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Full name | Amunugama Gedara Ranaweera Mudiyanselage Daminda Kumara Ranaweera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kandy, Sri Lanka | 29 February 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm slow-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2004 | Colombo Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Tamil Union C &AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2011 | Colombo Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Bloomfield C &AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Sarawak Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Cambridge Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Seattle Thunderbolts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,17 August 2022 |
Amunugama Gedara Ranaweera Mudiyanselage Daminda Kumara Ranaweera,or commonly Daminda Ranaweera (born 29 February 1980) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. [1] He made his FC debut on 15 November 1999 for the Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club,against Colombo. [2]
Ranaweera was born on 29 February 1980 in Kandy,Sri Lanka. [3] Ranaweera was raised into a Buddhist Sri Lankan family,and started playing cricket at an early age. [4] He then started attending Vidyartha College at the age of 15 during the 1995/96 school year. [4] [5] Upon attending Vidyartha,Ranaweera played for his college's cricket team from 1997 to 1999. [6] [7]
Following Ranaweera's performances with Vidyartha in the 1998-99 Elephant Lemonade Cup,Ranaweera was selected to play for the Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club during the 1999-2000 Premier Trophy season. [8] Ranaweera made his FC debut on 13 November 1999,against Colombo,wherein the match was drawn. [2] He would go on to amass a total of 138 runs in 4 matches,with a high score of 71 during the trophy. [9] Ranaweera was also selected by Kurunegala for the 1999-2000 Premier Limited Overs Tournament,where he made his LA debut on 26 February 2000,against the Nondescripts Cricket Club. [10] He would go on to score 63 runs in 5 matches,with a high score of 50. [11]