Suranga Arunakumara (full name Gonapinu Walavithanage Suranga Arunakumara; born 21 August 1978) is a former

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 ...

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er. He was born in

Kohuwala Kohuwala is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka and is situated where the Colombo Piliyandala Road crosses Nugegoda Dehiwala Road. Hence it is connected to Nugegoda, Dehiwala, Pamankada, Boralesgamuwa and Piliyandala. Kohuwala is inside the administra ...

. 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 ...

in the domestic game and internationally he has not played. He was a left-arm medium pace bowler in 18 first-class matches from the 1997–98 season to 2001–02 and took 30 wickets. His best bowling was 5–79. Arunakumara made his first-class debut in December 1997 when he played in the 1997–98 Hatna Trophy for the Sinhalese against the

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. History The club can trace its roots back to the final years of the 19th century in which t ...

. His last match was in February 2002 in the 2001–02

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for the Sinhalese 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 ...

.List A matches played by Suranga Arunakumara
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