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County Championship: Yorkshire sign Dimuth Karunaratne

Yorkshire have announced the signing of Sri Lanka left-handed batsman Dimuth Karunaratne.

The 33-year-old has joined the county outfit for the next three Championship matches. He will debut on Thursday against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road.


The Lankan skipper will also play games against Kent at Headingley and Essex at Chelmsford.

Karunaratne has scored 5,620 runs in 76 Tests for Sri Lanka.

Darren Gough, the Yorkshire interim managing director of cricket, said: “We are delighted that Dimuth will be joining us for the next three Championship games.

“He has proven himself to be an exceptional leader for Sri Lanka and is a tremendous Test Match batter.

“It can only benefit the lads in our changing rooms to have a player of his quality, and I’m sure they will all get a lot from it.

“I’m confident he will contribute runs and enjoy his time at Yorkshire.”

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