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Pulasthi Gunaratne
Sri Lanka
Player profile
Full name Pulasthi Waruna Gunaratne
Born September 27, 1973, Colombo
Current age 35 years 9 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Antonians Sports Club, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| ODIs |
23 |
8 |
3 |
36 |
15* |
7.20 |
63 |
57.14 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| First-class |
86 |
92 |
18 |
1154 |
74 |
15.59 |
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0 |
2 |
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67 |
0 |
| List A |
53 |
28 |
10 |
149 |
19* |
8.27 |
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0 |
0 |
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15 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| ODIs |
23 |
23 |
959 |
908 |
27 |
4/44 |
4/44 |
33.62 |
5.68 |
35.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
86 |
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10882 |
5433 |
242 |
7/25 |
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22.45 |
2.99 |
44.9 |
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7 |
2 |
| List A |
53 |
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2271 |
1830 |
71 |
4/37 |
4/37 |
25.77 |
4.83 |
31.9 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| ODI debut |
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Aug 7, 2002 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Australia v Sri Lanka at Port Elizabeth, Mar 18, 2003 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1993/94 - 2003/04 |
| List A span |
1995/96 - 2003/04 |
Wisden overview
A handful with bat and ball, and for tongue-tied commentators,
Pulasthi Gunaratne was already quite a veteran of Sri Lankan
cricket by the time he made his one-day debut at the age of 28
against Bangladesh in August 2002, since he first played for
Bloomfield way back in 1993. A slippery right-arm seamer, he
demonstrated his knowhow by taking two wickets in consecutive
deliveries, including a perfect first-ball yorker to uproot Tushar
Imran's middle stump. He had been on the fringe of the senior
side for quite some time, and had been an outside bet for the
2002 England tour after impressing in an unofficial Test series
against Kenya. His batting is more effective than elegant, but
two first-class fifties hint at a man who knows which end of the
willow is which. (Andrew Miller)
Feb 10, 2003 |
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Pulasthi Gunaratne and wicket keeper Kumar Sangakkara celebrate after they dismissed Craig McCullum
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Sep 12, 2002 |
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Gunaratne , left, and Chandana celebrate the wicket of Afridi
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Aug 15, 2002 |
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Inzamam cuts to point
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