Vestrian Cricketer Chanaka Ranaweera.

Full name        Wekade Gedara Chanaka Dhanushka Ranaweera

Born August    13, 1987, Kandy

Current age      22 years 331 days

Major teams    Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club

Playing role      Bowler

Batting style     Left-hand bat

Bowling style   Right-arm medium-fast

Height             5 ft 5 in

Education       St. Sylvester's College, Kandy

Batting and fielding averages
                 Mat  Inns NO Runs HS   Ave  BF  SR   100  50 4s  6s Ct St
First-class   4       8     2     29   18* 4.83 76  38.15   0     0  1    1   3  0
List A         2       2     2     14   14* -       16  87.50   0     0  1    0   0  0

Bowling averages
                 Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts  BBI  BBM  Ave   Econ  SR  4w  5w 10
First-class    4     8    444  216    13    5/37 7/75   16.61 2.91  34.1  1    1    0
List A          2     2       60   43      2    1/17 1/17   21.50 4.30  30.0   0    0   0

Career statistics

First-class debut
Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club v Lankan Cricket Club at Moratuwa, Oct 23-25, 2009
scorecard
 Last First-class
Police Sports Club v Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Police), Dec 11-13, 2009 scorecard
List A debut
Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club v Seeduwa Raddoluwa Cricket Club at Moratuwa, Oct 21, 2009 scorecard
Last List A
Singha Sports Club v Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club at Gampaha, Oct 28, 2009
scorecard

School Records
Daily news artical

Chanaka Ranaweera 6/30
Kandy Sport Corr

CRICKET: Mediam Pacer Chanaka Ranaweera took 6 for 30 for St. Sylvestian College to dismiss Kegalu Vidyalaya for paltry 83 in their schools Lemonade Trophy cricket tournament match which began at Police Ground, Kandy yesterday.

Chanaka Ranaweera who has been in deadly form with the ball has now captured over 40 wickets. His opening bowling partner Ravi Karunaratne captured 3 for 36 too have exceeded the 40 wickets mark.

The Sylvestrians in their turn at the wickets did not fare too well as they collapsed from a healthy 56 for 2 to 82 for 7. Then they lost their next two wickets at 96 before a last ditch stand took them to 115. M.A.A.M. Marasinghe bowled best to capture 3 for 26.

But their spin twins Saliya Tennakoon and Lahiru Pathirana who captured 195 wickets between them last season failed to impress, getting one wickets each.

Kegalu Vidyalaya 83 all out in 38.1 over (M. Shaffroz 20, P.T.M. Karunaratne 13, K. C. Liyanage 14 not out Chanaka Ranaweera 6 for 30, Ravi Karunaratne 3 for 36) and 0 for no loss in 0.1 over,

st. Sylvesters 115 all out in 39.4 over (Rajitha Wickremarachchi 31, Ravi Karunaratne 31, Chanaka Ranaweera 27, K. C. Liyanage 2 for 27, M. A. A. M. Marasinghe 3 for 26)

Island news article

St. Sylvester’s vs Kingswood drawn
by Rukshan Razak - Kandy Sports Corr.


The inter-school cricket tournament match between St. Sylvester’s College and Kingswood College ended in a draw at the police ground in Kandy on Monday.

Chanaka Ranaweera of St Sylvester’s hogged the limelight with a match bag of 10 for 98 and a fine knock of 89 runs.

Kingswood taking first lease of the wicket managed only 135 and in reply the Sylvestrians posted 286/ 8. In their second turn, the Kingswoodians fared better making 306. At close, the Sylvestrians were 55/3.

Kingswood 135 in 43 overs (Asiri Amarasinghe 32, Nirmal Jayasooriya 31, Chanaka Ranaweera 5 for 23, Roshan Jayatissa 3 for 14) and 306 in 85 overs (Prasad Senaratne 87, Krishan Silva 20, Deminthe Dahanayake 31, Asiri Amarasinghe 28, Niroshan Perera 35, Nirmal Jayasooriya 20, Chanaka Ranaweera 5 for 75, Ravi Karunaratne 5 for 117)

St. Sylvester’s 286/8 dec. in 51.1 overs (Rajitha Wickramarachchi 22, Ravi Karunaratne 23, Chanaka Ranaweera 89, Mohamed Feshal 26, Dananjaya Karunaratne 55, Hasitha Alahakoon 25, Chalitha Dharmaprema 4 for 92) and 55/3 in 6 overs (Rajitha Wickramarchchi 31).