Jayantha Seneviratne (born 6 June 1952) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sri Lanka cricket team from 1973 to 1979, playing in five unofficial Test matches against India, Pakistan and the West Indies.
[1] He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo, where he played cricket for the first XI from 1968 to 1970.
After leaving school, he played for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in Colombo.
[2] He made his highest first-class score of 98 not out, the highest score of the match, when Sri Lanka lost by 17 runs to Pakistan in Karachi in 1973-74.
[3] Jayantha is a former national selector and national coaching committee member of Sri Lanka Cricket, the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka.