Lasith Embuldeniya

Lasith Embuldeniya (born 26 October 1996) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays Test match cricket for Sri Lanka.[1] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2019, and plays for Nondescripts Cricket Club in domestic cricket.[2]

Lasith Embuldeniya
Personal information
Born (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 149)13 February 2019 v South Africa
Last Test29 June 2022 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 17 43 11 4
Runs scored 191 530 35 8
Batting average 7.34 11.52 17.50 8.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 40 40 7* 4*
Balls bowled 4,845 10,537 426 56
Wickets 71 213 10 2
Bowling average 36.77 26.18 31.80 21.50
5 wickets in innings 5 17 0 0
10 wickets in match 1 5 0 0
Best bowling 7/137 9/86 3/35 1/9
Catches/stumpings 2/– 13/– 1/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 June 2022

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 28 January 2017.[3] He made his List A debut for Matara District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament on 17 March 2017.[4]

In March 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[5][6] The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7] In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[8]

He made his Twenty20 debut on 4 January 2020, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[9] In March 2020, in round seven of the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament, Embuldeniya took nine wickets for 86 runs in the second innings of the match against Saracens Sports Club.[10]

In October 2020, he was drafted by the Kandy Tuskers for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[11] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[12] However, prior to the first match, he failed a fitness test.[13]

International career

In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[14] In February 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against South Africa.[15] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 13 February 2019.[16] In the match, Embuldeniya became the fourth bowler and first left arm spinner for Sri Lanka to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut, finishing with figures of 5 for 66.[17][18] In the second Test match of the series, Embuldeniya dislocated a finger during the first day, and was ruled out for six weeks.[19]

On 20 January 2020, during the first Test against Zimbabwe, Embuldeniya took his second five wicket haul. He was the only specialist spinner of the team and took 5 for 114 runs to restrict Zimbabwe for 358.[20] During the second innings, Embuldeniya took two wickets, with Sri Lanka winning by ten wickets.[21] After poor performances in both the Bangladesh series and the first Test against Australia, Embuldeniya was dropped from the squad.[22][23]

References
  1. "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. "Lasith Embuldeniya". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. "Premier League Tournament Tier A, Super Eight: Colombo Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Jan 28-31, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. "Districts One Day Tournament, Southern Group: Matara District v Hambantota District at Colombo (Bloomfield), Mar 17, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  5. "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. "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.
  7. "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  9. "Group B, SLC Twenty-20 Tournament at Colombo (NCC), Jan 4 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  10. "Lasith Embuldeniya takes 9-fer; NCC and Tamil Union register wins". The Papare. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  12. "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  13. "Change of teams for Kamil, Himasha & Prabath in SLC T20 League". The Papare. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  14. "Sri Lanka Squad for the ACC Emerging Teams Cup 2018". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  15. "Sri Lanka Test Squad for South Africa Series". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  16. "1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 13-17 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  17. "Embuldeniya five-for leaves game in the balance". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  18. "Faf misses out on hundred as Proteas set Sri Lanka 304 for victory". IOL News. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  19. "Lasith Embuldeniya ruled out for six weeks with dislocated finger". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  20. "Lasith Embuldeniya takes five but Zimbabwe in control". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  21. "Lahiru Kumara breaks through Zimbabwe's resistance to seal victory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  22. "Maheesh Theekshana and Dunith Wellalage called into Sri Lanka Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  23. "Jayasuriya, Wellalage picked ahead of Jayawickrama, Embuldeniya for Pakistan Tests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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