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Revision as of 04:12, 13 September 2017

For the American bridge player, see Russ Arnold.

Russel Arnold
ரசல் அர்னால்ட்
රසල් ආනල්ඩ්
Personal information
Full name
Russel Premakumaran Arnold
Born (1973-10-25) 25 October 1973 (age 50)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NicknameGuppiya[1]
BattingLeft-handed batsman (LHB)
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman, commentator
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 68)19 April 1997 v Pakistan
Last Test1 July 2004 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 91)6 November 1997 v South Africa
Last ODI28 April 2007 v Australia
Only T20I (cap 1)15 June 2006 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 44 180 1
Runs scored 1,821 3,950 7
Batting average 28.01 35.26 7.00
100s/50s 3/10 1/28 -/-
Top score 123 103 7
Balls bowled 1,334 2,157 -
Wickets 11 40 -
Bowling average 54.36 43.47 -
5 wickets in innings – – –
10 wickets in match – n/a -
Best bowling 3/76 3/47 -
Catches/stumpings 51/- 48/- -/-
Source: Cricinfo, 2 May 2016

Russel Premakumaran "Rusty" Arnold (Tamil: ரசல் அர்னால்ட், Sinhala: රසල් ආනල්ඩ්; born 25 October 1973, Colombo), or Russel Arnold, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil descent, who played all forms of the game. Arnold currently works as an international commentator.

He is the first Twenty20 International cap for Sri Lanka.

International career

Arnold made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1997 and his One day international debut against South Africa later in the year. Originally an opening batsmen, Arnold has since moved down the batting order. He is most famous in the pearl island as a utility and very versatile player, making him ideally suitable for the limited over version of the game. However, when he started his career, he was seen primarily as a solid top order batsmen where he impressed against Australia during the AIWA cup of 1999, as well as the subsequent Test series against them, where he batted at No. 3. Failure in the 2003 Cricket World Cup saw him sidelined for many months. However, he fought his way back into the side with a string of good scores in domestic cricket for his club, Nondescripts. A calm and cool player in a crisis situation, Arnold has dragged Sri Lanka out of many sticky situations. He is highly valued for his gritty qualities and is considered an unselfish team man. He is considered an ideal No. 6; he is a Methodist Christian of Tamil descent[2] as is Muttiah Muralitharan.

Nicknamed "Rusty" by Roshan Mahanama and Pramodya Wickramasinghe, due to it being a very common nickname for the name Russel, and also it complemented his batting style as tough and durable- though not really pretty. His late cut shot is admired by many critics at that time where he used the shot so often to spin bowling.

During a match against India at Sharjah, Arnold helped Sanath Jayasuriya to post his highest individual score of 189. Sanath and Arnold had a good partnership until Sanath stumped after a brilliant 189.

He along with Sajeewa de Silva set the record for the highest 10th wicket stand for Sri Lanka in ODI history(51)[3][4]

Retirement

During April 2007 he announced, through team manager Michael Tissera, that he intended to retire from international cricket after the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup final, which came as a shock to Sri Lankan cricket. He cited the pressure of too much travel as his reason.

After retirement, he played A-grade cricket in Sydney for Hornsby District Cricket Club and has also played numerous games for the Melbourne Super Kings in Melbourne. He was also coaching at Barker College, a prestigious private school in Sydney's north.

Current career

Arnold is now a popular television commentator and also writes a weekly Q+A column on Island Cricket.[5] Russel also keeps his fans entertained using his iPhone app 'Ask Rusty' launched in 2012. It was launched in 2012 along with the T20 World cup. The iPhone app allows Russel's fans to ask questions directly from Russel Arnold. In addition, it consists of feeds of Russel's match predictions where the user can actively participate in voting.

On 1 December 2016, Arnold won the Dialog Sri Lanka Cricket awards for the International Commentator of the year 2015.[6]

International centuries

Test centuries

Test centuries by Russel Arnold
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Start date Result
1 123 5  Pakistan Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 3 March 1999 Drawn
1 104* 12  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 4 December 1999 Drawn
1 109 40  England England Manchester, England Old Trafford 13 June 2002 Lost

One Day International centuries

One Day International centuries by Russel Arnold
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Date Result
1 103 14  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club 12 December 1999 Won

Career highlights

Test cricket

  • Debut: 1st Test, Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan, Colombo, April 1997.
  • Highest score: 123 vs. Pakistan, Lahore, March 1999.

One-day cricket

  • Debut: Sri Lanka vs. South Africa, Lahore, November 1997.
  • Highest score: 103 vs. Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, December 1999.

International awards

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 12 December 1999 103 (121 balls: 7x4, 3x6); 1-0-5-0  Sri Lanka won by 13 runs.[7]
2 South Africa New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 17 January 2001 65* (56 balls: 7x4); DNB, 1 ct.  Sri Lanka won by 4 runs (D/L).[8]
3 New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington 3 February 2001 DNB ; 78* (90 balls: 4x4, 1x6)  Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets.[9]
4 New Zealand R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 25 July 2001 6-1-22-2, 1 Ct. ; 91* (116 balls: 7x4)  Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets.[10]
5 India R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 5 August 2001 52 (45 balls: 6x4) ; 7-1-21-1, 2 ct.  Sri Lanka won by 121 runs.[11]

References

  1. ^ https://twitter.com/russelarnold69/status/440711166533189632
  2. ^ "'Jayasuriya is King Midas'". Rediff.com. 18 July 2003. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka | One-Day Internationals | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "2nd ODI: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Dec 12, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. ^ http://www.islandcricket.lk/columns/russel-arnold/content
  6. ^ "Dialog Cricket Awards 2016: List of award winners". Cricket Machan. 1 December 2016.
  7. ^ "1999-2000 Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka - 2nd Match - Bulawayo".
  8. ^ "2000-2001 South Africa v Sri Lanka - 6th Match - Johannesburg".
  9. ^ "2000-2001 New Zealand v Sri Lanka - 2nd Match - Wellington".
  10. ^ "2001-2002 Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) - 4th Match - Sri Lanka v New Zealand - Colombo".
  11. ^ "2001-2002 Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) - Final - Sri Lanka v India - Colombo".

External links

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