Narendra Harshanaath Ekanayake (born 8 November 1977) is a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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n born Bahamian cricket

Cricket

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er. Ekanayake is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox and who currently represents the Bahamas national cricket team. Ekanayak is the former captain

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 of the Bahamas national cricket team.

Ekanayake made his debut for the Bahamas in the 2004 Americas Affiliates Championship against the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Ekanayake made his Twenty20

Twenty20

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 debut for the Bahamas against the Cayman Islands in the 1st round of the 2006 Stanford 20/20. He failed to take a wicket in the match. Ekanayake played his second and final Twenty20 match to date for the Bahamas in the 1st round of the 2008 Stanford 20/20 against Jamaica

Jamaica national cricket team

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, where he took the wicket of Xavier Marshall

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.

Ekanayake represented the Bahamas in the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five

2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five

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 and in the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 2. Ekanayake will represent the Bahamas in the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 1.

External links

• Narendra Ekanayake at Cricinfo
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• Narendra Ekanayake at CricketArchive
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