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Gayashan Munasinghe

Gayashan Munasinghe
Personal information
Full name Gayashan Ranga de Silva Munasinghe
Born (1986-10-07) 7 October 1986 (age 30)
Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Twenty20
Matches 9
Runs scored 11
Batting average
100s/50s –/–
Top score 11*
Balls bowled 132
Wickets 4
Bowling average 41.25
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/6
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2012

Gayashan Ranga de Silva Munasinghe (born 7 October 1986) is a Sri Lankan-born Italian cricketer. Munasinghe is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast.

His first appearance for Italy came against a Leinster Cricket Union President's XI in a warm up match for the 2008 European Cricket Championship Division One, though he made no appearances during the main tournament itself. He was then selected as part of Italy's squad for the 2008 World Cricket League Division Four in Tanzania, making four appearances. With the ball, he took 2 wickets in the tournament at an average of 32.50, with best figures of 1/32. With the bat, he scored 20 runs with a high score of 11 not out. His next appearance for Italy came in the 2010 European Cricket Championship Division One, in which he played five matches. He was then selected as part of Italy's squad for the 2010 World Cricket League Division Four, which was hosted by Italy. He made six appearances during the tournament, helping Italy earn promotion to the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three. Division Three was played in Hong Kong in January 2011, with Munasinghe selected as part of Italy's thirteen man squad. He played in all six of Italy's matches in the tournament, took 13 wickets during the tournament, at an average of 20.00, with best figures of 4/60.

In July 2011, Munasinghe played in the European T20 Championship in Jersey and Guernsey, which saw Italy end the tournament as runners-up to Denmark. This result qualified them to take part in the World Twenty20 Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates in March 2012. He was selected as part of Italy's fourteen man squad for the qualifier. He made his Twenty20 debut during the tournament against Oman, with him making eight further appearances, the last of which came against Kenya. In his nine matches, he took 4 wickets at an average of 41.25, with best figures of 1/6. With the bat, scored 11 runs. Italy finished the tournament in tenth place and therefore missed out on qualification for the 2012 World Twenty in Sri Lanka.


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