Janith Liyanage
Janith Liyanage (born 12 July 1995) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2022.[1]
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Full name | Kongala Liyanage Janith Vimukthi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 12 July 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut (cap 93) | 20 February 2022 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 27 February 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 July 2022 |
Career
He made his first-class debut for Ragama Cricket Club in the 2014–15 Premier Trophy on 16 January 2015.[2]
In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[3][4] The following month, he was also named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[5] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Dambulla Giants following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[6]


In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Australia.[7] He made his T20I debut on 20 February 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia.[8]
In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[9]
References
- "Janith Liyanage". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- "Premier League Tournament, Group A: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Jan 16-18, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- "Sri Lanka T20I squad for Australia tour 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- "5th T20I (D/N), Melbourne, Feb 20 2022, Sri Lanka tour of Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.