Brian Rajadurai
{{short description|Canadian and Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Brian Rajadurai
| image =
| country = Canada
| fullname = Brian Eric Anton Rajadurai
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|8|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Colombo, Western Province, Dominion of Ceylon
| batting = Right-handed
| role =
| international = true
| club1 = Sinhalese Sports Club
| year1 = 2006/07
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = Canada
| year2 = 1996/97–2000/01
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = Sinhalese Sports Club
| year3 = 1988/89–1990/91
| clubnumber3 =
| columns = 2
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 31
| runs1 = 381
| bat avg1 = 15.87
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 65
| deliveries1 = 2,884
| wickets1 = 56
| bowl avg1 = 22.03
| fivefor1 = 3
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 5/53
| catches/stumpings1 = 25/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 23
| runs2 = 85
| bat avg2 = 6.53
| 100s/50s2 = –/–
| top score2 = 20
| deliveries2 = 845
| wickets2 = 23
| bowl avg2 = 25.17
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = 4/20
| catches/stumpings2 = 14/–
| date = 14 October
| year = 2011
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5590/5590.html CricketArchive
}}
Brian Rajadurai (born 24 August 1965) is a Canadian and Sri Lankan cricket player. He started his career playing first-class cricket in his native Sri Lanka and eventually emigrated to Canada. He has represented Canada in the 1997 ICC Trophy and the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
In February 2020, he was named in Canada's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.{{cite web |url=https://www.over50scricket.com/world-cup-scores-squads-news |title=2020 over-50s world cup squads |work=Over-50s Cricket World Cup |accessdate=15 March 2020 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163511/https://www.over50scricket.com/world-cup-scores-squads-news |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13612;team=6720;type=tournament |title=Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - Canada Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=15 March 2020}} However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/over-50s-world-cup-in-south-africa-cancelled-due-to-covid-19-outbreak/62521.htm |title=Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak |work=Cricket World |accessdate=15 March 2020}}
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External links
- [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/5/5590/5590.html Cricket Archive profile]
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Category:Sri Lankan cricketers
Category:Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Canadian people of Sri Lankan descent
Category:Sinhalese Sports Club cricketers
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Sri Lankan descent
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
Category:Cricketers from Colombo
Category:20th-century Sri Lankan sportsmen
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