Lasith Embuldeniya (born 26 October 1996) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays Test match cricket for Sri Lanka.[1] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2019, and plays for Nondescripts Cricket Club in domestic cricket.[2]
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| Born | 26 October 1996 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 149) | 13 February 2019 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 June 2022 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
editHe made his first-class debut for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 28 January 2017.[3] He made his List A debut for Matara District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament on 17 March 2017.[4]
In March 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[5][6] The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7] In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[8]
He made his Twenty20 debut on 4 January 2020, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[9] In March 2020, in round seven of the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament, Embuldeniya took nine wickets for 86 runs in the second innings of the match against Saracens Sports Club.[10]
In October 2020, he was drafted by the Kandy Tuskers for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[11] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[12] However, prior to the first match, he failed a fitness test.[13]
International career
editIn December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[14] In February 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against South Africa.[15] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 13 February 2019.[16] In the match, Embuldeniya became the fourth bowler and first left arm spinner for Sri Lanka to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut, finishing with figures of 5 for 66.[17][18] In the second Test match of the series, Embuldeniya dislocated a finger during the first day, and was ruled out for six weeks.[19]
On 20 January 2020, during the first Test against Zimbabwe, Embuldeniya took his second five wicket haul. He was the only specialist spinner of the team and took 5 for 114 runs to restrict Zimbabwe for 358.[20] During the second innings, Embuldeniya took two wickets, with Sri Lanka winning by ten wickets.[21] After poor performances in both the Bangladesh series and the first Test against Australia, Embuldeniya was dropped from the squad.[22][23]
References
edit- ^ "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Lasith Embuldeniya". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Premier League Tournament Tier A, Super Eight: Colombo Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Jan 28-31, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Districts One Day Tournament, Southern Group: Matara District v Hambantota District at Colombo (Bloomfield), Mar 17, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Group B, SLC Twenty-20 Tournament at Colombo (NCC), Jan 4 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Lasith Embuldeniya takes 9-fer; NCC and Tamil Union register wins". The Papare. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Change of teams for Kamil, Himasha & Prabath in SLC T20 League". The Papare. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Squad for the ACC Emerging Teams Cup 2018". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Test Squad for South Africa Series". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 13-17 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Embuldeniya five-for leaves game in the balance". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Faf misses out on hundred as Proteas set Sri Lanka 304 for victory". IOL News. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Lasith Embuldeniya ruled out for six weeks with dislocated finger". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Lasith Embuldeniya takes five but Zimbabwe in control". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Lahiru Kumara breaks through Zimbabwe's resistance to seal victory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Maheesh Theekshana and Dunith Wellalage called into Sri Lanka Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Jayasuriya, Wellalage picked ahead of Jayawickrama, Embuldeniya for Pakistan Tests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2022.