Russel Arnold

Personal information

Batting style

Left-handed batsman (LHB)

Bowling style

Right-arm off break (OB)

Country

Sri Lanka

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Russel Premakumaran Arnold (Tamil: ரஸ்ஸல் பிரேமகுமாரன் அர்னால்ட்)(born October 25, 1973, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil descent. 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- 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 and speaks Tamil as does Muttiah Muralitharan. Nicknamed "Rusty" by Roshan Mahanama and Pramodya Wickramasinge, 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.

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

He is currently playing in Sydney grade cricket in Australia.

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Cricket Live Score: SL vs NZ Match Delayed By Rain - SpotThisNow SpotThisNow---Russel Arnold- says it will be a usual Dumbulla track and that might be a touch unpredictable. Rangana Herath on Ten Sports: “I am happy the way i bowled ... - Date : Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:22:32 GMT+00:00
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Fair Acres owner Arnold dies at 83 - Thoroughbred Times Thoroughbred Times--Arnold grew up at historic Elmendorf Farm, where his father, James -Russell Arnold-, worked for many years. Arnold worked at Old Kenney Farm in Lexington and ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:11:38 GMT+00:00
Percy Abeysekera: A legacy continues - Island Cricket (blog) Island Cricket (blog)---Russel Arnold- was having a bad patch with the bat during his tenure with the Lankan team. Percy meets him during a practice session. Arnold says "Uncle ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:38:11 GMT+00:00

Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	44	180
Runs	1821	3950
Batting average	28.01	35.26
100s/50s	3/10	1/28
Top score	123	103
Balls bowled	1334	2157
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/-

Career statistics

Competition

Tests

ODIs

Matches

180

Runs

1821

3950

Batting average

28.01

35.26

100s/50s

3/10

1/28

Top score

123

103

Balls bowled

1334

2157

Wickets

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/-

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