# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nilantha-ratnayake
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:14:19.798Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nilantha-ratnayake"
name: "Nilantha Ratnayake"
slug: "nilantha-ratnayake"
description: "Nilantha Lakshitha Kithsiri Ratnayake, or Nilantha Ratnayake, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played two One Day Internationals: one in March 1989 during a tour of Pakistan, and one in February 1990 as part of a Benson and Hedges World Series."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1968-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.41
  momentum:             10
  historical:           4.868142666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilantha_Ratnayake"
    title: "Nilantha Ratnayake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "نيلانثا راتناياك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "নীলন্ত রত্নায়েকে"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%DA%A9%DB%92"
    title: "نیلانتھا رتنائکے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87"
    title: "निलंथा रत्नायके"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "நிலந்த ரத்னாயக்கா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7036893"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump