Nuwan Ekanayake (born 11 December 1980) was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for

Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...

. He was born in

. Ekanayake made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 2001–02 season, against Sebastianites. From the upper-middle order, he scored 12 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 11 runs in the second. Ekanayake bowled two overs in the match, conceding 8 runs.

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