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Full name Paragodagamage Nandika Ranjith
Born December 6, 1972, Colombo
Current age 35 years 306 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
0
4
31
0
List A
54
34
10
277
42
11.54
331
83.68
0
0
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
10832
5884
296
8/48
19.87
3.25
36.5
19
1
List A
54
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
Profile
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)
