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Rumesh Ratnayake

Right-hand bat  ·  Right-hand bat
Sri LankaSL
FULL NAMERumesh Joseph Ratnayake
BORN02 Jan 1964, Colombo
BATSRight-hand bat
BOWLSRight-arm fast-medium
ROLERight-hand bat
TEAMSSri Lanka
TEST
Cap 21
DEBUTMar 1983
LATESTJan 1992
ODI
Cap 28
DEBUTSep 1982
LATESTNov 1993
◈ INSIGHTSDay 241 / 365
1

The Venues tab ranks every ground Rumesh has played at, by total runs. Find the favourite fortresses.

2

Career stats, year-by-year trends, venue records, and bowler matchups — it's all here for Rumesh.

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Click Matchups in the tabs above to see which bowlers have tested Rumesh most over their career.

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Career Stats

All formats →
RUNS
1045
AVERAGE
15.60
STRIKE RATE
90.03
HIGH SCORE
56
50S
2
SIXES
28
INNINGS
91
WICKETS
149
ECONOMY
3.85

Recent form

All matches →
19934 matches
55
AVG 55.00 · SR 171.88 · HS 324 wkts
▲ AVG +39.40 vs career  ·  ▲ +46.00 vs 1992  ·  SR +81.85
19921 matches
9
AVG 9.00 · SR 56.25 · HS 51 wkts
▼ AVG -6.60 vs career  ·  SR -33.78
1990Career best
168
AVG 16.80 · SR 91.30
▲ AVG +1.20 vs career
1982Career worst · 1 matches
6
AVG 6.00 · SR 66.67
▼ AVG -9.60 vs career

By Format

TEST · ODI · T20I →
TEST · 23 MATCHES
433
AVG 14.43  ·  SR 94.96  ·  HS 56  ·  WKTS 73
ODI · 70 MATCHES
612
AVG 16.54  ·  SR 86.81  ·  HS 33  ·  WKTS 76
PEAK BATTING YEAR
1990
168 runs · avg 16.80
PEAK BOWLING YEAR
1985
26 wickets · econ 3.09

Year by year (last 5)

Full breakdown →
8990919293
YEARMRUNSAVGSR100s
199345555.00171.880
1992199.0056.250
1991614724.5084.480
19901416816.8091.300
198932010.0083.330

VS Every Team (top 5)

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Pakistan
290avg 14.50 · SR 145.73
India
201avg 15.46 · SR 151.13
New Zealand
180avg 12.00 · SR 59.60
Australia
142avg 11.83 · SR 58.20
OPPMATRUNSAVGSRHS100s50sWKTS
Pakistan2329014.50145.7356—134View→
India2320115.46151.1333——42View→
New Zealand1618012.0059.6026——36View→
Australia1514211.8358.2031——19View→
England411839.3373.2952—18View→

VS Every Ground (top 5)

All grounds →
Lord's
69avg 34.50 · HS 52
Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium
66avg 11.00 · HS 26
Iqbal Stadium
65avg 32.50 · HS 56
Sharjah Cricket Stadium
63avg 12.60 · HS 26
GROUNDMATRUNSAVGSRHS100s50sWKTS
Lord's16934.5077.5352—15View→
Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium46611.0048.1826——14View→
Iqbal Stadium26532.50406.2556—13View→
Sharjah Cricket Stadium96312.60106.7826——9View→
Asgiriya Stadium35213.0046.4330——6View→
RECENT RESULTS 5 matches