champaka ramanayake Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
champaka ramanayake is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake
Born
January 08, 1965, Colombo
Age
58 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 18 | 62 | - | - |
Inn | 24 | 35 | - | - |
Runs | 143 | 210 | - | - |
Avg | 9.53 | 10.0 | - | - |
SR | 26.0 | 56.15 | - | - |
HS | 34 | 26 | - | - |
NO | 9 | 14 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 13 | 13 | - | - |
6s | 0 | 1 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 18 | 62 | - | - |
Inn | 29 | 62 | - | - |
Balls | 3654 | 2864 | - | - |
Runs | 1880 | 2049 | - | - |
Wkt | 44 | 68 | - | - |
BBI | 82 / 5 | 17 / 4 | - | - |
BBM | 157 / 8 | 17 / 4 | - | - |
Eco | 3.09 | 4.29 | - | - |
Avg | 42.73 | 30.13 | - | - |
5W | 1 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- H Ramanayake
- HH Ramanayake
- Sri Lanka
- Galle Cricket Club
- Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Ramanayake made his Test debut against Australia at Perth in 1988. He struggled to make any kind of impact and continued to work hard to cement his place. He had a good tour of New Zealand in 1991 when he picked up 11 wickets in the three Test matches. He lacked pace but he made it up with his accuracy and he also had a big heart. He finally got his maiden five wicket haul against Australia at Moratuwa in 1992 and he troubled the Australian batsmen with some good movement. However, he struggled to maintain consistency and continued to be the workhorse of the team.
He was more effective in ODIs where he picked up wickets on a regular basis at a great economy rate of 3.08. Although he had a great domestic season in 1995/96, he was ignored by the national selectors. He was head of the Sri Lankan fast bowling academy for seven years and was the fast bowling coach of Bangladesh in 2008. He was chosen as the Sri Lankan bowling coach for the 2011 England tour.
Ramanayake, who had a keen eye for talent, was in charge of Sri Lanka's fast bowling academy for 7 years. The likes of Lasith Malinga, Shaminda Eranga and Nuwan Pradeep, learnt the rudiments of swing and seam under the tutelage of Champaka Ramanayake.
By Siddharth Vishwanathan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Ramanayake was a wholehearted performer, a willing worker with a steely determination - he never shirked the issue. During a period when Sri Lanka lacked a true pace bowling threat Ramanayake, a genuine medium pacer, bore the brunt of the work-load. Ramanayake lacked the raw pace to be a genuine wicket-taking threat at Test level. An honest toiler he usually managed to check the batsman without dismissing them.
On his Test debut against Australia in Perth he went wicketless. His first wicket came in his second Test against England when he dismissed Phil Newport. On the 1989-90 tour of Australia he was forced to work hard for his four wickets, though better times came on the tour of New Zealand when he provided solid support for Labrooy and Ratnayake taking 11 wickets in the three Test series. The role of support bowler suited Ramanayake to a tee as he was capable of extended spells of accurate bowling. Ramanayake's moment of glory came in the subsequent home series against Australia when he spearheaded the attack taking 17 wickets in 3 Tests, including a career-best 5 for 82 at Moratuwa. He formed a successful new ball partnership in this series with new boy Duleep Liyanage causing the Australian top order difficulties with movement and swing. It was a just reward for the perseverance and willingness to work under arduous conditions. It proved to be a brief glimpse of the heady heights of stardom as Ramanayake returned to grafting out Test batsman for the remainder of his international career.
At the one-day level Ramanayake's style was an effective weapon and he was an excellent performer with his steady line and length. His ability to control the run rate made him a permanent fixture in this form of the game.
After playing his final Test in 1993 he maintained a position in the one-day outfit before drifting from the international scene. A fine domestic season prior to the tour of Australia in 1995-96 saw him thrust his name in front of selectors. They could have done worse than selecting Ramanayake, and they did deciding to go with a younger generation, none of which performed with any note.
A qualified coach at Level I (English) and Level II (Australian), he headed Sri Lanka's Fast Bowling Academy for seven years, grooming several bowlers who went on to play for the country. He was appointed Bangladesh's fast bowling coach in March 2008.
Johann P Jayasekera