62-649: Deshamanya Arjuna Ranatunga ( Sinhala : අර්ජුන රණතුංග ; Tamil : அர்ஜூன ரணதுங்க ; born 1 December 1963), is a Sri Lankan politician and former cricketer , who was the 1996 Cricket World Cup winning captain for Sri Lanka, and scored the winning boundary in the final . He is regarded as the pioneer who lifted the Sri Lankan cricket team from underdog status to a leading force in the cricketing world. After retirement, he worked in many posts of Sri Lanka Cricket administration. By entering his father's stream of politics, Ranatunga started his political career in 2005, and
124-660: A classic victory over the previous tournament's runners-up. Mohinder Amarnath (46 from 92 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) picked up the man-of-the-match award for his all round performance, which saw him add 46 runs to his earlier bowling success (2/27 in 12 overs). The second semi-final, between Pakistan and the West Indies, was staged at The Oval on the same day. West Indies won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat, whom they restricted to just 184 (8 wickets, 60 overs). Mohsin Khan (70 from 176 balls, 1 four) fought his way past 50 against
186-547: A cricketer." Following Warne's death in 2022, Ranatunga wrote "...Shane and I had a very confrontational and competitive relationship on the field, but we also had immense mutual respect for each other." During the tenure as the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket, he termed the Indian franchise T20 league Indian Premier League as "instant noodles" when it was introduced in 2008 and also blamed the IPL for causing severe financial losses to
248-645: A hotel in Mumbai. He entered into politics by joining the Sri Lanka Freedom Party led by Chandrika Kumaratunga , and contested the 2001 parliamentary elections with PA from Colombo District . After the UPFA victory in 2004 , he was appointed Deputy Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion. In 2006, he resigned from the post of junior minister tourism in order to concentrate on Sri Lanka Cricket administration. In 2010, Ranatunga left
310-716: A partnership of 115 in 16 overs between Allan Lamb and Mike Gatting . Pakistan also started with a win, by 50 runs over Sri Lanka, despite being hampered throughout the tournament by Imran Khan being unfit to bowl, after scoring 338/5 in 60 overs. England's second group match brought a second win, as David Gower 's 130, including five sixes and 12 fours, powered a 47 run win over Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, New Zealand beat Pakistan by 52 runs despite Abdul Qadir 's 4/21 in 12 overs. England then beat Pakistan by 8 wickets with nearly ten overs to spare at Lord's, while Richard Hadlee 's 5/25 saw Sri Lanka bowled out for 206, New Zealand getting home with over 20 overs to spare. England's only defeat of
372-538: A remarkable average of 136 including a century and two fifties. Under his captaincy, Sri Lanka secured their first ever historic test win in English soil against England and also the first ever test series win for Sri Lanka in England against England which happened to be in 1998 just two years after winning the 50 over World Cup. Sri Lanka secured a memorable 10 wicket win in that one-off test match and Ranatunga became
434-487: A side, and there were no day/night matches. Eight teams qualified for the final tournament (seven full ICC members, including recently appointed full member Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe, who qualified by winning the 1982 ICC Trophy ). Unlike in previous Cricket World Cups, the group stages were played in a double round robin format. Group A comprised the hosts England, Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka; while Group B contained reigning champions West Indies, India, Australia, and
496-792: A team effort where the highest score was 40 and there were 37 extras, Australia collapsed to 129 all out, with Madan Lal and Roger Binny taking four wickets each. In the first semi-final, at Old Trafford on 22 June, England won the toss and elected to bat. The English batsmen mistimed many balls and used the bat's edge frequently, as the restrictive Indian bowling led England to score 213 (all out, 60 overs). Graeme Fowler (33 from 59 balls, 3 fours) top scored, and Kapil Dev took 3 for 35 in eleven overs, with Mohinder Amarnath and Roger Binny taking two wickets each. In reply, Yashpal Sharma (61 from 115 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes) and Sandeep Patil (51 from 32 balls, 8 fours) made half-centuries, as India reached their target in 54.4 overs, winning by 6 wickets in
558-466: Is also remembered for his stand in a One Day International against England. Australian Umpire Ross Emerson called Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing. (Muralitharan was subsequently cleared by bio-mechanical experts hired by the ICC.) Ranatunga exchanged heated words with umpire Emerson and led his team to a point just inside the boundary line, halting play and giving the impression that he was about to forfeit
620-516: Is now the former cabinet Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation . Upon retirement from playing cricket he entered politics, joining the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and entered parliament, from Colombo District , in the 2001 elections. He served a tenure as deputy minister for tourism, and also served as the president of Sri Lanka Cricket until December 2008. He joined the Democratic National Alliance in 2010 and contested
682-475: The 1983 Cricket World Cup . He then featured in Sri Lanka's historical test match against England at Lord's in 1984 which also marked Sri Lanka's first ever test match at Lord's. He along with Asanka Gurusinha became the first pair of Sri Lankan batters to bat out the entire day of a test match for Sri Lanka with an unbroken partnership of 240 runs on a wicketless final day of the match against Pakistan at
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#1732780160151744-485: The 1992 World Cup by scoring unbeaten 88 which also marked the first instance that a team had successfully chased down the target in excess 300 in ODI history. Aravinda de Silva was the team captain at the 1992 World Cup. He led the team to win the 1996 World Cup and he scored the winning runs for Sri Lanka in the final and remained unbeaten on 47. His innovative captaincy took a Sri Lanka team, given little chance prior to
806-553: The 2010 elections. In January 2021, he revealed that he would distance himself from the United National Party and would not take part in party activities in the future. He was also known for nurturing young cricket talents including the likes of Praveen Jayawickrama in their young days to take up the sport of cricket seriously. He was recently appointed the interim head of the Sri Lanka Cricket after
868-1209: The Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour . It is awarded for " highly meritorious service ", and is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the recipient's name. Recipients [ edit ] 1986 P. R. Anthonis – surgeon and academic Gamani Corea – economist, civil servant and diplomat M. C. M. Kaleel – physician, social worker and politician Malage George Victor Perera Wijewickrama Samarasinghe Miliani Sansoni – Chief Justice of Ceylon Victor Tennekoon – Chief Justice of Ceylon 1987 Edwin Felix Dias Abeysinghe Neville Kanakeratne – diplomat V. Manicavasagar – Supreme Court Justice, Chancellor University of Jaffna Wijetunga Mudiyansela Tillekeratne 1988 Hector Wilfred Jayewardene – lawyer, member United Nations Commission on Human Rights Thambiah Sivagnanam 1989 Shiva Pasupati – Solicitor General of Sri Lanka , Attorney General of Sri Lanka 1990 Sepala Attygalle – Commander of
930-638: The Prudential Cup '83 ) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India . Eight countries participated in the event. England, India, Pakistan and West Indies qualified for the semi-finals. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for
992-538: The UPFA and joined the Democratic Party of the DNA led by Sarath Fonseka , and was made the deputy leader of the Democratic Party . In November 2012, he resigned from the Democratic Party , but continued his affiliation with DNA . He endorsed Maithripala Sirisena in the 2015 Presidential election , and after Sirisena's victory Ranatunga was appointed Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping . In 2020, he
1054-2626: The Army Nandadeva Wijesekera Badi-ud-din Mahmud – politician, Minister of Education Baku Mahadeva – civil servant Nanayakkara Wasam James Mudalige 1991 E. L. Senanayake – politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Montague Jayawickrama – politician, cabinet minister, governor K. W. Devanayagam – lawyer, politician, minister Nissanka Wijeyeratne – civil servant, politician Sivagamie Verina Obeyasekera Christopher Weeramantry Neville Ubesinghe Jayawardena Ivan Samarawickrema Chandirapal Chanmugam Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer - Queen's Counsel , Attorney General of Sri Lanka 1992 Abdul Bakeer Markar – Politician Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa Ananda Weihena Palliya Guruge E. L. B. Hurulle Abdul Majeed Mohamed Sahabdeen Suppiah Sharvananda Linus Silva Nissanka Wijewardane 1993 Geoffrey Bawa – Architect C. A. Coorey Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage H. W. Thambiah Richard Udugama – Major General Ponna Wignaraja Noel Wimalasena 1994 Jayantha Kelegama Lalith Kotelawala – Businessman Nandadasa Kodagoda – Academic Godfrey Gunatilleke Arulanandam Yesuadiam Samuel Gnanam Nugegoda Gabadage Pablis Panditharatna Surendra Ramachandran Deraniyagalage Basil Ivor Pieris Samaranayake Siriwardhana 1996 Duleep Mendis – Sri Lanka national cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga – Sri Lanka national cricket captain 1998 Charitha Prasanna de Silva Ken Balendra – Businessman Doreen Winifred Wickramasinghe Tamara Kumari Illangaratne Elanga Devapriya Wickremanayake R. K. W. Goonesekera – Academic, Lawyer Vernon Mendis – Diplomat H. L. de Silva – Diplomat A. T. Kovoor – Academic Ranjit Abeysuriya – lawyer Duncan White – Olympic medalist Christopher Rajindra Panabokke W. D. Amaradeva – Music Director Chitrasena – Dancer 2005 Kamalika Priyaderi Abeyaratne William Alwis Mahesh Amalean – Engineer and industrialist Sohli E. Captain Radhika Coomaraswamy – Academic, Human Rights Activist, Under-Secretary-General of
1116-2511: The Central Bank of Sri Lanka J. B. Peiris – Senior Neurologist, Researcher and Pioneer of Neurology M. D. D. Peiris Denis Perera – Lieutenant General P. Ramanathan – Former Justice of the Supreme Court and Provincial Governor P. Deva Rodrigo Mano Selvanathan A. H. Sheriffdeen – Surgeon, academic and voluntary worker Roland Silva Bradman Weerakoon – Civil servant Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa Ray Wijewardene – Academic, Engineer 2007 James Peter Obeyesekere III – Politician and aviator 2008 Ramesh Mahendran 2017 Abbasally Akbar K. M. de Silva Tissa Devendra Colvin Goonaratna Amaradasa Gunawardana Devanesan Nesiah Nandadasa Rajapaksha Priyani Soysa Latha Walpola Mineka Presantha Wickramasingha Bhanuka Wimalasooriya 2019 Indrajit Coomaraswamy Ajith De Soyza Merrill J. Fernando Mohan Munasinghe Moragoda Christopher Walter Pinto Surath Wickremesinghe References [ edit ] ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka . Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485 . ^ "National Awards" . President of Sri Lanka Secretariat . Retrieved 9 July 2013 . ^ "National Honours – 2017" . The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . 21 March 2017 . Retrieved 21 March 2017 . ^ "President honours outstanding citizens at National Awards ceremony" . External links [ edit ] National Awards Conferred by His Excellency
1178-592: The One Day triangular series in Australia in the 1995/6 season, Ranatunga instructed his players not to shake the Australian players' hands. Australian wicketkeeper batsman Ian Healy who was initially not happy with Arjuna's decision to take a runner abused him by saying "You don't get a runner for being an overweight fat cunt". However, Healy denied reports of racially abusing Arjuna during that match. Ranatunga
1240-481: The P. Sara Oval in 1986 which also eventually led to a draw. Both came on to bat on a decisive fourth day of the test match when Sri Lanka was reeling at 83/3 and the duo endured resistance against the Pakistani bowling attack with the likes of Imran Khan , Abdul Qadir and Wasim Akram . Ranatunga ended up with a career best knock of unbeaten 135 while Gurusinha remained undefeated on 116 as Sri Lanka posted 323/3 at
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#17327801601511364-630: The Sri Lankan government suspended the Sri Lanka Cricket Board after their loss to Indian Cricket Team in the ongoing Cricket World Cup . Arjuna Ranatunga is the son of Reggie Padmasena Ranatunga , the third Governor of Sabaragamuwa , serving between June 2005 and February 2008. His mother Nandani Ranatunga is a retired teacher. He has five siblings; cricketer Sanjeeva Ranatunga , along with Dammika Ranatunga , Nishantha Ranatunga , Prasanna Ranatunga , and Ruwan Ranatunga . He
1426-661: The United Nations Lalith de Mel Rohan de Saram – Cellist Chandrananda de Silva Ashley de Vos – Architect Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake M. T. A. Furkhan D. Basil Goonesekera Cyril Herath – Inspector General of Police Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardhana A. S. Jayawarden – Sri Lankan economist and civil servant Harry Jayawardena – Businessman Nihal Jinasena – industrialist and sportsman Premasiri Khemadasa – Composer W. D. Lakshman Paddy Mendis – Air Chief Marshal Sunil Mendis – former Governor of
1488-546: The West Indies in a World Cup as they had dominated both the 1975 and` 1979 tournaments without losing a single match in either tournament. Wet weather in the second round of games played on 11 June led to low scores. West Indies scored 252/9 in their innings, which stretched over two days, against Australia; in response, Australia were bowled out for 151 in just 30.3 overs, an effort not helped by Graeme Wood being taken to hospital with severe concussion after being hit by Michael Holding. India comfortably beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets in
1550-588: The World Cup. "You can't be mates with everyone," Warne wrote in his 2008 book Shane Warne's Century , serialised by The Times in September, "and if there was any way I could knock him down to number 101 for the purposes of this book, I'd be delighted to do so. But having taken on the task, I want to do it seriously, and the fact is that Ranatunga helped to put Sri Lanka on the cricket map. And you know what? Deep down, I'll quietly admit that I rated him as
1612-662: The Year for that year. In June 2000, Ranatunga played in Sri Lanka's 100th Test match, becoming the only player to represent his country in their first and hundredth Test. He retired from playing cricket in 2001 and became a television commentator. In 2005, he joined the International Cricket Council 's cricket committee. He was then appointed as the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket in January 2008. However, he
1674-446: The age of 18 in Sri Lanka's first ever test match at the P. Sara Oval. He scored 50 on test debut and also became the first Sri Lankan to score a half century in test cricket. He also shared a 99 run partnership with Ranjan Madugalle for the fourth wicket in Sri Lanka's inaugural test match. He was also working as an insurance broker in his early days of his international career. He made his debut World Cup appearance for Sri Lanka during
1736-421: The allegations levelled by Sumathipala. Arjuna Ranatunga has been a vocal critic of Sri Lanka Cricket administrators over the years especially after 2015 where Sri Lanka national cricket has suffered the worst decline at international cricket. He has blamed the cricket officials for not taking responsibility which has led to a significant downfall of Sri Lankan cricket and has repeatedly called for restructuring of
1798-463: The competition, for cricket's greatest prize. His strategies were commended by many cricketing greats and followed by their teams. He was the brain behind the strategy of scoring as many runs as possible in the first 15 overs of an ODI match in which there are field restrictions. This strategy was still followed by the batsmen in the Powerplays . He was widely recognised as a belligerent leader and
1860-411: The contemporaneous fixture. Two days later, Australia defeated India by 162 runs, with man of the match Trevor Chappell scoring 110 off 131 balls and Ken MacLeay taking 6/39. The other match that day was also a one-sided affair, as West Indies restricted Zimbabwe to just 217/7 in their 60 overs, despite Duncan Fletcher scoring another unbeaten half century, and then romped home with a partnership of 195 for
1922-558: The cricket board due to the postponement of England's scheduled tour to Sri Lanka. He also urged all Sri Lankan players to refrain from taking part in the 2013 IPL season due to the fact that Sri Lankan players were banned from featuring in IPL matches in Chennai by the Government of Tamil Nadu . In October 2018, Arjuna who then served as the Petroleum minister was arrested by Sri Lanka Police following his alleged involvement in one of
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1984-422: The domestic structure in Sri Lanka which has been diluted with numerous clubs featuring in domestic first-class cricket competitions. He also slammed Sri Lanka Cricket for recruiting foreign coaches instead of grooming young talents and also termed the foreign coaches as "garbage". In June 2021, he also criticised sports minister Namal Rajapaksa for failing to solve the issues in the cricket administration despite
2046-400: The end of the play on Day 5. He was a key member of the Sri Lankan side which won its maiden Asia Cup title in 1986. He also top scored for Sri Lanka in the 1986 Asia Cup final against Pakistan scoring 57 runs off just 55 balls to propel Sri Lanka to a comfortable run chase of 192 with 7.4 overs to spare. He was also the leading run scorer of the tournament with an aggregate of 105 runs and
2108-497: The fact that Namal had invited Arjuna to rectify the current state of Sri Lanka cricket and the loopholes in the system. In a television interview as of June 2021, he made a controversial statement that Sri Lanka cricket officials arranged the bilateral limited overs series against second string Indian side with the intention of gaining revenue through television marketing and also further insisted that arranging international series against second string India team has undermined dignity of
2170-452: The first Sri Lankan captain to register a test victory in England. His younger brother Dammika Ranatunga made his test debut against Australia in 1989-90 when Arjuna was the captain of the Sri Lankan test side. It also became the first instance for Sri Lanka cricket whereas a cricketer had made his international debut for a team captained by his brother. Another one of is another brothers, Sanjeewa Ranatunga, also made his test debut when Arjuna
2232-425: The first shock of the tournament, as Zimbabwe beat Australia in what Wisden described as "a bigger surprise than any in the previous two world cups". Duncan Fletcher led the way, making 69* and being awarded man of the match. In the other opening Group B match, India delivered another "shocker" as they beat the holders West Indies by 34 runs, bowling them out for 228 with 47 balls to spare – the first defeat suffered by
2294-441: The former visited Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami to aid Muralitharan in his "great work" there, he developed an amiable rapport with his long-time foe: "We even wagged," he confirmed later. Not long after, however, Ranatunga was lambasting him in a scathing newspaper attack. He also urged the ICC to ban Warne from participating at the 2003 Cricket World Cup after the latter had reportedly failed drugs test prior to
2356-443: The formidable West Indies bowling attack (he was the only Pakistani batsman to reach 50). Malcolm Marshall (3/28) and Andy Roberts (2/25) starred with the ball. The West Indies innings was based around a superb innings by Viv Richards (80 from 96 balls, 11 fours, 1 six), who took the man-of-the-match award, and an unbeaten half-century by Larry Gomes (50 from 100 balls, 3 fours), as the defending champions reached their target for
2418-435: The future of the party and regarding the failed leadership of the party. Deshamanya Second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka Deshamanya දේශමාන්ය தேசமான்ய Awarded by [REDACTED] The Government of Sri Lanka Type Title of honor / Order of merit Eligibility Sri Lankan citizens Criteria Highly notable service to
2480-445: The game to get the team past the 150-run mark at a critical point in the match where India scored 183 runs. Without those two batsmen, India's score would have been lower. The Indian bowling exploited the weather and pitch conditions perfectly to bowl out the West Indies for 140 from 52 overs, winning by 43 runs and completing one of the most stunning upsets in cricket history. It still remains the lowest ever total successfully defended in
2542-528: The group stages came in the fourth round of matches, against New Zealand, off the penultimate ball of the New Zealand innings. Pakistan triumphed over Sri Lanka, once again led by Abdul Qadir (5/44). The fifth round of matches on 18 June saw England seal their place in the semi-final, with a first wicket partnership of 115 between Graeme Fowler and Chris Tavaré alone scoring nearly half of Pakistan's 232. Meanwhile, New Zealand failed to secure passage to
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2604-582: The knockout stage, losing to Sri Lanka in a low scoring affair. In the final round of matches, England beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in a match with no implications for the final table. The match between New Zealand and Pakistan would decide the second qualifier. Any win by New Zealand would be sufficient to see them qualify; Pakistan had not only to win, but do so by a sufficient margin to overhaul New Zealand's average run rate. An 11 run victory for Pakistan proved sufficient, as Zaheer Abbas made an unbeaten 103 before New Zealand were bowled out. Group B started with
2666-457: The legacy of Sri Lanka cricket and therefore would insult the Sri Lankan cricket. In addition, he also made another controversial statement that he would give three slaps to the current crop of national cricketers in wake of the disciplinary violations regarding the breach of bio-secure bubble by three of the Sri Lankan cricketers during the limited overs series tour of England. In 2018, an Indian flight attendant accused Arjuna of harassing her at
2728-485: The loss of just two wickets. In the final, India lost the toss and were asked to bat first against the West Indies. Only Krishnamachari Srikkanth (38 from 57 balls) and Mohinder Amarnath (26 from 80 balls) put up any significant resistance as Roberts, Marshall, Joel Garner and Michael Holding ripped through the Indian batsmen, ably supported by Gomes. Surprising resistance by the tail allowed India to compile 183 (all out, 54.4 overs). Sandeep Patil and Madan Lal saved
2790-432: The match fixing probe citing lack of sufficient evidence. Later, International Cricket Council rubbished the match fixing claims made by Ranatunga and Aluthgamage. In 2018, former Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala alleged both Arjuna and Aravinda de Silva to have involved in match fixing in 1994 and insisted that both of them had received money from Indian bookies. However, both Arjuna and Aravinda denied
2852-461: The match, until the Sri Lankan management conferred with him and play resumed. English captain, Alec Stewart , was openly critical of Ranatunga's behaviour. In a comment caught on the stump microphone he was heard to say to Ranatunga "Your conduct today has been appalling for a country's captain". The match was bad-tempered, with instances of shoulder-bumping. There has always been a grudging mutual admiration between Shane Warne and Ranatunga. When
2914-513: The nation Status Currently constituted Statistics First induction 1986 Last induction 2019 Precedence Next (higher) Sri Lankabhimanya Next (lower) Deshabandu Deshamanya ( Sinhala : දේශමාන්ය , romanized: Dēshamāṉya ; Tamil : தேசமான்ய , romanized: Tēcamāṉya ; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by
2976-757: The peace Honors by year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 2005 2007 2008 2014 2017 2019 2023 Prizes, medals, and awards Military awards and decorations Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deshamanya&oldid=1253884868 " Categories : Deshamanya Civil awards and decorations of Sri Lanka Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles containing Sinhala-language text Articles containing Tamil-language text 1983 Cricket World Cup The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially
3038-665: The players to pass out from Ananda College. He won the Observer Sri Lankan Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award on two occasions in 1980 and 1982 and became the first person to receive the award twice. Ranatunga played for Sri Lanka under-20 against India under-20 in 1980. In his very first game, he scored 128 not out. That Indian team featured the likes of Ravi Shastri , Lalchand Rajput , Sadanand Vishwanath , Chandrakant Pandit , Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Bharat Arun . Arjuna Ranatunga made his test debut on 17 February 1982 against England at
3100-443: The semi-finals with a match to spare, beating Australia by 7 wickets substantially due to a partnership of 124 for the second wicket between Greenidge and Richards. That left West Indies versus Zimbabwe as a dead rubber, and West Indies duly won by ten wickets with nearly fifteen overs to spare. The final group B match was a straightforward tussle for qualification between Australia and India. However, after India had made 247 all out, in
3162-450: The semi-finals. The matches consisted of 60 overs per innings and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day. The eight teams at the tournament were divided into two groups of four, and each team would play the others in their group twice. The top two teams from each group then advanced to the semi-finals, which were played as a single-elimination tournament. Every games were of 60 overs
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#17327801601513224-468: The sole qualifier Zimbabwe. Unlike in later World Cups, with formats designed such that all games could be screened live on television, matches took place simultaneously at multiple venues, with matches played every other day and a reserve day in case of rain, although only three of the matches required a second day. In Group A, England started strongly with a 106 run victory over New Zealand at The Oval , scoring an imposing 322/6 in their innings, driven by
3286-401: The third wicket between Gordon Greenidge and Larry Gomes. In the first of the return fixtures, West Indies overcame India by 66 runs, with Viv Richards making 119; for the second time in the tournament, an opposing batsman retired hurt, as Dilip Vengsarkar was the unlucky batsman on this occasion, hit in the mouth by Malcolm Marshall. Australia beat Zimbabwe by 32 runs to level their account in
3348-493: The tournament, but Ranatunga's average of 120.50 stood out. The next best was Aravinda de Silva with 89.60. For batsmen with over 100 runs in the tournament, Ranatunga had the second highest strike rate with 114.76. Only Sanath Jayasuriya was ahead with 131.54. Ranatunga lost the national team captaincy in 1999 after Sri Lanka's poor showing at the World Cup in England , although he was chosen as one of five Wisden Cricketers of
3410-415: The tournament. The India v Zimbabwe match on 18 June was described by Wisden as "a remarkable match [which] contained one of the most spectacular innings played in this form of cricket", as Kapil Dev coming in to bat with India at 9/4 that soon became 17/5, went on to score 175 not out from India's score of 266/8, which Zimbabwe narrowly failed to chase down, India winning by 31 runs. West Indies qualified for
3472-433: The turn of events as part of the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis . In July 2017, Ranatunga made a serious allegation that the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final match between India and Sri Lanka was fixed. He demanded a probe into the events at the final match. The erstwhile Sports Minister of Sri Lanka Mahindananda Aluthgamage also supported Ranatunga's allegations. However, three years later, Sri Lankan Police suspended
3534-410: Was also adjudged as the player of the series in addition to his all-round display in the tournament taking 4 wickets. Ranatunga went on to captain the Sri Lanka national cricket team in 1988, taking control of it for the next eleven years, transforming it from a weak, routinely defeated team into a competitive and successful unit. He propelled Sri Lanka in a massive run chase of 313 against Zimbabwe at
3596-615: Was born on 1 December 1963 in Gampaha near Colombo. He has a son Dhyan Ranatunga who is also a cricketer who currently lives in United States and in 2021, he was also signed to play for Minor League Cricket tournament in the USA. Ranatunga received his education at Ananda College , which has produced many known faces in Sri Lanka. Marvan Atapattu Sidath Wettimuny , Thilan Samaraweera , Dinesh Chandimal and Thilina Kandamby are among
3658-473: Was deemed as a possible candidate to replace Ranil Wickremasinghe as the leader of the United National Party who had resigned from the position in wake of the defeat at the parliamentary elections. In October 2020, he resigned from the post of Gampaha District Leader. On 30 November 2021, he resigned from the United National Party expressing his dissatisfaction over the lack of clarity about
3720-417: Was famous for defending his players at all costs regardless of what they did. He also captained Sri Lanka to triumph at the 1997 Asia Cup at home defeating India in the final to lift their second Asia Cup title and also it happened to be the first Asia Cup title for Sri Lanka since 1986 after a gap of 11 years. Ranatunga was also the top run scorer of the 1997 Asia Cup tournament with a tally of 272 runs with
3782-601: Was sacked from the position in December 2008 for taking controversial decisions regarding selection of players. In January 2015, he contested for the position of the Vice President of Sri Lanka Cricket during the Sri Lanka Cricket. Ranatunga was known for controversially calling a runner during long innings due to his level of fitness and also he had reportedly twisted his ankle. After the second final of
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#17327801601513844-438: Was still the captain of Sri Lankan test side. Arjuna Ranatunga is one of Sri Lanka's greatest captains. He led the national team to victory in the 1996 World Cup. He represented Sri Lanka in 93 Tests and 269 One-Day Internationals (ODIs). While Ranatunga scored 241 runs during Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup winning campaign, he finished with the highest average in the tournament. There were other batsmen who scored more prolifically in
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