Umesh Karunaratne      

Full name Thennakoon Mudiyanselage Umesh Samantha Karunaratne

Born January 19, 1989, Sri Jayawardenepura

Current age 24 years 151 days

Major teams Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Seeduwa Raddoluwa Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Under-19s

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Height 5 ft 11 in

Education Thurstan College, Colombo

Thennakoon Mudiyanselage Umesh Samantha Karunaratne
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 36 57 7 1756 114* 35.12 2212 79.38 1 13 175 39 56 0
List A 31 29 4 772 70* 30.88 982 78.61 0 7 15 0
Twenty20 4 4 0 14 8 3.50 21 66.66 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 36 60 4946 2896 140 7/119 13/225 20.68 3.51 35.3 6 10 1
List A 31 27 1136 723 26 3/38 3/38 27.80 3.81 43.6 0 0 0
Twenty20 4 1 12 11 1 1/11 1/11 11.00 5.50 12.0 0 0 0
Career statistics
First-class debut Singha Sports Club v Seeduwa Raddoluwa Cricket Club at Colombo (RPS), Nov 14-16, 2008 scorecard
Last First-class Badureliya Sports Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Kaluthara, Mar 30-Apr 1, 2013 scorecard
List A debut Seeduwa Raddoluwa Cricket Club v Burgher Recreation Club at Colombo (Thurstan), Nov 19, 2008 scorecard
Last List A Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Jan 2, 2013 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Panadura Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Mar 26, 2012 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Army at Colombo (Moors), Mar 30, 2012 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
5/47, 72, 4/79, 23 Chilaw v Badureliya Kaluthara 30 Mar 2013 FC
25, 2/70, 8, 1/19 Chilaw v Kurunegala Y Colombo (RPS) 22 Mar 2013 FC
9, 3/32, 78*, 3/64 Chilaw v Tamil Union Colombo (PSS) 15 Mar 2013 FC
44, 0/49, 2, 0/46 Chilaw v SL Navy Welisara 8 Mar 2013 FC
44, 4/58, 3*, 1/83 Chilaw v Galle CC Galle 1 Mar 2013 FC
2/71, 87, 2/72, 21 Chilaw v Col CC Colombo (CCC) 23 Feb 2013 FC
0, 3/80, 65 Chilaw v SLPACC Colombo (Moors) 15 Feb 2013 FC
2/107, 17, 0/48, 0 Chilaw v Nondescripts Colombo (NCC) 8 Feb 2013 FC
0, 7/119, 37, 0/32 Chilaw v Sinhalese Colombo (SSC) 1 Feb 2013 FC
50, 2/44 Chilaw v Bloomfield Colombo (Bloomfield) 2 Jan 2013 LA
Profile

An offspinner, Umesh Karunaratne made his first Under-19 appearance in the 2005-06 season. Recalled for the tri-nation tournament at home in 2007, he was included in the U-19 World Cup squad the following year. His favourite cricketer is Aravinda de Silva.
Cricinfo Staff February 2008

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Umesh Karunaratne, player portrait, February 2008

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Country Fixtures Country Results
2nd Semi-Final: India v Sri Lanka at Cardiff
Jun 20, 2013 (10:30 local | 09:30 GMT | 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT)
1st unofficial ODI: W. Indies A v Sri Lanka A at St George's
Jun 23, 2013
2nd unofficial ODI: W. Indies A v Sri Lanka A at St George's
Jun 25, 2013
3rd unofficial ODI: W. Indies A v Sri Lanka A at St George's
Jun 27, 2013
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