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Ranjith Madurasinghe

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Ranjith Madurasinghe
Personal information
Full name
Madurasinghe Arachchige Wijayasiri Ranjith Madurasinghe
Born (1961-01-30) 30 January 1961 (age 63)
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 41)25 August 1988 v England
Last Test17 August 1992 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 54)4 September 1988 v England
Last ODI19 January 1992 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1991–2000Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 12 101 27
Runs scored 24 21 1,736 62
Batting average 4.80 10.50 16.37 6.88
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/5 0/0
Top score 11 8* 83* 22
Balls bowled 396 480 15,391 1,287+
Wickets 3 5 269 25
Bowling average 57.33 71.60 25.55 35.16
5 wickets in innings 0 0 11 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 3/60 1/11 7/85 6/29
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 51/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2017

Madurasinghe Arachchige Wijayasiri Ranjith Madurasinghe (born 30 January 1961), or Ranjith Madurasinghe, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played three Test matches and twelve One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka between 1988 and 1992. He was a right-arm off break bowler and a left-handed batsman.

Madurasinghe was educated at Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala, and played domestically for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club. After retiring, he became a referee.

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