Rumesh Ratnayake

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Rumesh Ratnayake
Sri Lanka
Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium Legbreak
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	23	70
Runs scored	433	612
Batting average	14.43	16.54
100s/50s	-/2	-/-
Top score	56	33*
Balls bowled	4961	3575
Wickets	73	76
Bowling average	35.10	35.68
5 wickets in innings	5	1
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	6/66	5/32
Catches/stumpings	9/-	11/-
As of 9 February 2006 Source: [1]

Rumesh Joseph Ratnayake (born January 2, 1964, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 23 Tests and 70 ODIs from 1982 to 1993.

Ratnayake was a right arm fast-medium bowler who was capable of swinging the new ball and generating considerable pace and bounce. His career was often interrupted with injuries.

One of his best performances came in the 1985/86 series against India, taking 20 wickets at 22 for the series. In the 2nd Test he managed 9 wickets in the match which gave Sri Lanka a rare Test win, and inaugural series victory. Other good hauls include 6 for 66 against Australia at Hobart in 1990/91 and 5 for 69 against England at Lords.

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1983 Cricket World Cup 1 Mendis (c) • 2 De Alwis (wk) • 3 De Mel • 4 De Silva • 5 Dias • 6 John • 7 Kuruppu • 8 Madugalle • 9 Ranatunga • 10 Ratnayake • 11 Samarasekera • 12 Wettimuny

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1987 Cricket World Cup 1 Mendis (c) • 2 Anurasiri • 3 De Mel • 4 De Silva • 5 Dias • 6 Garusinha • 7 Jeganathan • 8 John • 9 Kuruppu (wk) • 10 Madugalle • 11 Mahanama • 12 Ranatunga • 13 RJ Ratnayake • 14 JR Ratnayeke

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1992 Cricket World Cup 1 De Silva (c) • 2 Anurasiri • 3 Gurusinha • 4 Hathurusingha • 5 Jayasuriya • 6 Kalpage • 7 Mahanama • 8 Ramanayake • 9 Ranatunga • 10 Ratnayake • 11 Samarasekera • 12 Tillakaratne (wk) • 13 Wickramasinghe • 14 Wijegunawardene