Sunil Asoka Jayasinghe (15 July 1955 – 20 April 1995) was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who played two ODIs in the 1979 World Cup competition (the subsequent British Isles tour incorporated his only first-class appearances). He was educated at

Nalanda College Colombo ''Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā'' , motto_translation = Character Illumines Wisdom , established = , founder = Patrick de Silva Kularatne , type = National , grades = 1 ...

and captained the college first XI team in 1974. For many years he represented Bloomfield CC and during the 1982/83 Lakspray Trophy compiled a monumental 283 against Colombo CC (this tournament was only recognised as first-class from 1988 to 1989). He committed suicide aged 39.

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1955 births Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo 1995 suicides Cricketers at the 1979 Cricket World Cup Suicides in Sri Lanka People from Kalutara District Wicket-keepers {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1950s-stub