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
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	All-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

External links

• Lakshitha Manasinghe at ESPNcricinfo