Dimuth Karunaratne

Dimuth Karunaratne

Personal information
Full name	Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne
Born	(1988-04-21) 21 April 1988 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Dimma
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut	17 November 2012 v New Zealand
Last Test	16 March 2013 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 146)	9 July 2011 v England
Last ODI	13 July 2013 v Scotland
ODI shirt no.	21
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–present	Sinhalese Sports Club
2009	Basnahira North
2010-present	Wayamba
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA Matches 8 6 63 68 Runs scored 433 64 4,212 1,979 Batting average 30.92 32.00 46.28 31.91 100s/50s 0/3 0/1 14/19 2/12 Top score 85 60 210* 109* Balls bowled – 0 79 12 Wickets – 0 0 2 Bowling average – - - 10.50 5 wickets in innings – - - 0 10 wickets in match – - - 0 Best bowling – - - 2/13 Catches/stumpings 7/– 0/0 73/1 28/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 13 July 2013

Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (Sinhala:දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න )(born 21 April 1988 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman and plays first class cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club.^[1]

Career

Karunaratne attended the prestigious St. Joseph's College, Colombo, which has produced a number of Sri Lankan test cricketers such as Chaminda Vaas, Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera. He was a record-breaking batsman for the school's cricket team.^[2] After featuring in Sri Lanka's Under-19 and A squads, he was called into the senior One Day International (ODI) team for the series against England and Scotland in June and July 2011.^[3] He played in two matches on the tour, scoring four runs against England in Manchester, and 60 against Scotland in Edinburgh.^[1] He was selected in Sri Lanka's Test squad for its tour of South Africa at the end of 2011, although did not play in any of the three Tests.^[4]

He was recalled into the Test squad for the home Tests against New Zealand during late 2012. He got the opportunity due to Tillakaratne Dilshan being unable to make the XI because of an injury. He debuted in the first Test in that series, in Galle, only to get out for a duck in the first innings. However, he came back strongly in the 2nd innings with an unbeaten half century and hit the winning runs as well.^[5] Following the New Zealand series he was called into the test squad which was to tour Australia for a three test match series. During the first two tests in that series he failed to have an impact as he struggled against the Australian pace attack. In the final test of the series in Sydney he managed to get his highest test score of 85 in the second innings.

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