Kaushalya Weeraratne

Kaushalya Weeraratne (born January 29, 1981 in Gampola) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played limited over cricket. A hard hitter of ball, Weeraratne is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Kaushalya Weeraratne
කෞශල්්‍ය වීරරත්න
Personal information
Born (1981-01-29) 29 January 1981
Gampola, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight–arm medium–fast
Rolepunchhitter
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 104)29 May 2000 v Bangladesh
Last ODI3 July 2008 v India
T20I debut (cap 26)11 October 2008 v Pakistan
Last T20I12 December 2009 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Bloomfield
Colts Cricket Club
Gazi Tank
Nondescripts CC
Ragama CC
Ruhuna Reds
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 15 5 100 23
Runs scored 160 49 1,126 339
Batting average 20.00 16.33 20.85 22.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/5 0/1
Top score 41 20* 74* 76*
Balls bowled 480 90 3,472 365
Wickets 6 4 105 15
Bowling average 64.16 31.50 24.71 28.53
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/46 4/19 5/19 4/19
Catches/stumpings 3/– 4/– 27/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 March 2017

School times

Weeraratne had his secondary education at the prestigious Trinity College, Kandy, the only school in the world to own a Test class cricket stadium.

Domestic career

He holds the record for the fastest ever List A 50, beating Adam Hollioake's record by 3 runs in a 12 ball effort. His innings for Ragama included an over that went for 34 runs with 5 successive 6's.

He has also played for Sultans of Sylhet in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.

International career

Though his batting was not as strong as his bowling (predominantly right-arm away-swingers), he was solid at both disciplines. He was part of the Sri Lankan under-19 World Cup squad in 2000 and was selected for that year's Asia Cup in Dhaka.

He retired from all cricket in 2014.


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