Full name Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanga Welegedara
Born March 20, 1981, Matale
Current age 28 years 252 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Moors Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Wayamba
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5.50 | 35 | 31.42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 64 | 80 | 28 | 536 | 76 | 10.30 | 1305 | 41.07 | 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 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 3 | 5 | 546 | 342 | 9 | 4/87 | 5/163 | 38.00 | 3.75 | 60.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 64 | 8784 | 5067 | 178 | 5/34 | 28.46 | 3.46 | 49.3 | 9 | 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 |
| Test debut | Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Dec 18-22, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur, Nov 24-27, 2009 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class debut | 2001/02 |
| Last First-class | India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur, Nov 24-27, 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 |
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
- A bright but shortlived start (Nov 16, 2009)
- Kandamby, Kaushal Silva get Test call-ups (Oct 27, 2009)
- Kandamby to lead Sri Lanka A (Aug 10, 2008)
- Maharoof out of West Indies tour (Mar 10, 2008)
- Sri Lanka opt for pace in one-day squad (Jan 14, 2008)
Nov 24, 2009
Chanaka Welegedara appeals unsuccessfully
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Nov 23, 2009
Chanaka Welegedara steams in
© Associated Press
Nov 19, 2009
Chanaka Welegedara celebrates the wicket of Rahul Dravid
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