Lahiru Samarakoon

{{short description|Sri Lankan cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Lahiru Samarakoon

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| country = Sri Lanka

| fullname = Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Lahiru Dharshana Samarakoon

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kandy, Sri Lanka

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role = All-rounder

| international = true

| oneT20I = true

| T20Idebutdate = 4 October

| T20Idebutyear = 2023

| T20Idebutagainst = Afghanistan

| T20Icap = 105

| lastT20Idate =

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| club1 = Galle

| year1 = 2015

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Durdanto Dhaka

| year2 = 2024

| club3 = Durbar Rajshahi

| year3 = 2025

| date = 23 December

| year = 2015

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/924551.html ESPNcricinfo

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Lahiru Samarakoon (born 3 March 1997) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Galle Cricket Club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/924551.html |title=Lahiru Samarakoon |access-date=23 December 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} He made his List A debut on 2 December 2015 in the AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/936771.html |title=AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament, Group B: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Galle Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Dec 2, 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} In December 2015 he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-under-19-world-cup-2016/content/story/954539.html |title=SL include Charana Nanayakkara in U-19 World Cup squad |access-date=23 December 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} He made his first-class debut for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 28 December 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1067787.html |title=Premier League Tournament Tier A, Group A: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Dec 28-30, 2016 |access-date=29 December 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} He made his Twenty20 debut for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018.{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1137436.html |title=Group A, SLC Twenty-20 Tournament at Welisara, Feb 24 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 February 2018}}

In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.{{cite news |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1041112/cricket-mixed-opinions-on-provincial-tournament |title=Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament |publisher=Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) |date=26 March 2018 |access-date=27 March 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://dailysports.lk/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-sl-super-provincial-tournament/ |title=All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament |publisher=Daily Sports |date=26 March 2018 |access-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327213128/https://dailysports.lk/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-sl-super-provincial-tournament/ |archive-date=27 March 2018 |url-status=dead }} In May 2018, it was reported that he would join Camberley Cricket Club in England for the 2018 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricx.com/index.php?option=com_jsjobs&c=jsjobs&view=employer&layout=view_job&vj=5&oi=2521&Itemid=|title=CricX - The Cricket Exchange Agency - Lahiru Samarakoon|website=www.cricx.com|language=en-gb|access-date=3 May 2018}} He made his debut on 26 May 2018, taking 2/34 from his 10 overs, as well as completing a catch in the field.{{Cite web|url=http://camberley.play-cricket.com/website/results/3302567|title=Camberley CC|website=camberley.play-cricket.com|language=en|access-date=1 June 2018}}

His inaugural season in English club cricket finished with a figures of 33 wickets at 15.36 and 301 runs at 30.10,{{Cite web|url=http://camberley.play-cricket.com/website/player_stats_widget/bowling_stats/4156048?from=results&result_id=3302639&rule_type_id=179|title=Camberley CC|website=camberley.play-cricket.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-03}} as Camberley finished fourth in the Surrey Championship First Division.{{Cite web|url=http://surreychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/169717|title=Surrey Championship|website=surreychampionship.play-cricket.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-03}} In October 2020, he was drafted by the Kandy Tuskers for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30148161/lanka-premier-league-2020-chris-gayle-andre-russell-shahid-afridi-big-names-taken-lpl-draft |title=Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 October 2020}} In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Blues team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.thepapare.com/slc-invitational-t20-league-2021-squads-schedule/ |title=Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule |work=The Papare |access-date=9 August 2021}}