[2]

Jayantha Paranathala

Personal information
Full name	Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Mahasen Jayantha Paranathala
Born	(1950-11-24)24 November 1950 Pannipitiya, Ceylon
Died	26 September 2023(2023-09-26) (aged 72)
Nickname	Para
Batting	Left-handed
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1977-1990	Burgher Recreation Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 6 Runs scored 224 Batting average 32.00 100s/50s 00/1 Top score 85 Balls bowled Wickets 6 Bowling average 21.16 5 wickets in innings 00 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/12 Catches/stumpings
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Cricket career

Paranathala started playing cricket at Isipathana College, Colombo. As a schoolboy in 1977, he was selected to play against England B^[3] at Galle.

Post-playing career

Paranathala had a long career in the Sri Lanka Police and retired with the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police.

Paranathala served Sri Lanka Cricket in various capacities including Sri Lanka team manager, national selector, Sri Lanka Cricket Vice President, Chairman of the Umpires' Committee, Secretary of the National Development Committee.

From 1988, he was the President of cricket club Burgher Recreation Club.^[4] 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 (ICC).^[5][6]

Death

Jayantha Paranathala died on 26 September 2023, at the age of 72.^[7]