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1496:Right-handed
1490:30 June 1988
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1451:Right-handed
1445:4 April 1985
1408:Right-handed
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1357:2 April 1989
1320:Right-handed
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1142:Right-handed
1115:Kamran Akmal
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1469:Kemar Roach
1413:medium-fast
1368:fast-medium
1363:Left-handed
1325:medium-fast
1293:Isuru Udana
1280:fast-medium
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1188:Left-handed
1056:Left-handed
832:Left-handed
794:medium-fast
789:Left-handed
745:Left-handed
707:fast-medium
662:fast-medium
611:Left-handed
605:3 July 1985
527:Left-handed
500:Tamim Iqbal
480:26 May 1990
432:27 May 1977
387:Birth date
276:August 2012
232:Home ground
191:first class
125:Home ground
1915:Categories
1556:References
1531:1974-01-27
1499:Right-arm
1486:1988-06-30
1454:Right-arm
1441:1985-04-04
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1398:1987-03-10
1353:1989-04-02
1310:1988-02-17
1278:Right-arm
1265:1992-01-19
1223:1971-02-06
1191:Right-arm
1178:1993-10-04
1132:1982-01-13
1100:Right-arm
1087:1989-11-18
1046:1990-08-17
996:1990-04-29
964:Right-arm
951:1991-09-09
909:1987-03-24
867:1980-10-17
835:Right-arm
822:1991-09-12
792:Right-arm
779:1981-01-29
735:1985-12-04
705:Right-arm
692:1979-12-02
660:Right-arm
647:1975-02-28
601:1985-07-03
569:Right-arm
556:1982-01-09
517:1989-03-20
476:1990-05-26
459:Umar Akmal
441:Right-arm
428:1977-05-27
314:Kurunegala
304:Kurunegala
260:improve it
209:, and the
195:Kurunegala
188:Sri Lankan
151: wins
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1544:Left-arm
1456:off break
1366:Left-arm
1323:Left-arm
1206:Brad Hogg
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1009:Left-arm
837:off break
322:Sri Lanka
316:, in the
264:verifying
219:Kandurata
117:Dissolved
36:Personnel
1784:Uva Next
1631:9 August
1601:Cricinfo
1574:CricInfo
401:Batsmen
211:Twenty20
135:Capacity
1722:Seasons
1606:7 April
1580:29 June
1152:Bowlers
448:Captain
330:cricket
258:Please
179:History
143:History
109:Founded
96:Green
90:Colours
41:Captain
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1798:Venues
1653:7 July
1011:medium
966:medium
571:medium
443:medium
396:Notes
186:was a
138:10,000
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326:Kandy
104:White
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1655:2012
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1582:2012
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384:Nat
378:No.
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154:none
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