Rumesh Joseph Ratnayake (born January 2, 1964), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 23 Tests and 70 ODIs from 1982 to 1993.
He is the current fast bowling coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team.Ratnayake was born in Colombo.
During a career often blighted by injury, he was a strapping right arm fast-medium bowler who was capable of swinging the new ball and generating considerable pace and bounce.
He was also a more than useful hard-hitting lower order batsman, as Test match fifties against Pakistan and England testify.