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Full name Dammika Ranatunga
Born October 12, 1962, Colombo
Current age 45 years 218 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Administrator
Relations Brother - A Ranatunga,Brother - N Ranatunga,Brother - S Ranatunga
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
3
0
87
45
29.00
250
34.80
0
0
4
0
0
0
ODIs
4
4
0
49
25
12.25
156
31.41
0
0
2
0
1
0
First-class
73
111
10
3559
170
35.23
5
16
30
0
List A
8
8
0
87
25
10.87
0
0
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
73
770
392
12
2/11
32.66
3.05
64.1
0
0
List A
8
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-
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Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Dec 8-12, 1989 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, Dec 16-20, 1989 scorecard
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Dec 21, 1990 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984/85 - 1995/96
List A span
1985/86 - 1990/91
Profile
The eldest of three brothers to represent Sri Lanka at Test level Dhammika Ranatunga had a brief sojourn in the international arena. A stoic opening batsman unsurprisingly blessed with an unflappable temperament Ranatunga opened the batting for Sri Lanka on the tour of Australia in 1990-91. Though it proved to be his only Test series he performed admirably batting with patience and resoluteness making 40 in his debut innings, and following up with 45 at Hobart. His introverted style seemed suited to the longer format of the game and in his limited chances at one-day level he struggled. He subsequently became an influential administrator in the Sri Lankan cricket hierarchy, and was chief executive of the Cricket Board.
Johann P Jayasekera
