Janaka Gunaratne (born 14 March 1981) is a Sri Lankan
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er.
He played 157
first-class and 114
List A
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matches for multiple domestic sides in Sri Lanka between 2001 and 2015.
He made his
Twenty20
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debut on 17 August 2004, for
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team based in Chilaw, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at FTZ Sports Complex. The club has won the Premier League one day Tournament in 2005. More successful in limited overs cricket, Chila ...
in the
2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament
The 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament is the 1st season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. 15 teams in total, five representing four provinces of Sri Lanka and a Sri Lanka Schools XI team participating in the competi ...
.
His last first-class match was for
Moors Sports Club
Moors Sports Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
History
Moors Sports Club was founded by members of Colombo Grand Mosque at New Moor Street in the Colombo neighbourhood of Pettah. Like most clubs founded during the co ...
in the 2014–15
Premier Trophy
The Major League Tournament (formerly known as the Premier Trophy) is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1938 and has existed under a number of different names. Matches before the 1988–89 seas ...
on 26 March 2015.
See also
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List of Chilaw Marians Cricket Club players
This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club (founded 1975) in first-class matches since the club initially achieved first-class status in 2001. Where an article exists, the link precedes the ...
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Sri Lankan cricketers
Abahani Limited cricketers
Basnahira South cricketers
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club cricketers
Moors Sports Club cricketers
North Central Province cricketers
Ruhuna cricketers
Uthura Rudras cricketers
Place of birth missing (living people)
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