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Srimantha Wijeratne
Personal information
Born (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 (age 35)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 53)25 October 2019 v Oman
Last T20I27 October 2019 v UAE
Source: Cricinfo, 27 October 2019

Srimantha Wijeratne (born 3 June 1989) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian cricketer.[1] He made his List A cricket debut in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament for Canada against the Netherlands on 17 January 2015.[2] In January 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[3]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[4][5] In September 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.[6] In October 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[7] In April 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[8] In September 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.[9]

In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[10] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Canada, against Oman, on 25 October 2019.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Srimantha Wijeratne". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Two, Canada v Netherlands at Windhoek, Jan 17, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Canadian squad for World Cricket League Division 2 tournament". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Canadian National Cricket Squad for ICC Americas World T20 SRQ & Schedule". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Cricket Canada announces squad for Super 50 Cup". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Cricket Canada announces the Senior National Squad for the ICC WCL Division 2, Namibia". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Canada squad for the ICC CWC Challenge League A, Malaysia". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Canadian squad for ICC T20 World Cup qualifier". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  11. ^ "34th Match, Group A (N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier at Abu Dhabi, Oct 25 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2019.