Sanath Kaluperuma
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Sanath Mohan Silva Kaluperuma (born October 22, 1961, Colombo
Colombo
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) is a former 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...

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Cricket
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er who played in 4 Tests
Test cricket
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 and 2 ODIs from 1984 to 1988. Kaluperuma studied at Nalanda College Colombo and represented 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:...

. A top order batsman who could open and a handy off spin bowler, he was also a skilled slip (gully) fielder. Kaluperuma migrated to Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Australia in 1989 where he played district cricket and later captain/coached bayside club Cheltenham.

Sanath is the 26th Sri Lanka Test Cap [Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand at Kandy 1983/84]
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