Chaminda Ruwan Kumarage, usually known as Chaminda Ruwan (born 29 July 1979) is a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

n born cricket

Cricket

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er, who is currently the captain

Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

 of the Singapore national cricket team. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 bowler, he has played for Singapore since 2005 having previously played first-class

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 and List A cricket in his native Sri Lanka for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is one of Sri Lanka's oldest cricket clubs founded in 1892 and competes in the Premier Trophy, which it has won eight times.-History:...

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Sri Lankan career

Born in Kalutara

Kalutara

Kalutara is a resort town located approximately 40 km south of Colombo in Sri Lanka.- Overview :Once an important spice-trading center, the city's name is derived from the Kalu Ganga River . In the 11th Century, the town was temporarily made a capital on the orders of a South Indian Prince...

 in 1979, Chaminda made his first-class debut for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in January 1999, playing against Burgher Recreation Club

Burgher Recreation Club

Burgher Recreation Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.-External links:*...

 and Sinhalese Sports Club

Sinhalese Sports Club

The Sinhalese Sports Club is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Sinhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 30 times to 2008.-History:-Honours:...

. He played just one first-class match in 2000, against Police Sports Club

Police Sports Club

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, and made his List A debut that year, playing seven matches between October and November.

His final year in Sri Lankan cricket was in 2001, during which he played seven first-class matches and one List A match before moving to Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

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Singapore career

His debut for Singapore came in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy

Stan Nagaiah Trophy

The Stan Nagaiah Trophy is an annual series of one-day cricket matches played between Malaysia and Singapore. It has been played annually since 1995, and is named in honour of Stan Nagaiah, a cricketer from Singapore in the 1950s who also often represented All-Malaya.-Results:-Records:*Highest team...

 series against Malaysia in May 2005. He also played ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

ACC Premier League

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 matches against Malaysia and Hong Kong

Hong Kong cricket team

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 that year.

In 2006, he again played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series, followed by the ACC Trophy

ACC Trophy

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 in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

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. He then played ACC Premier League

ACC Premier League

The ACC Premier League, previously known as the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament was a cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council that was contested by Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates...

 matches against Hong Kong and Nepal and the Saudara Cup

Saudara Cup

The Saudara Cup is an annual cricket match played between Malaysia and Singapore. It has been played since 1970, with Malaysia winning twelve times, Singapore winning eight times, including the most recent match in 2007. The other matches have all been drawn. The name of the tournament comes from...

 match against Malaysia. He played only three times in 2007, the Saudara Cup match and matches against Hong Kong and the UAE in the ACC Twenty20 Cup

ACC Twenty20 Cup

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He captained Singapore for the first time in the 2008 Stan Nagaiah Trophy series and most recently played for Singapore in Division Five

2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five

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 of the World Cricket League

World Cricket League

The ICC World Cricket League is a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the International Cricket Council. All associate and affiliate members of the ICC are eligible to compete in the league system, which features a promotion...

 in Jersey

Jersey

Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...

. He will again captain Singapore in the ACC Trophy Elite tournament in July 2008.