Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake (born January 8, 1965, in

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), or Champaka Ramanayake, is a former

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er who played in 18

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and 62

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s from 1986 to 1995. Champaka is a highly experienced and respected international cricket coach now. 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

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national side.

School times

Champaka who had his education at Richmond College,

is widely regarded as one of the steadiest bowlers ever produced by

Trivia

Champaka is the only person to bowl in international cricket at

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, in Mackay, Australia. The venue hosted its only international match during the

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, and the match was washed out after his first two deliveries.

International record

Test 5 Wicket hauls

References

1965 births Living people Sri Lanka Test cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Sri Lankan cricketers Basnahira North cricketers Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Alumni of Richmond College, Galle Ruhuna cricketers Cricketers from Galle Sri Lankan cricket coaches Coaches of the United Arab Emirates national cricket team {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1960s-stub