Sujith Ariyapala was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

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er. He was a right-arm off-break bowler who played for

Moors Sports Club Moors Sports Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. History Moors Sports Club was founded in 1908 by members of Colombo Grand Mosque at New Moor Street in the Colombo neighbourhood of Pettah. Like most clubs founded duri ...

. Having appeared in a miscellaneous match for the side ten seasons previously, Ariyapala made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1990–91 season, against

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. In the only innings in which he batted, he scored a duck. He took two wickets from 21 overs with the ball, conceding 53 runs.

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