Full Name

Pulasthi Waruna Gunaratne

Born

September 27, 1973, Colombo

Age

50y 174d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Wisden overview

A handful with bat and ball, and for tongue-tied commentators, Pulasthi Gunaratne was already quite a veteran of Sri Lankan cricket by the time he made his one-day debut at the age of 28 against Bangladesh in August 2002, since he first played for Bloomfield way back in 1993. A slippery right-arm seamer, he demonstrated his knowhow by taking two wickets in consecutive deliveries, including a perfect first-ball yorker to uproot Tushar Imran's middle stump. He had been on the fringe of the senior side for quite some time, and had been an outside bet for the 2002 England tour after impressing in an unofficial Test series against Kenya. His batting is more effective than elegant, but two first-class fifties hint at a man who knows which end of the willow is which. (Andrew Miller)

Pulasthi Gunaratne Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs23833615*7.206357.14005030
FC86921811547415.59--02--670
List A5227913619*7.55--00--150

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs2323959908274/444/4433.625.6835.5100
FC86-1088254322427/25-22.442.9944.9-72
List A52-22711786704/374/3725.514.7132.4400
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Photos of Pulasthi Gunaratne

Pulasthi Gunaratne and wicket keeper Kumar Sangakkara celebrate after they dismissed Craig McCullum
Gunaratne , left, and Chandana celebrate the wicket of Afridi
Inzamam cuts to point
Pulasthi Gunaratne, 2002
Gunaratne going to his bowling mark