After playing twelve first-class games for his native Colombo in 1988–89, Samarasekera emigrated to the United Arab Emirates.
He made the national side for the 1994 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup in Sharjah, where he played in his first two One Day Internationals, and also competed for the UAE in the 1994 ICC Trophy, where he was named the best bowler of the tournament, having taken 18 wickets.
Samarasekera fared poorly in that competition and was not selected for the national side again.
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