Yange Oshanka Buddhika Mendis (born 22 June 1979)
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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO () ...

in his native Sri Lanka.

Biography

Born in Sri Lanka in 1979, Buddhika Mendis started his cricket career playing Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, which makes his outstanding introduction in opposition to nondescripts Cricket Club in January 1999. He played with first-class games to allow those whatsoever, his past arrival in February 20000. Shortly ahead of the first of the four Listing A games, most of which came from February/March 2000 – he played at the show annually except in 2007. He performed at the ACC Trophy at Kuala Lumpur in 2004 and also participated in the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament suits versus Nepal along with Hong-kong. This season was when he played with ACC Fast-track Nations Tournament matches from Malaysia and Hongkong. Back in 2006, he played with at the ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, along with an ACC Premier-league game versus Nepal. Mendis played at the Saudara Cup game from Malaysia for its very first time in 2007 and also played at the ACC Twenty20 Cup in Kuwait this season. He represented Singapore at Division 5 of those Entire World Cricket League at Jersey in 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendis, Buddhika 1979 births Living people Singaporean cricketers Sri Lankan cricketers Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Singaporean people of Sri Lankan descent