# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/suranga-lakmal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:56:27.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/suranga-lakmal"
name: "Suranga Lakmal"
slug: "suranga-lakmal"
description: "Ranasinghe Arachchige Suranga Lakmal is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played in all formats of the game and is a former Test cricket captain. He is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He started his cricket life in Debarawewa National School, Tissamaharama. He was first included in the national squad for the tour of Pakistan in 2008-2009 and was reported to have been injured in the attack on the Sri Lankan team by terrorists."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1_41_Suranga_Lakmal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1987-03-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.81
  momentum:             8.617021276595745
  historical:           6.217856
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "سرنگا لکمل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سورانجا لاكمال"
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    title: "সুরঙ্গা লকমল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "सुरंगा लकमल"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "సురంగ లక్మల్"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump