Pulasthi Gunaratne

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Pulasthi Gunaratne
Personal information
Full name
Pulasthi Waruna Gunaratne
Born (1973-09-27) 27 September 1973 (age 49)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  112)7 August 2002 v  Bangladesh
Last ODI18 March 2003 v  Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI
Matches23
Runs scored36
Batting average 7.20
100s/50s0/0
Top score15*
Balls bowled959
Wickets 27
Bowling average 33.62
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling4/44
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 March 2017

Pulasthi Waruna Gunaratne (born 27 September 1973), known as Pulasthi Gunaratne, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. [1]

Playing career

Already an experienced player at the time of his Sri Lanka debut in 2002, Gunaratne started playing for Bloomfield in 1993. A tricksy seam bowler, Gunaratne is also a skillful batsman. He participated in the 2003 World Cup.

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References

  1. "Pulasthi Gunaratne". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2021.