Lahiru Samarakoon

Lahiru Samarakoon (born 3 March 1997) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Galle Cricket Club.[1] He made his List A debut on 2 December 2015 in the AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament.[2] In December 2015 he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] He made his first-class debut for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 28 December 2016.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018.[5]

Lahiru Samarakoon
Personal information
Full name
Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Lahiru Dharshana Samarakoon
Born (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997
Kandy, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015Galle
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 December 2015

In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[6][7] In May 2018, it was reported that he would join Camberley Cricket Club in England for the 2018 season.[8] He made his debut on 26 May 2018, taking 2/34 from his 10 overs, as well as completing a catch in the field.[9]

His inaugural season in English club cricket finished with a figures of 33 wickets at 15.36 and 301 runs at 30.10,[10] as Camberley finished fourth in the Surrey Championship First Division.[11] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Kandy Tuskers for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[12] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Blues team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[13]

References
  1. "Lahiru Samarakoon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. "AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament, Group B: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Galle Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Dec 2, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. "SL include Charana Nanayakkara in U-19 World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. "Premier League Tournament Tier A, Group A: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Dec 28-30, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  5. "Group A, SLC Twenty-20 Tournament at Welisara, Feb 24 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  7. "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.
  8. "CricX - The Cricket Exchange Agency - Lahiru Samarakoon". www.cricx.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. "Camberley CC". camberley.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  10. "Camberley CC". camberley.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  11. "Surrey Championship". surreychampionship.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  12. "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  13. "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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