Sarath Wimalaratne

Sarath Ransiri Wimalaratne (born 14 June 1942) is a former cricketer who played for Ceylon in the 1960s. He is now a physician in Sydney.

Sarath Wimalaratne
Personal information
Full name
Sarath Ransiri Wimalaratne
Born (1942-06-14) 14 June 1942
Nawalapitiya, Ceylon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium pace
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 220
Batting average 14.66
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 41*
Balls bowled 1366
Wickets 26
Bowling average 28.84
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 5/32
Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 24 February 2017

Cricket career

Wimalaratne attended Ananda College, where he captained the cricket team in 1962 and toured India with a Ceylon schools team. He then went to the University of Ceylon, where he studied medicine.[1]

He made his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1965–66, and was selected to tour Pakistan in 1966–67 with the Ceylon team. He played in all five first-class matches on the tour, including the three unofficial Tests against Pakistan.[1] Although primarily an opening bowler, he achieved more with the bat on the tour. In the first match against Pakistan, batting at number 11, he top-scored with 41 not out in the first innings,[2] while in the second match he opened the batting, scoring 28 and 27 and putting on 44 and 67 for the opening partnerships with Fitzroy Crozier, another bowler.[3]

In the Gopalan Trophy match in 1967–68, Wimalaratne captained the Ceylon team and took 5 for 32 and 5 for 36 in the victory over Madras.[4] He became disenchanted with cricket when he was not included in the team to make the planned tour of England in 1968; the tour was cancelled amid widespread dissatisfaction.[1]

Later life

Wimalaratne graduated in medicine from the University of Ceylon in 1971.[5] He went to live in New Zealand in 1972, doing his internship in Dunedin, then moved to Australia in 1975.[1] He lives in Sydney and practises as a GP in the suburb of North Strathfield.[5]

He and his first wife Eva, a doctor from Poland, had a son and a daughter. After their divorce he married his brother's widow Nelun, and they had a daughter. They also divorced, and he now lives with his partner Anne, who was born in the Philippines.[1]

In September 2018, Wimalaratne was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[6][7]

References
  1. Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (23 January 2011). "Wimalaratne the cricketing doc". The Nation. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. "Pakistan v Ceylon, Lahore 1966-67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. "Pakistan v Ceylon, Dacca 1966-67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. "Ceylon Board President's Under-27s XI v Madras 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. "Dr Sarath Wimalaratne (GP)". HealthPages. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  6. "Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  7. "SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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