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Amunugama Gedara Ranaweera Mudiyanselage Daminda Kumara Ranaweera, or commonly Daminda Ranaweera (born 29 February 1980) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He made his FC debut on 15 November 1999 for the Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club, against Colombo.[2]

Daminda Ranaweera

Personal information
Full name	Amunugama Gedara Ranaweera Mudiyanselage Daminda Kumara Ranaweera
Born	(1980-02-29) 29 February 1980 (age 42) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow medium
Role	Wicket-keeper batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999-2001	Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
2001-2004	Colombo Cricket Club
2004-2006	Tamil Union C & AC
2006-2011	Colombo Cricket Club
2011-2013	Bloomfield C & AC
2015	Sarawak Cricket Club
2019-2021	Cambridge Cricket Club
2022	Seattle Thunderbolts
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 104 61 8 Runs scored 4101 982 108 Batting average 24.41 18.18 36.00 100s/50s 0/27 0/4 0/0 Top score 99 81 43 Balls bowled – – – Wickets – – – Bowling average – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling –/– –/– –/– Catches/stumpings 207/26 55/20 5/3
Source: Cricinfo, 17 August 2022

Early life

Ranaweera was born on 29 February 1980 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.[3] Ranaweera was raised into a Buddhist Sri Lankan family, and started playing cricket at an early age.[4] He then started attending Vidyartha College at the age of 15 during the 1995/96 school year.[4][5] Upon attending Vidyartha, Ranaweera played for his college's cricket team from 1997 to 1999.[6][7]

Career

Kurunegala (1999-2001)

Following Ranaweera's performances with Vidyartha in the 1998-99 Elephant Lemonade Cup, Ranaweera was selected to play for the Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club during the 1999-2000 Premier Trophy season.[8] Ranaweera made his FC debut on 13 November 1999, against Colombo, wherein the match was drawn.[2] He would go on to amass a total of 138 runs in 4 matches, with a high score of 71 during the trophy.[9] Ranaweera was also selected by Kurunegala for the 1999-2000 Premier Limited Overs Tournament, where he made his LA debut on 26 February 2000, against the Nondescripts Cricket Club.[10] He would go on to score 63 runs in 5 matches, with a high score of 50.[11]

Colombo (2001-2004)

Tamil Union (2004-2006)

Colombo (2006-2011)

Bloomfield (2011-2013)

Cricket abroad (2014-2016)

Coaching stint (2016-2019)

Return to cricket (2019-2021)

Move to U.S. (2021-2022)

References

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