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Full name | Brian Eric Anton Rajadurai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Western Province, Dominion of Ceylon | 24 August 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2006/07 | Sinhalese Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996/97–2000/01 | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988/89–1990/91 | Sinhalese Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,14 October 2011 |
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