Rumesh Joseph Ratnayake (born 2 January 1964), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 23 Test matches and 70 One Day Internationals from 1982 to 1993.
During a career often blighted by injury, he was a strapping right arm fast-medium bowler who was capable of swinging the new ball and generating considerable pace and bounce.
He spearheaded the Sri Lankan fast bowling attack in his heyday although his international career was relatively short due to being injury prone.
[citation needed]He was also a more than useful hard-hitting lower order batsman, as Test match fifties against Pakistan and England testify.
[2] He also works as fast bowling coach being attached to the High Performance Center of Sri Lanka Cricket on a full-time basis.