Biography
Born in Sri Lanka in 1979, Buddhika Mendis began his cricket career playing for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, making his first-class debut against Nondescripts Cricket Club in January 1999. He played six first-class matches for them in all, his last coming in February 2000, shortly before the first of his four List A matches, all of which came in February/March 2000.
He later moved to Singapore and first played for their national side in the 2002 Stan Nagaiah Trophy one-day series against Malaysia. He has played in the series every year since apart from 2007.
He played in the ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur in 2004, also playing ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Nepal and Hong Kong. The following year he played ACC Fast Track Nations Tournament matches against Malaysia and Hong Kong.
In 2006, he played in the ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, and an ACC Premier League match against Nepal. He played in the Saudara Cup match against Malaysia for the first time in 2007, also playing in the ACC Twenty20 Cup in Kuwait that year. He most recently represented Singapore in Division Five of the World Cricket League in Jersey in 2008.
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