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Full Name
Arjuna Ranatunga
Born
December 01, 1963, Colombo
Age
59y 305d
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Batter
RELATIONS
Stocky left-hand batter Arjuna Ranatunga led Sri Lanka to their greatest cricketing triumph, the 1996 World Cup win.
Ranatunga 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 away from confrontation, defending his players and their rights to the hilt - most famously Muthiah Muralidaran, the team's spin-bowling talisman, against allegations of chucking.
Despite his relative inability to scamper the quick single, 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 off side in particular. He was a deceptive and useful medium-pace bowler, although his bowling was rarely seen 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 politics but In 2006 resigned from the post of junior minister for tourism to concentrate on his role in cricket administration. Ranatunga was appointed chairman of the cricket board in January 2008 but was sacked in December that year after he took several decisions that went against the grain, following which he returned to politics full-time, going on to serve as Sri Lanka's minister of ports, highways and shipping in the mid-2010s.
Arjuna Ranatunga Career Stats
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 93 | 155 | 12 | 5105 | 135* | 35.69 | - | - | 4 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 0 |
ODIs | 269 | 255 | 47 | 7456 | 131* | 35.84 | 9571 | 77.90 | 4 | 49 | - | 63 | 0 |
FC | 205 | 295 | 32 | 11641 | 238* | 44.26 | - | - | 25 | 63 | - | 108 | 0 |
List A | 307 | 290 | 53 | 8491 | 131* | 35.82 | - | - | 4 | 55 | - | 78 | 0 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
FC | 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 |
Records of Arjuna Ranatunga
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Debut/Last Matches of Arjuna Ranatunga
Test Matches
ODI Matches
FC Matches
List A Matches
Recent Matches of Arjuna Ranatunga
Match | Bat | Date | Ground | Format |
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SL Masters vs Eng Masters | 2 | 03-Dec-2009 | Bridgetown | OTHERT20 |
SL Masters vs WI Masters | 10 | 27-Nov-2009 | Bridgetown | OTHERT20 |
Celebrasians vs Lashings XI | 2 | 28-Jun-2007 | Uxbridge | OTHEROD |
Sri Lanka vs South Africa | 14 & 28* | 06-Aug-2000 | Colombo (SSC) | Test # 1507 |
Sri Lanka vs South Africa | 54 & 88 | 30-Jul-2000 | Kandy | Test # 1505 |