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| Born | 26 December 1965 Colombo, Ceylon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1989–1993 | Tamil Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive (subscription required),29 April 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Suranjith Dharmasena (born 26 December 1965) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. He played in twenty-eight first-class and five List A matches between 1989 and 1993. [1] [2] [3]
Dharmasena was born in Colombo in 1965. His mother,Sopahia ( née Marasinghe) represented Ceylon in volleyball and netball. Suranjith and his brother Kishan both attended Thurstan College,where Suranjith was cricket captain in 1984. [4]
Dharmasena played in Sri Lankan domestic cricket for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club,making his first-class cricket debut in 1989. [1] His Sri Lankan cricket career was cut short when,in 1993,he moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to work as a banker. His career continued in the UAE,where he was a prolific batsman in club cricket. [5]
In February 2020,he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa. [6] [7] However,the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] He and another Sri Lankan former cricketer Mahesh De Zoysa were left stranded in Cape Town,South Africa due to the lockdown in the country and lack of flight availability. [9]