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Full name Arjuna Ranatunga
Born December 1, 1963, Colombo
Current age 44 years 237 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Brother - D Ranatunga,Brother - N Ranatunga,Brother - S Ranatunga
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
93
155
12
5105
135*
35.69
4
38
40
47
0
ODIs
269
255
47
7456
131*
35.84
9570
77.91
4
49
63
0
First-class
205
295
32
11641
238*
44.26
25
63
111
0
List A
307
290
53
8491
131*
35.82
4
55
78
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
93
56
2373
1040
16
2/17
2/20
65.00
2.62
148.3
0
0
0
ODIs
269
135
4710
3757
79
4/14
4/14
47.55
4.78
59.6
1
0
0
First-class
205
7096
3085
94
5/45
32.81
2.60
75.4
2
0
List A
307
5338
4255
98
4/14
4/14
43.41
4.78
54.4
2
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Aug 6-10, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Feb 14, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI
Kenya v Sri Lanka at Southampton, May 30, 1999 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1981/82 - 2000/01
List A span
1981/82 - 2000/01
Profile
Arjuna Ranatunga is a stockily-built left-handed batsman who led Sri Lanka to their greatest cricketing triumph, the 1996 World Cup. His innovative captaincy took a Sri Lanka team given little chance prior to the competition for cricket's greatest prize. He made his debut in Sri Lanka's inaugural Test at the age of 18, and made his country's first Test half-century. A dominant figure on cricket fields all over the world for nearly 20 years, he never shied from confrontation, defending his players and rights to the hilt.
Despite his relative inability to scamper the quick single which is considered essential in one-day cricket, Ranatunga had an uncanny ability to keep the scoreboard ticking over using deft placement on both sides of the wicket, combined with fluent driving through the offside in particular. He was a deceptive and useful medium-pace bowler, although his bowling was seen rarely in the later part of his career. He lost the captaincy following Sri Lanka's poor showing in the 1999 World Cup, and retired from international cricket a year later, but his contribution to Sri Lankan cricket is immense. He moved into administration and was appointed chairman of the board in January 2008.
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