Sujeewa Kamalasuriya
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| Full name | Sujeewa Priyantha Kamalasuriya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
9 May 1965 Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
26 December 2004 (aged 39) Unawatuna, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Tamil Cricket & Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sujeewa Priyantha Kamalasuriya (May 9, 1965 – December 26, 2004) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who played with the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club.
Kamalasuriya played two 'Youth Tests' for the Sri Lankan Under-19s, led by Aravinda de Silva, when they toured Australia in 1983/84. He was used as an offspinner who batted in the lower order and he took three wickets, including Mark Taylor and Mark Waugh.[1]
His first-class career was brief and consisted of three matches in Group A of the 1988/89 Lakspray Trophy.[2] On his first-class debut against Galle he scored 69 in his first innings and 19 as an opener in his second, dismissed by medium pacer Priyanka de Silva on both occasions.[3] His other matches were against Burgher Recreation Club and Colts Cricket Club. Tamil Union finished the Trophy as runners up to the Sinhalese Sports Club[4]
Instead of continuing in domestic cricket, Kamalasuriya moved to the Australian city of Adelaide where he studied marketing and later opened a cleaning business. In December 2004 he travelled back to Sri Lanka with his business partner for a holiday and drowned after being struck by the tsunami at Unawatuna, where he was snorkeling.[5]