Sujeewa Priyantha Kamalasuriya (9 May 1965 – 26 December 2004) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who played with the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club.
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| Full name | Sujeewa Priyantha Kamalasuriya | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1965 Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 December 2004 (aged 39) Unawatuna, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Tamil Cricket & Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 10 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Career
editKamalasuriya played two 'Youth Tests' for the Sri Lankan Under-19s, led by Aravinda de Silva, when they toured Australia in 1983/84. He was used as an offspinner who batted in the lower order and he took three wickets, including Mark Taylor and Mark Waugh.[1]
His first-class career was brief and consisted of three matches in Group A of the 1988/89 Lakspray Trophy.[2] On his first-class debut against Galle he scored 69 in his first innings and 19 as an opener in his second, dismissed by medium pacer Priyanka de Silva on both occasions.[3] His other matches were against Burgher Recreation Club and Colts Cricket Club. Tamil Union finished the Trophy as runners up to the Sinhalese Sports Club[4]
Instead of continuing in domestic cricket, Kamalasuriya moved to the Australian city of Adelaide where he studied marketing and later opened a cleaning business.
Death
editIn December 2004 he travelled back to Sri Lanka with his business partner for a holiday and drowned after being struck by the tsunami at Unawatuna, where he was snorkeling.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Sri Lanka Under-19s in Australia 1983/84". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Sujeewa Kamalasuriya". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Galle Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 1988/89". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Lakspray Trophy 1988/89". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Sujeewa Kamalasuriya". Cricinfo.