Vasanthi Ratnayake

{{short description|Sri Lankan cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Vasanthi Ratnayake

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| fullname = Liyanage Don Vasanthi Ratnayake

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wellawatte, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Batter

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1997–2003

| country = Sri Lanka

| onetest = true

| testdebutdate = 17 April

| testdebutyear = 1998

| testdebutagainst = Pakistan

| testcap = 8

| odidebutdate = 25 November

| odidebutyear = 1997

| odidebutagainst = Netherlands

| odicap = 8

| lastodidate = 23 March

| lastodiyear = 2003

| lastodiagainst = West Indies

| columns = 3

| column1 = WTest

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 18

| bat avg1 = 9.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 13

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = WODI

| matches2 = 22

| runs2 = 558

| bat avg2 = 26.57

| 100s/50s2 = 0/3

| top score2 = 88

| deliveries2 = 90

| wickets2 = 0

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–

| column3 = WLA

| matches3 = 27

| runs3 = 692

| bat avg3 = 26.61

| 100s/50s3 = 0/4

| top score3 = 88

| deliveries3 = 204

| wickets3 = 0

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 5/–

| date = 7 December 2021

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17396/17396.html CricketArchive

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Liyanage Don Vasanthi Ratnayake (born 30 November 1973) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match and 22 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka between 1997 and 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54780.html |title=Player Profile: Vasanthi Ratnayake |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17396/17396.html |title=Player Profile: Vasanthi Ratnayake |work=CricketArchive |access-date=7 December 2021}}

Ratnayake made her international debut in 1997, in an ODI between Sri Lanka and the Netherlands, in Colombo. Opening the batting in that match, she scored just one run.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16011/scorecard/67167/Sri-Lanka-Women-vs-Netherlands-Women-1st-ODI-netherlands-women-in-sri-lanka-womens-odi-series/ |title=1st ODI, Netherlands Women tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Nov 25 1997 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 November 2017}} She made her only Test match appearance in 1998, playing against Pakistan, scoring five and thirteen in the two innings.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15948/scorecard/67505/Sri-Lanka-Women-vs-Pakistan-Women-Only-Test-pakistan-women-in-sri-lanka-womens-test-match/ |title=Only Test, Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Apr 17–20 1998 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 November 2017}} She scored an international half-century for the first time in 2002, also against Pakistan, when she scored 88.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15405/scorecard/67209/Sri-Lanka-Women-vs-Pakistan-Women-3rd-ODI-pakistan-women-in-sri-lanka-womens-odi-series |title=3rd ODI, Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Jan 23 2002 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 November 2017}} This remained her highest score in international cricket, and remained the highest individual score in WODIs by any Sri Lankan player other than Chamari Athapaththu until the team's tour of Ireland in 2024, in which Vishmi Gunaratne and Harshitha Samarawickrama both scored centuries.{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=9;team=3672;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Batting records {{!}} Women's One-Day Internationals {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 April 2024}} She scored two further half-centuries; 51 later in that same series against Pakistan,{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15405/scorecard/67226/Sri-Lanka-Women-vs-Pakistan-Women-6th-ODI-pakistan-women-in-sri-lanka-womens-odi-series/ |title=6th ODI, Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka at Moratuwa, Jan 30 2002 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 November 2017}} and 67 not out on her final appearance in international cricket, against the West Indies in 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15215/scorecard/67337/West-Indies-Women-vs-Sri-Lanka-Women-6th-ODI-sri-lanka-women-in-west-indies-womens-odi-series/ |title=6th ODI, Sri Lanka Women tour of West Indies at Kingstown, Mar 23 2003 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 November 2017}} In total, Ratnayake played 22 ODIs, scoring 558 runs at an average of 26.57. In her only Test appearance, she scored 18 runs at an average of 9.00. She bowled 90 balls in ODI cricket, but did not take a wicket.