Tony Opatha
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| Full name | Antony Ralph Marinon Opatha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1947 Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 6) | 7 June 1975 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 16 June 1979 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antony Ralph Marinon Opatha (born August 5, 1947, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan ODI cricketer. A right-arm medium pace bowler, he played five One Day Internationals at the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cups.
As player/manager of the rebel tour to South Africa in 1982-83 in defiance of the sporting ban against the apartheid state, he and the other tourists received a lifetime ban from international cricket.
In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[1][2]
References
- ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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- Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers
- All-Ceylon cricketers
- Cricketers at the 1975 Cricket World Cup
- Cricketers at the 1979 Cricket World Cup
- Sri Lanka Air Force personnel
- Alumni of St Peter's College, Colombo
- Sri Lankan cricket coaches
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