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| Full name | Rumesh Joseph Ratnayake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 21) | 4 March 1983 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 2 January 1992 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 28) | 26 September 1982 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 1 December 1993 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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.