Srimantha Wijeratne

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]

Srimantha Wijeratne
Personal information
Born (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989
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

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.
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