Nihal Samarasekera
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Nihal Samarasekera is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon from 1967 to 1974.
Samarasekera attended St. Sylvester's College in Kandy.[1] An opening bowler, he made his first-class debut for Ceylon in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1966-67. In the Gopalan Trophy match in 1967-68, opening the bowling with Sarath Wimalaratne, who took five wickets in each innings, Samarasekera took 4 for 44 and 2 for 48 in the victory for the Ceylon Board President's Under-27s XI over Madras.[2]
He toured Pakistan in 1973-74, playing in four of the eight first-class matches, but other bowlers were preferred for the two matches against Pakistan. He played no further first-class cricket after the tour.[3]
References
- ^ Marikar, Hafiz (14 July 2013). "Technical reasons prevented Malcolm Bulner representing Ceylon and Australia at Olympics". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Ceylon Board President's Under-27s XI v Madras 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Sri Lanka in Pakistan 1973-74". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
External links
- Nihal Samarasekera at ESPNcricinfo
- Nihal Samarasekera at CricketArchive
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