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Nandika Ranjith
Sri Lanka
Player profile
Full name Paragodagamage Nandika Ranjith
Born December 6, 1972, Colombo
Current age 35 years 348 days
Major teams Basnahira South, Burgher Recreation Club, Moors Sports Club, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| First-class |
83 |
112 |
29 |
1078 |
72 |
12.98 |
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0 |
4 |
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31 |
0 |
| List A |
54 |
34 |
10 |
277 |
42 |
11.54 |
331 |
83.68 |
0 |
0 |
|
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11 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
13 |
7 |
3 |
112 |
56* |
28.00 |
62 |
180.64 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| First-class |
83 |
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10832 |
5884 |
296 |
8/48 |
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19.87 |
3.25 |
36.5 |
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19 |
1 |
| List A |
54 |
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2469 |
1725 |
77 |
6/17 |
6/17 |
22.40 |
4.19 |
32.0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
13 |
13 |
288 |
368 |
9 |
3/18 |
3/18 |
40.88 |
7.66 |
32.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| First-class debut |
1997/98 |
| Last First-class |
Moors Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Mar 20-23, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
2001/02 |
| Last List A |
Sinhalese Sports Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Dec 23, 2007 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Basnahira South v Kandurata at Colombo (Burgher), Apr 24, 2008 scorecard |
For a fast bowler who did not play any serious cricket until well past the age of 20, Ranjith has come a long way towards gaining national honours. Ranjith had his early beginnings with Wellampitiya SC, a division III club side, whom he represented for two years before joining a more established club, Burgher RC, in 1996. He made his first-class debut with them and also met his first coach, Graeme Labrooy, the former Sri Lankan fast bowler. An injury to his right arm kept him out of cricket for one-and-a-half years. It was not until he joined Moors SC in 1999 that his career really took off. Under Chandika Hathurusingha's guidance, Ranjith spearheaded Moors to their maiden triumph in the Premier Trophy League in 2002-03 by capturing his first ten-wicket haul in the final against
Bloomfield. It was without doubt his best season - he took 69 wickets at an average of 17.10. Last season he left Moors and joined Tamil Union to better his
prospects.
Saadi Thawfeeq (May 2005)
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