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Chanaka Welegedara      

Full name Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanga Welegedara

Born March 20, 1981, Matale

Current age 28 years 239 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Moors Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Wayamba

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanga Welegedara
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0
First-class 62 78 28 525 76 10.50 1270 41.33 0 1 13 0
List A 53 27 13 79 18* 5.64 192 41.14 0 0 13 0
Twenty20 15 9 5 40 12* 10.00 31 129.03 0 0 1 2 2 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 1 2 132 76 4 2/17 4/76 19.00 3.45 33.0 0 0 0
First-class 62 8370 4801 173 5/34 27.75 3.44 48.3 8 6 1
List A 53 2304 1772 74 5/16 5/16 23.94 4.61 31.1 2 2 0
Twenty20 15 15 348 356 24 3/18 3/18 14.83 6.13 14.5 0 0 0
Career statistics
Only Test Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Dec 18-22, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut 2001/02
Last First-class Sinhalese Sports Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Oct 23-25, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 2002/03
Last List A Moors Sports Club v Saracens Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Oct 28, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Victoria v Wayamba at Delhi, Oct 13, 2009 scorecard
Profile

Welegedera was a late starter to cricket. He learnt to play the game for St. Thomas' College in Matale at the age of 17, but he made rapid progress performing in provincial matches. When he came to Colombo he was selected as one of 15 probables by Daryl Foster, the Australian fast bowling coach, for the Sri Lanka Pace Academy headed by former Sri Lanka fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake in 2000. Soon afterwards he was sent to the MRF Pace Academy in Chennai to further develop his skills. Playing for Moors SC since 2002 he bowled his club to the Premier league title in 2002-03 capturing 34 wickets (avg. 24.14) in 13 matches. But his career-best performance came the following season when he took a match haul of nine wickets against Colombo Cricket Club to steer Moors to a comprehensive ten-wicket win. He took the majority of his wickets bowling inswing and trapping the batsmen leg before. Welegedera toured Sharjah with the Sri Lanka Academy side and took seven wickets against UAE, which earned him selection for Sri Lanka A. But he suffered an ankle injury and had to be operated in Australia. The injury kept him out of cricket for 1 ½ years, but his Test debut finally arrived against England, in Galle, during the 2007-08 series. He impressed with a strong action and brisk pace, marking him out as an ideal successor to Chaminda Vaas.
Sa'adi Thawfeeq July 2008

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Mar 11, 2008

Chanaka Welegedara strengthens his bowling arm, Colombo, March 11, 2008

Chanaka Welegedara strengthens his bowling arm

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Dec 21, 2007

Michael Vaughan is caught by Mahela Jayawardene off Chanaka Welegedara, Sri Lanka v England, 3rd Test, Galle, 4th day, December 21, 2007

Michael Vaughan is caught by Mahela Jayawardene off Chanaka Welegedara

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Dec 21, 2007

Chanaka Welegedara is congratulated on the wicket of Michael Vaughan, Sri Lanka v England, 3rd Test, Galle, 4th day, December 21, 2007

Chanaka Welegedara is congratulated on the wicket of Michael Vaughan

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Country Fixtures Country Results
Col CC v Bloomfield at Colombo (CCC) - Nov 13-15
Bloomfield 246 Col CC 5/1
Nondescripts v Chilaw at Colombo (NCC) - Nov 13-15
Nondescripts 265 Chilaw 48/3
Ragama v Moors at Colombo (Moors) - Nov 13-15
Moors 91 Ragama 64/5
Sebast CAC v Moratuwa at Moratuwa - Nov 13-15
Moratuwa 262/9
Seeduwa RCC v Lankan CC at Colombo (Thurstan) - Nov 13-15
Lankan CC 129 & 39/0 Seeduwa RCC 266
Singha SC v Police SC at Colombo (Police) - Nov 13-15
Singha SC 172 Police SC 212/5
SL Air SC v Burgher at Colombo (Riffle)
Nov 13-15 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
SL Army v Colts at Panagoda - Nov 13-15
Colts 144/6
SL Navy v Panadura at Welisara - Nov 13-15
SL Navy 139 & 61/2 Panadura 114
Tamil Union v Sinhalese at Colombo (PSS) - Nov 13-15
Tamil Union 94/4
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