Romesh Eranga

Romesh Eranga (born 16 June 1985) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian cricketer. He bowls left-arm medium-fast and bats left-handed.[1]

Romesh Eranga
Personal information
Full name
Galkandage Don Romesh Eranga
Born (1985-06-16) 16 June 1985
Ragama, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 44)18 August 2019 v Cayman Islands
Last T20I27 October 2019 v UAE
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007-2013Burgher
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Twenty20
Matches 40 27 1
Runs scored 686 127 16
Batting average 12.94 18.14 -
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 54 19* 16*
Balls bowled 4739 1053 18
Wickets 118 51 0
Bowling average 27.00 16.17 -
5 wickets in innings 4 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/82 8/30 -
Catches/stumpings 13/– 4/– -/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 October 2019

Eranga became only the third Sri Lankan to take eight wickets in a List A innings; he achieved the feat when he took 8/30 for Burgher Recreation Club against Sri Lanka Army Sports Club.[2]

In October 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[3] He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with seventeen dismissals in six matches.[4] In April 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[5] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[6]

In August 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament.[7] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Canada against the Cayman Islands on 18 August 2019.[8] In September 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.[9] In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Nikhil Dutta". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. "Burgher Recreation Club v Sri Lanka Army Sports Club". Cricket Archive. 8 December 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2020. (subscription required)
  3. "Cricket Canada announces squad for Super 50 Cup". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. "Super50 Cup, 2018/19 - Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. "Cricket Canada announces the Senior National Squad for the ICC WCL Division 2, Namibia". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  6. "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  7. "Squad selected for the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier - Americas Final 2019, Bermuda". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  8. "2nd Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Final at Sandys Parish, Aug 18 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  9. "Canada squad for the ICC CWC Challenge League A, Malaysia". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  10. "Canadian squad for ICC T20 World Cup qualifier". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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