[3] He made his first-class cricket debut in November 1963, playing for an East African Invitation XI against the MCC in Kampala.

[4] He played a second first-class match in 1964, for a Coast Cricket Association XI against Pakistan International Airlines in Mombasa, but soon emigrated to England due to political changes in Tanzania.

[4] After the season, Solanky returned to Africa with his county side, playing a three match series against the Zambia national cricket team.

[9] After leaving Glamorgan, Solanky spent a year as a cricket coach and squash professional in South Wales before moving to Northern Ireland in 1980.

[1] In the late 1980s he began teaching technology at Hopefield High School in Newtownabbey, continuing to play as an amateur with Cliftonville CC until 1993.