Dimuth Karunaratne said he had fulfilled a childhood dream after the Sri Lanka opener announced that his 100th Test, against Australia starting Thursday, will be his last. Sri Lanka trail the two ...

Karunaratne is a Test specialist, and has said outright that part of his decision to retire was down to the fact that Sri Lanka only have two more Tests scheduled over roughly the next 15 months.

Dimuth Karunaratne is set to retire from Test cricket after playing his 100th game this week, against Australia in Galle. Three factors have played into the decision. With Sri Lanka set to play ...

Former Sri Lanka test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne will retire from the format after his 100th match, the final test of Sri Lanka's two-test series against Australia in Galle on Thursday.

Karunaratne, 36, has also struggled for runs over the past 14 months, averaging 27.05 since the start of 2024. This is also Sri Lanka's final Test of this World Test Championship cycle.

Karunaratne scored 83 and Chandimal made 61 as the pair batted sensibly to milk the runs in a 147-run partnership that flattened the Black Caps but their dismissals left the game delicately poised ...

Karunaratne, 36, scored 7222 runs in Tests at a healthy average of nearly 40, including a top score of 244. He also played 50 ODIs, scoring 1,316 runs.

Dimuth Karunaratne said he had fulfilled a childhood dream after the Sri Lanka opener announced that his 100th Test, against Australia starting Thursday, will be his last.

Karunaratne made his Test debut at the Galle international Stadium in 2012 against New Zealand. The 36-year-old opener has scored 7,172 runs with 16 centuries and 39 half centuries in 99 appearances.