Lasith Embuldeniya (born 26 October 1996) is a professional Sri Lankan

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er who plays Test match cricket for Sri Lanka. He made his international debut for the

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in February 2019, and plays for

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in domestic cricket.

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for

in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 28 January 2017. He made his

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debut for Matara District in the

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on 17 March 2017. In March 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the

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. He made his

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debut on 4 January 2020, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. In March 2020, in round seven of the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament, Embuldeniya took nine wickets for 86 runs in the second innings of the match against

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. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Kandy Tuskers for the inaugural edition of the

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. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. However, prior to the first match, he failed a fitness test.

International career

In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. In February 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's

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squad for their series against South Africa. He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against

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on 13 February 2019. In the match, Embuldeniya became the fourth bowler and first left arm spinner for Sri Lanka to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut, finishing with figures of 5 for 66. In the second Test match of the series, Embuldeniya dislocated a finger during the first day, and was ruled out for six weeks. On 20 January 2020, during the first Test against Zimbabwe, Embuldeniya took his second five wicket haul. He was the only specialist spinner of the team and took 5 for 114 runs to restrict Zimbabwe for 358. During the second innings, Embuldeniya took two wickets, with Sri Lanka winning by ten wickets. After poor performances in both the Bangladesh series and the first Test against Australia, Embuldeniya was dropped from the squad.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Embuldeniya, Lasith 1996 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka Test cricketers Matara District cricketers Nondescripts Cricket Club cricketers Cricketers from Colombo Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut Kandy Warriors cricketers