Kolitha Dissanayake cricketer and coach par excellence

Harshaka Kolitha Dissanayake, an Old Boy of Tissa Central College, Kalutara is a fine Cricketer as well as a Cricket Coach, presently coaching the Cricket team of Poramadulla Central School and Greenhill International School,Kandy. Kolitha started his cricket career under the coaching of S.Sumith, a veteran cricket coach of his School at the Under Fifteen Level in the year 1991. He scored Two centuries against Ananda Sasthralaya,Kotte and Matugama and in the Division III Cricket Tournament at the Under 17 level he showed his class as a Bowler under the coaching of Ajith Weerakkody he claimed Five wickets against Aluthgama Vidyalaya.

Kolitha led the Under Seventeen Cricket team of the School as an Under Nineteen player and scored 102 runs as his highest score against Taksilla Vidyalaya, Horana under the coaching of Ajith de Silva and in the year 1995 he captained the School 1st eleven Cricket team.

After his School career he joined the Municipal Cricket Club in Kalutara and played till 1998 at the Division One Cricket Tournament. From 1998 upto 1999 he played for the Tamil Union team and after that he went to Bahrain and played for a Cricket team there till the year 2000 and became the ‘Best Batsman’ by scoring three centuries and the ‘Best Bowler’ for bagging three five wicket haul.

Before that In the year 1996 he followed a Cricket Coaching course under W.A.N.Silva, veteran Cricket Coach organized by the Kalutara Cricket Club. After his training Course he started his own Cricket Academy while coaching the Sri Sumangala Vidyalaya,Kandy Under 13 and 15 Cricket teams.

Kolitha became a Level One Cricket Coach in 2020 under the coaching of Amila Pinnaduwa, the Provincial Cricket Coach and at present he has improved his Cricket Academy and his intention is to continue to Coach the Cricket team of the School to bring it to a higher standard.