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Full name Anura Nandana Ranasinghe
Born October 13, 1956, Kalutara
Died November 9, 1998, Colombo (aged 42 years 27 days)
Major teams Sri Lanka,Burgher Recreation Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium, Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
0
88
77
22.00
0
1
0
0
0
ODIs
9
8
1
153
51
21.85
147
104.08
0
1
0
0
First-class
43
76
6
1664
77
23.77
0
13
26
0
List A
24
21
2
417
100
21.94
1
2
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
3
114
69
1
1/23
1/40
69.00
3.63
114.0
0
0
0
ODIs
9
8
324
281
2
1/21
1/21
140.50
5.20
162.0
0
0
0
First-class
43
3320
1663
39
5/65
42.64
3.00
85.1
1
0
List A
24
976
744
15
4/50
4/50
49.60
4.57
65.0
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, Mar 14-19, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Sep 17-22, 1982 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 7, 1975 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Sep 15, 1982 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1974/75 - 1989/90
List A span
1974/75 - 1982/83
Profile
A schoolboy prodigy Anura Ranasinghe made his international debut
in the 1975 World Cup against the might of the West Indies whilst
still only 18 years of age. Ranasinghe played in all three
matches for the Sri Lankans without producing any performance of
note. His test debut came on Sri Lanka's inaugural Test tour of
Pakistan in the second Test at Faisalabad. Ranasinghe struggled
with the bat scoring 6 and 5 batting at number seven. Despite
taking the new ball he was used sparingly although he did take
1/23 in the first innings. In the one off Test against England
Ranasinghe appeared to be out of his depth bowling just seven
overs and scoring a duck. However, at his best when his back was
against the wall he responded with a combative display scoring 77
in the second innings. Still only 25, Ranasinghe had a number of
years left to establish his position as a quality Test allrounder
but he elected to join the tour of South Africa thus prematurely
ending his international career and ensuring his early potential
went unfulfilled.
