Rumesh Ratnayake

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Rumesh Ratnayake
රුමේෂ් රත්නායක
Personal information
Full name
Rumesh Joseph Ratnayake
Born (1964-01-02) 2 January 1964 (age 59)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  21)4 March 1983 v  New Zealand
Last Test2 January 1992 v  Pakistan
ODI debut(cap  28)26 September 1982 v  India
Last ODI1 December 1993 v  West Indies
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches2370
Runs scored433612
Batting average 14.4316.54
100s/50s0/20/0
Top score5633*
Balls bowled4,9613575
Wickets 7376
Bowling average 35.1035.68
5 wickets in innings 51
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling6/665/32
Catches/stumpings 9/–11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2016

Rumesh Joseph Ratnayake (born 2 January 1964), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 23 Test matches and 70 One Day Internationals from 1982 to 1993. He was an interim head coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team in 2017. [1]

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Ratnayake was born in Colombo. During a career often blighted by injury, he was a strapping right arm fast-medium bowler who was capable of swinging the new ball and generating considerable pace and bounce. He spearheaded the Sri Lankan fast bowling attack in his heyday although his international career was relatively short due to being injury prone. [ citation needed ]He was also a more than useful hard-hitting lower order batsman, as Test match fifties against Pakistan and England testify. He is usually known for his appointments as interim coach of Sri Lanka national cricket teamusually in between permanent appointments. [2] He also works as fast bowling coach being attached to the High Performance Center of Sri Lanka Cricket on a full-time basis.

International career

One of Ratnayake's 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 Lord's. His bowling spell of 6/66 was instrumental in restricting Australia for 224. [3]

After retirement

In July 2001, Ratnayake became the administrative team manager for the Sri Lankan national cricket team. [4]

In 2003, Ratnayake was a development officer for the Asian Cricket Council [5] and was a coach and selector for the Asian Dream Team, a composite team of lesser Asian cricketing nations that played 6 matches in Sri Lanka that year. [6]

Ratnayake was in May 2007 linked with the Sri Lankan national cricket team assistant coaching job [7] with some saying he had been given the interim coaching job. [8] Ultimately it was the deputy's job that he was offered, and later declined in June 2007.: [9]

He has also advised cricket hopefuls in Canada. [10]

In August 2011, he became the head coach of Sri Lankan national team. [11] On 8 August 2017, after Champaka Ramanayake resigned, Ratnayake was again appointed as the fast bowling coach of the national team. [12] [13]

In January 2022, he was appointed as the interim coach of Sri Lankan side for the home bilateral ODI series against Zimbabwe in the absence of Mickey Arthur whose contract with the national side as head coach had expired on 4 December 2021. [14] [15] He was persisted as the interim coach of Sri Lankan side for the five match T20I series against Australia in February 2021 and for the bilateral series against India in March 2021. [16] [17] It has been revealed that the unprofessionalism and lackluster attitude of Sri Lanka cricket in finding the head coach after the departure of Mickey Arthur resulted in extended coaching gig for Ratnayake. [18]

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  2. ↑ "Rumesh Ratnayake: The cricket coach for all seasons | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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  4. ↑ Rediff.com July 25th, 2001 Retrieved on June 17th, 2008
  5. ↑ Monsoon Rains force Reschedule Cricinfo.com, July 18th, 2003 Retrieved on June 17th, 2008
  6. ↑ Retrieved on June 17th, 2008
  7. ↑ Rumesh to take over as assistant coach Sunday Times newspaper (Sri Lanka) Sunday May 20th, 2007 Retrieved on June 17th, 2008
  8. ↑ Rumesh Ratnayake: Interim Coach of Sri Lanka SouthAsiabiz.com, May 20th, 2007 Retrieved on June 17th, 2008
  9. ↑ Whither the future, Marvan, Rumesh? The Sunday Leader Vol. 14 Issue 2, July 1, 2007 Retrieved on June 17, 2008
  10. ↑ Ratnayake conducts camp Caledon Enterprise newspaper (Ontario, Canada), June 5th, 2008 Retrieved on June 17th, 2008
  11. ↑ Cricinfo.com, Aug 3rd, 2011 Retrieved on Aug 3rd, 2011
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