dimuth karunaratne Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
dimuth karunaratne is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne
Born
April 21, 1988, Colombo
Age
35 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Height
6ft
Education
St. Joseph's College, Colombo
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 88 | 50 | - | - |
Inn | 168 | 46 | - | - |
Runs | 6631 | 1316 | - | - |
Avg | 40.93 | 31.33 | - | - |
SR | 51.12 | 79.52 | - | - |
HS | 244 | 103 | - | - |
NO | 6 | 4 | - | - |
100s | 16 | 1 | - | - |
50s | 34 | 11 | - | - |
4s | 698 | 131 | - | - |
6s | 9 | 1 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 88 | 50 | - | - |
Inn | 14 | 2 | - | - |
Balls | 308 | 16 | - | - |
Runs | 199 | 18 | - | - |
Wkt | 2 | 0 | - | - |
BBI | 12 / 1 | 7 / 0 | - | - |
BBM | 12 / 1 | 7 / 0 | - | - |
Eco | 3.88 | 6.75 | - | - |
Avg | 99.5 | 0.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Sri Lanka
- Basnahira Cricket Dundee
- Dambulla
- Sinhalese Sports Club
- Sri Lanka A
- Sri Lanka Board XI
- Sri Lanka Under-19s
- Sri Lanka Under-20s School
- Yorkshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Notably, Karunaratne attended the famous St. Joseph's college in Colombo which has supplied many top Sri Lankan cricketers, including Chaminda Vaas. Karunaratne let his bat do the talking in the domestic circuit and steadily progressed through the Under -19 level. Impressed with the young batsman, the selectors picked him for the series against England and Scotland. Having registered scores of 4 and 60, he showcased glimpses of his flourishing potential.
Karunaratne also found himself in Sri Lanka's Test squad for the tour of South Africa at the close of 2011, although he did not make the playing XI in any of those encounters. He was a regular traveller until the much-awaited Test debut materialised in 2013 when he was given the nod to partner Tharanga Paranavitana, coming in for the injured Tillakaratne Dilshan, against New Zealand in Galle. Beset with nervousness, Karunaratne fell for a duck in his first Test innings. However, he pulled his socks up and made a fluent, run-a-ball 60 in the second essay as Sri Lanka surged to a thumping 10-wicket win.
Karunaratne's maiden Test century came against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval on December 28, 2014, where he scored a gritty 152 off 363 balls in the second match. The 2015 World Cup that followed wasn't a pleasant experience, where a hand fracture cut short a promising start. His focus majorly since then has been in Tests.
He stamped his authority at the top of the order ever since, first with a century against Pakistan and soon followed it up with a mammoth 186 against the touring West Indies. Despite a minor blip against Australia in Sri Lanka's historic 3-0 sweep, where Karunaratne got five single-digit scores in six innings, with Mitchell Starc having turned him into his bunny, he came back hard against Zimbabwe, grabbing the Man of the Series.
He took his form into the UAE, Pakistan's fortress. In Sri Lanka's first ever Day-Night Test, he notched up his career-best score of 196, thus becoming the first Sri Lankan to get to the landmarks of 50, 100 and 150 in a D/N Test. He played a stellar role in routing Pakistan and breaching their long unbeaten series record in the Middle-East. It thus comes as no surprise that he ended 2017 as one of the highest run-getters in the year.
Karunaratne hasn't been in great form in recent times, hence it will be interesting to see if he gets to feature in the playing XI for Sri Lanka.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Dimuth Karunaratne is a solid left-hand opening batsman, and another alumnus of the St Joseph's College side that produced Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera, whom he also played with in the Sri Lanka Under-19 side. Karunaratne made his first class debut for Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in 2008, but had a quiet first season, batting largely in the middle order.
He secured a place in the top order in 2009, and began to score more consistently thereafter. His maiden first-class century, against Colts Cricket Club, heralded a deluge of 1186 runs in the season, at an average of 56.54. His prolific form earnt him a call-up for the Sri Lanka A team against visiting South Africa A, where he again impressed, making 184 against an attack that included Vernon Philander.
Karunaratne has not reproduced the same volume of runs since his second season, but has developed a reputation for making big centuries against good attacks. He played two ODIs for Sri Lanka in 2011, making 4 and 60, and was also included in the Test tour to South Africa later in the year, though he did not get a game.
He toured South Africa again in July 2012 though, with the A team, and impressed with scores of 83 and 150 not out on that tour. Soon after that, he found himself on the verge of a Test debut when he was chosen to open alongside SSC partner Tharanga Paranavitana, replacing the injured Tillakaratne Dilshan for the Test against New Zealand in Galle.
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