Champaka Ramanayake

Champaka Ramanayake
චම්පක රාමනායක
Personal information
Full name	Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake
Born	8 January 1965; Galle, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1986–1995);
Test debut (cap 40)	12 February 1988 v Australia
Last Test	14 September 1993 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 49)	8 March 1986 v Pakistan
Last ODI	14 April 1995 v India
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2017

Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake (born January 8, 1965 in Galle), or Champaka Ramanayake, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 18 Tests and 62 ODIs from 1986 to 1995.

Champaka is a highly experienced and respected international cricket coach now. He worked for Sri Lanka cricket board as a national fast bowling coach for 15 years and Bangladesh national fast bowling coach as 2 years. Champaka’s proudest and highest achievement is discovering Lasith Malinga at the age of 16 and guiding and coaching him to be the best fast bowler Sri Lanka ever produced and one of the best in the world.

He is the current high performance fast bowling coach of the Bangladesh national side.

School times

Champaka who had his education at Richmond College, Galle is widely regarded as one of the steadiest bowlers ever produced by Sri Lanka.

Trivia

Champaka is the only person to bowl in international cricket at Ray Mitchell Oval, in Mackay, Australia. The venue hosted its only international match during the 1992 Cricket World Cup, and the match was washed out after his first two deliveries.[1]

International record

Test 5 Wicket hauls

#	Figures	Match	Opponent	Venue	City	Country	Year
1	5/82	13	Australia	Tyronne Fernando Stadium	Moratuwa	Sri Lanka	1992

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References

"India vs Sri Lanka". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 Dec 2011.

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[1] "India vs Sri Lanka". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 Dec 2011.