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Full name Madurasinghe Arachchige Wijayasiri Ranjith Madurasinghe
Born January 30, 1961, Kurunegala
Current age 47 years 256 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
6
1
24
11
4.80
0
0
0
0
0
ODIs
12
6
4
21
8*
10.50
62
33.87
0
0
3
0
3
0
First-class
101
137
31
1736
83*
16.37
0
5
51
0
List A
27
15
6
62
22
6.88
0
0
11
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
4
396
172
3
3/60
3/60
57.33
2.60
132.0
0
0
0
ODIs
12
11
480
358
5
1/11
1/11
71.60
4.47
96.0
0
0
0
First-class
101
15391
6875
269
7/85
25.55
2.68
57.2
11
2
List A
27
1287+
879
25
6/29
6/29
35.16
3.98*
55.9*
0
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 25-30, 1988 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (SSC), Aug 17-22, 1992 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, Sep 4, 1988 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi, Jan 19, 1992 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1988/89 - 1998/99
List A span
1987/88 - 1999/00
Profile
Highly rated in domestic circles, Madurusinghe failed to make an impact at international level in his limited opportunities. With his tall build, Madurusinghe could gain bounce when delivering his well-flighted offspin. He went wicketless in his debut against England at Lord's in 1988, but had greater success in his second Test. Against a highly rated Indian batting line-up at Chandigarh, he took 3 for 60, including the wickets of Mohammad Azharuddin and
Sachin Tendulkar. Surprisingly he was not chosen again until the 1992-93 series against Australia, where playing in the opening Test at the SSC - he was used sparingly and again was wicketless. It proved to be his final international match, the emergence of Muttiah Muralitharan putting paid to any further opportunities. He remained a fine bowler at domestic level and a more than capable lower-order batsman.
Johann P Jayasekera
