Chamika Karunaratne

Chamika Karunaratne (born 29 May 1996) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Test debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2019.[1]

Chamika Karunaratne
Personal information
Full nameChamika Karunaratne
Born (1996-05-29) 29 May 1996
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-hand
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 148)1 February 2019 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014-2017Tamil Union
2017-presentNondescripts
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 1 30 20 10
Runs scored 22 1,020 126 63
Batting average 11.00 24.28 18.00 15.75
100s/50s 0/0 1/- 0/0 -/-
Top score 22 100* 44 21*
Balls bowled 156 3,125 532 99
Wickets 1 60 19 5
Bowling average 148.00 36.06 24.26 30.60
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/130 5/63 4/31 4/28
Catches/stumpings 1/- 20/- 5/- 6/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 February 2019

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 18 December 2015.[2]

In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[3][4] In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[5] In the same month, Sri Lanka Cricket named him in a preliminary squad of 31 players for the 2018 Asia Cup.[6]

In March 2019, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7]

International career

In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[8] In January 2019, he was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad for the second Test against Australia.[9] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 1 February 2019.[10]

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References
  1. "Chamika Karunaratne". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. "AIA Premier League Tournament, Group A: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Dec 18-20, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. "No Malinga in SL preliminary squad for Asia Cup". Daily Sports. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  7. "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. "Sri Lanka Squad for the ACC Emerging Teams Cup 2018". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  9. "Injured Chameera, Kumara to return home; Chamika Karunaratne named replacement". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  10. "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Canberra, Feb 1-5 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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