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Russel Arnold (Russel Premakumaran Arnold) was born on 25 October, 1973 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan cricketer. Discover Russel Arnold's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

Popular As Russel Premakumaran Arnold
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Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 25 October, 1973
Birthday 25 October
Birthplace Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lanka

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1973

Russel Premakumaran Arnold ரசல் பிரேம்குமாரன் அர்னால்ட்;( born 25 October 1973), or Russel Arnold, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil descent, who played all forms of the game.

He played as the finisher role in the Sri Lankan team batting down the order at international level.

Arnold currently works as an international commentator.

He was the first Twenty20 International cap for Sri Lanka as he was part of Sri Lanka's first ever T20I team.

1992

He played for Sri Lanka Under19 cricket team and impressed in the tour of England in a 3 match test series in 1992 where he scored 242 runs at the average of 48.40.

1993

He first arrived to domestic cricket in 1993 at the age of 20.

1997

Arnold made his Test debut against Pakistan on April and his One day international debut against South Africa later in the year on 6 November 1997.

His test debut came as a blessing in disguise as he came as an injury replacement to Roshan Mahanama who was injured in a batting session in the nets.

He was initially called into the Sri Lankan reserve squad for the home series against Pakistan in 1997 following his performances in domestic circuit.

Originally an opening batsman, Arnold has since moved down the batting order mainly due to the rise of Marvan Atapattu.

He is most famous in the pearl island as a very versatile player, making him ideally suitable for the limited over version of the game.

1999

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.

He batted at no 6 for the first time in his career during the Coca-Cola Champions Trophy 1999.

The then Sri Lankan team head coach Dav Whatmore had felt that Russel could be utilised well when he plays down the order.

In an ODI match against Zimbabwe in 1999, Arnold along with Sajeewa de Silva set the record for the highest 10th wicket stand for Sri Lanka in ODI history (51).

2000

During the final of the 2000–01 Sharjah Champions Trophy against India in 2000 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.

Russel provided good support scoring unbeaten 52 off 62 balls in the match.

Sri Lanka eventually won the final by a big margin of 245 runs.

2002

He was part of the Sri Lankan team captained by Sanath Jayasuriya which won the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy jointly with India.

2003

Arnold's failure in the 2003 Cricket World Cup saw him sidelined for many months as selectors opted to groom the youngsters into the side.

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.

Arnold has been nicknamed "Rusty" by Roshan Mahanama and Pramodya Wickramasinghe, due to it being a very common nickname for the name Russel, and for 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.

2006

Arnold made his T20I debut against England on 15 June 2006, which was incidentally Sri Lanka's first-ever T20I match.

It was also his only T20I match in his career and Sri Lanka won the match by two runs.

2007

He retired from cricket in 2007 after playing the final in 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Arnold was encouraged to take the sport of cricket by his grandfather.

He played school cricket at the St. Peter's College, Colombo where he received his primary and secondary education.

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 also played for Chennai Superstars in the Indian Cricket League.

He also coached at Barker College, a prestigious private school in Sydney's north.

He also was assistant coach to Deccan Chargers in the IPL before the team was removed from the competition.

2018

In 2018, he was appointed as the tournament director of the Lanka Premier League by the Sri Lanka Cricket but the proposed 2018 edition of the LPL was cancelled due to the dissolution of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board.

2020

He also played for Sri Lanka Legends in 2020-21 Road Safety World Series which was captained by Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sri Lanka Legends became runners up to India Legends in the final.