Full name Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne
Born April 21, 1988, Colombo
Current age 29 years 363 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira Cricket Dundee, Dambulla, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Sri Lanka Under-20s School
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education St. Joseph's College, Colombo
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
49 | 95 | 3 | 3186 | 196 | 34.63 | 6714 | 47.45 | 7 | 14 | 316 | 6 | 42 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
17 | 13 | 1 | 190 | 60 | 15.83 | 276 | 68.84 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
First-class | 146 | 252 | 20 | 10624 | 212 | 45.79 | 18471 | 57.51 | 35 | 44 | 1194 | 24 | 154 | 1 |
List A | 112 | 104 | 7 | 3204 | 132 | 33.03 | 4296 | 74.58 | 5 | 19 | 310 | 11 | 51 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
28 | 27 | 1 | 433 | 57* | 16.65 | 409 | 105.86 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 15 | 1 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
49 | 6 | 144 | 97 | 1 | 1/31 | 1/31 | 97.00 | 4.04 | 144.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
17 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.60 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 146 | 26 | 664 | 398 | 3 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 132.66 | 3.59 | 221.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
List A | 112 | 4 | 64 | 46 | 3 | 2/13 | 2/13 | 15.33 | 4.31 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle, Nov 17-19, 2012 scorecard |
Last Test | Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Feb 8-10, 2018 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v Sri Lanka at Manchester, Jul 9, 2011 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Mar 1, 2015 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 14-16, 2008 scorecard |
Last First-class | Galle v Dambulla at Dambulla, Apr 8-11, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | Sinhalese Sports Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 19, 2008 scorecard |
Last List A | Nondescripts Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Mar 25, 2018 scorecard |
T20s debut | Sri Lanka A v Ireland at Colombo (SSC), Feb 4, 2010 scorecard |
Last T20s | Sinhalese Sports Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (Police), Mar 1, 2018 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0, 0, 0/15 | Dambulla | v Galle | Dambulla | 8 Apr 2018 | FC |
71, 0/7, 40 | Dambulla | v Kandy | Katunayake | 30 Mar 2018 | FC |
14 | Sinhalese | v Nondescripts | Colombo (SSC) | 25 Mar 2018 | LA |
1/14, 17 | Sinhalese | v Chilaw | Colombo (Colts) | 23 Mar 2018 | LA |
70* | Sinhalese | v Ragama | Colombo (Colts) | 21 Mar 2018 | LA |
4 | Sinhalese | v Panadura | Panadura | 18 Mar 2018 | LA |
132 | Sinhalese | v Kurunegala Y | Kurunegala | 16 Mar 2018 | LA |
64 | Sinhalese | v SLPACC | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Mar 2018 | LA |
- | Sinhalese | v Moors | Colombo (SSC) | 12 Mar 2018 | LA |
65 | Sinhalese | v Saracens | Katunayake | 9 Mar 2018 | LA |
Dimuth Karunaratne is a solid left-hand opening batsman, and another alumnus of the St Joseph's College side that produced Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera, whom he also played with in the Sri Lanka Under-19 side. Karunaratne made his first class debut for Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in 2008, but had a quiet first season, batting largely in the middle order.