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Q: 7-fa, 7-fa, 9-fa, 7-fa.
Not many can stake claim to a form-line as emphatic as Ravi Ratanayeke’s.
For the-then 17-year-old, it was as simple as having “read in the paper that an Australian Under 19 team was touring Sri Lanka… I set my mind on wanting to make the Sri Lanka U19s.”
Four games and 30 wickets later, the product of Kandy’s Trinity College was a lock.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1111/mitch-bourke/blog/2200/ravi-ratnayeke-the-story-of-sri-lankas-12th-test-cricketer
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7-fa, 7-fa, 9-fa, 7-fa.Not many can stake claim to a form-line as emphatic as Ravi Ratanayeke’s. ...
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Q: Tilan Samaraweera played 81 Tests for Sri Lanka over a twelve year career in the game’s pinnacle, scoring 5462 runs @ 48.76, with 14 centuries and a high score of 231. He played 53 ODI’s, scoring two centuries, and compiled 15 501 First Class runs @ 48.59.
After his playing career, Tilan has also filled various coaching roles with the Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and New Zealand national teams.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1111/mitch-bourke/blog/2155/tilan-samaraweera-a-remarkable-journey
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Tilan Samaraweera played 81 Tests for Sri Lanka over a twelve year career in the game’s pinnacle, scoring 5462 runs @ 48.76, with 14 centuries and a high score of 231. He played 53 ODI’s, scori ...
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Q: One of, if not the greatest Victorian Premier cricketer of all time, Warren Ayres, is the all time leading run scorer with 15 277 runs @ 42.43. He also holds the record for most centuries with 41, has two double centuries, boasts two 1100+ run seasons including the all time best aggregate season of 1166 runs. He’s won two Ryder Medals, played in four premierships at Melbourne, lead Dandenong to their first ever premiership as captain-coach, and recently coached Carlton to a drought breaking Premier Firsts premiership as well as the inaugural National Premier T20 Championships title.
On top of this Warren also played 46 First Class games for Victoria, scoring 2611 runs @ 33.91 including 7 centuries and 11 half centuries. He also played 16 List A games. It’s easy to understand why he’s such a well respected and highly regarded figure.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1111/mitch-bourke/blog/1682/warren-ayres-first-class-but-wanted-more
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One of, if not the greatest Victorian Premier cricketer of all time, Warren Ayres, is the all time leading run scorer with 15 277 runs @ 42.43. He also holds the record ...
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Q: Bathiya Perera arrived onto the Sri Lankan first class scene as a young 19 year old leg spinning all rounder. As his career progressed he would mature into a dominant top order batsman scoring 8254 first class runs with a high score of 220 not out. Bathiya put in many dominant performances for Sri Lanka A against world class lineups but could never break into the test side.
Bathiya has since moved to Australia where he had a short stint playing at Berwick, before he spent time as the coach of Upper Beaconsfield and Frankston Peninsula and skills development coach of various junior clubs.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1111/mitch-bourke/blog/1422/bathiya-perera-one-of-the-best-to-never-play-for-sri-lanka
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Bathiya Perera arrived onto the Sri Lankan first class scene as a young 19 year old leg spinning all rounder. As his career progressed he would mature into a dominant top order batsman scoring 8254 ...
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Q: Adrian Jones forged a 13 year career spanning 226 matches in the Premier firsts for St Kilda, taking 425 wickets @ 22.72. Adrian was also apart of St Kilda’s golden run in the early 2000s where they pulled off an incredibly rare 4-peat.
After stepping away from Premier cricket in a playing capacity Adrian spent four years captain coaching the Kingston Saints in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association (VSDCA) before returning to St Kilda for a six year coaching stint that included a club championship. In 2016/17 he signed on as the coach of Mordialloc in the Dandenong District Cricket Association (DDCA) leading them to two Turf 1 premierships in three seasons.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1111/mitch-bourke/blog/1245/st-kildas-four-time-premiership-fast-bowler-adrian-jones-looks-back-on-his-success-filled-career-as-both-player-and-coach
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Adrian Jones forged a 13 year career spanning 226 matches in the Premier firsts for St Kilda, taking 425 wickets @ 22.72. Adrian was also apart of St Kilda’s golden ru ...
