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

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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