Sanka Abeyruwan (full name Sanka Ramesh Abeyruwan; born 29 October 1992) is a current

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 born in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

and currently living in Melbourne Australia. He has played for the

Sinhalese Sports Club The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt wi ...

and the

Colts Cricket Club Colts Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They have won 6 first class tournaments of Sri Lanka domestic league as in 1991/92, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2008/09 and 2011/12 and 2 Premier Limited Overs Tourn ...

in the domestic game in Sri Lanka and Southern Rangers Cricket Club , Haig Fawkner Cricket Club and Hoppers Crossing Cricket Club in Melbourne. He is a first-class bowler in 22 matches from the 2012–13 season and has taken 24 wickets. He bowls leg break and is a right-handed batsman. His best bowling to date is 5–24 and his highest score is 28 runs. Abeyruwan made his first-class debut in February 2013 when he played for the Sinhalese in the 2012–13

Premier Trophy The Major League Tournament (formerly known as the Premier Trophy) is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1938 and has existed under a number of different names. Matches before the 1988–89 seas ...

against the

Badureliya Sports Club Badureliya Sports Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It plays its home matches at Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona. In late 2008, the club threatened to boycott the Sri Lankan domestic tournaments due to their objections to b ...

. His latest match played in Sri Lanka was in March 2016 in the 2015–16 AIA Premier League Tournament for the Colts against the

Moors Sports Club Moors Sports Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. History Moors Sports Club was founded by members of Colombo Grand Mosque at New Moor Street in the Colombo neighbourhood of Pettah. Like most clubs founded during the co ...

. His total played matches in Australia (up-to now) 97 matches, 2280 runs, 27.47 batting average and 130 wickets with an average of 21.10. Highest Score 88 and best bowling stat recorded was 5/16. Twenty20 matches played by Sanka Abeyruwan
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at ESPNcricinfo 1992 births Sri Lankan cricketers Sinhalese Sports Club cricketers Colts Cricket Club cricketers Living people Cricketers from Colombo {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1990s-stub