Vasanthi Ratnayake

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Vasanthi Ratnayake
Personal information
Full name
Liyanage Don Vasanthi Ratnayake
Born (1973-11-30) 30 November 1973 (age 50)
Wellawatte, Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Role Batter
International information
National side
Only Test(cap  8)17 April 1998 v  Pakistan
ODI debut(cap  8)25 November 1997 v  Netherlands
Last ODI23 March 2003 v  West Indies
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WLA
Matches12227
Runs scored18558692
Batting average 9.0026.5726.61
100s/50s0/00/30/4
Top score138888
Balls bowled–90204
Wickets –00
Bowling average –––
5 wickets in innings –00
10 wickets in match–00
Best bowling–––
Catches/stumpings 0/–4/–5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 December 2021

Liyanage Don Vasanthi Ratnayake (born 30 November 1973) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match and 22 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka between 1997 and 2003. [1] [2]

Ratnayake made her international debut in 1997, in an ODI between Sri Lanka and the Netherlands, in Colombo. [1] Opening the batting in that match, she scored just one run. [3] She made her only Test match appearance in 1998, playing against Pakistan, scoring five and thirteen in the two innings. [4] She scored an international half-century for the first time in 2002, also against Pakistan, when she scored 88. [5] This remained her highest score in international cricket, [1] and remained the highest individual score in WODIs by any Sri Lankan player other than Chamari Athapaththu until the team's tour of Ireland in 2024, in which Vishmi Gunaratne and Harshitha Samarawickrama both scored centuries. [6] She scored two further half-centuries; 51 later in that same series against Pakistan, [7] and 67 not out on her final appearance in international cricket, against the West Indies in 2003. [8] In total, Ratnayake played 22 ODIs, scoring 558 runs at an average of 26.57. In her only Test appearance, she scored 18 runs at an average of 9.00. She bowled 90 balls in ODI cricket, but did not take a wicket. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Player Profile: Vasanthi Ratnayake". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Vasanthi Ratnayake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "1st ODI, Netherlands Women tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Nov 25 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Only Test, Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Apr 17–20 1998". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "3rd ODI, Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Jan 23 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Batting records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "6th ODI, Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka at Moratuwa, Jan 30 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "6th ODI, Sri Lanka Women tour of West Indies at Kingstown, Mar 23 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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