Lakshitha Manasinghe

Lakshitha Manasinghe
Personal information
Full name
Manasinghe Arachchige Lakshitha Rasanjana Manasinghe
Born (1999-11-21) 21 November 1999 (age 25)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
RoleAll-rounder
Source: Cricinfo, 5 July 2022

Lakshitha Manasinghe (born 21 November 1999) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He made his List A debut on 14 December 2019, for Negombo Cricket Club in the 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut on 4 January 2020, for Negombo Cricket Club in the 2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[3] In March 2021, he was part of the Sinhalese Sports Club team that won the 2020–21 SLC Twenty20 Tournament, the first time they had won the tournament since 2005.[4]

In June 2022, he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.[5] The following month, he was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad for the second match against Australia,[6] and for the second Test against Pakistan.[7] Also in July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[8]

Lakshitha who was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo captained the college first XI cricket team in 2019.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Lakshitha Manasinghe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Group A, SLC Invitation Limited Over Tournament at Colombo (Burgher), Dec 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Group C, SLC Twenty-20 Tournament at Colombo (Colts), Jan 4 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  4. ^ "SSC blow up Army to regain title after 16 years". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka 'A' squads announced for Australia 'A' games". The Papare. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Maheesh Theekshana and Dunith Wellalage called into Sri Lanka Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Nissanka returns, Manasinghe replaces injured Theekshana for the second Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  9. ^ Nalanda aiming to break six-decade plus jinx


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