Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake (born 8 January 1965), or Champaka Ramanayake, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 18 Test matches and 62 One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1995.
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| Full name | Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1965 Galle, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 40) | 12 February 1988 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 14 September 1993 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 49) | 8 March 1986 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 April 1995 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champaka is a highly experienced and respected international cricket coach. He worked for Sri Lanka cricket board as a national fast bowling coach for 15 years and Bangladesh national fast bowling coach as 2 years. Champaka's proudest and highest achievement is discovering Lasith Malinga at the age of 16 and guiding and coaching him to be the best fast bowler Sri Lanka ever produced and one of the best in the world.
He is the current high performance fast bowling coach of the Bangladesh national side.
Early life
Champaka was born at Galle and had his education at Richmond College.
Trivia
Champaka is the only person to bowl in international cricket at Ray Mitchell Oval, in Mackay, Australia. The venue hosted its only international match during the 1992 Cricket World Cup, and the match was washed out after his first two deliveries.[1]