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Sanka Abeyruwan is a current Sri Lankan cricketer. He was born in Colombo and currently living in Melbourne Australia. He has played for the Sinhalese Sports Club and the Colts Cricket Club in the domestic game in Sri Lanka and Southern Rangers Cricket Club, Haig Fawkner Cricket Club and Hoppers Crossing Cricket Club in Melbourne. He is a first-class bowler in 22 matches from the 2012–13 season and has taken 24 wickets. He bowls leg break and is a right-handed batsman. His best bowling to date is 5–24 and his highest score is 28 runs.
Suraj Abeysekera is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was born in Colombo. He has played for the Sinhalese Sports Club and the Sri Lanka Board President's XI teams in the domestic game and internationally he played for the under-25s in 1981 against the Tamil Nadu under-25s and for the Sri Lanka national cricket team in 1986 against the England B team. He was a first-class bowler in 9 matches from the 1978–79 season to 1989–90 and took 16 wickets. He bowled off break and was a right-handed batsman. His best bowling was 4–55 and his highest score was 41 runs, not out.
Geeth Alwis is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was born in Colombo. He has played for the Saracens Sports Club, the Ruhuna cricket team, the Sinhalese Sports Club and the Chilaw Marians Cricket Club teams in the domestic game and internationally he did not play. He was an all-rounder in 60 matches from the 2007–08 season to 2013–14. He scored 4,244 runs, completing 6 centuries and his highest score of 219. He took 147 wickets and his best bowling was 6–36. He bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin and was a left-handed batsman.
Naresh Adikaram is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was born in Colombo. He has played for the Sinhalese Sports Club in the domestic game and internationally he did not play. He was a right-handed batsman in 8 matches from the 1993–94 season to 1996–97 and scored 273 runs. His highest score was 55 not out. He never bowled.
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Mohamed Aslam is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was born in Kandy. He has played for the Sinhalese Sports Club in the domestic game and internationally he has not played. He was a right-arm fast medium pace bowler in 23 first-class matches from the 1999–2000 season to 2001–02 and took 48 wickets. His best bowling was 5–50.
