On this day
1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
1951 In his last race, 1948 Triple Crown champion Citation wins the Hollywood Gold Cup by 4 lengths, to become American racing's first millionaire horse.
1912 Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8)
Deshabandu Hashan Prasantha Tillakaratne
He batted as a lower middle order batsman and on many occasions in ODIs held one end in the last ten overs to take the team forward in exciting run chases.
He was involved in a cameo in an ODI against the West Indies in Sharjah 1995 Champions trophy chasing 333
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 83 200
Runs scored 4,545 3,789
Batting average 42.87 29.60
100s/50s 11/20 2/13
Top score 204* 104
Balls bowled 76 180
Wickets 0 6
Bowling average – 23.50
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 1/3
Catches/stumpings 122/2 89/6
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