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Upul Chandana

Sri Lanka

Full name Umagiliya Durage Upul Chandana

Born May 7, 1972, Galle

Current age 37 years 199 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Gloucestershire, ICL World XI, Kolkata Tigers, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	16	24	1	616	92	26.78	1217	50.61	0	2	77	6	7
ODIs	147	111	17	1627	89	17.30	2229	72.99	0	5	108	22	79
First-class	164	226	21	6316	194	30.80			8	36			136
List A	258	202	34	3315	108	19.73			1	10			138
Twenty20	6	6	1	110	36	22.00	92	119.56	0	0	10	1	3

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	16	29	2685	1535	37	6/179	10/210	41.48	3.43	72.5	0	3	1
ODIs	147	136	6142	4818	151	5/61	5/61	31.90	4.70	40.6	4	1	0
First-class	164		22885	11611	461	7/60		25.18	3.04	49.6		20	1
List A	258		11047+	8058	306	5/22	5/22	26.33	4.31*	37.3*	9	4	0
Twenty20	6	5	114	121	9	3/18	3/18	13.44	6.36	12.6	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Mar 12-15, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Apr 11-14, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 14, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Jul 25, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1991/92
Last First-class	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Jan 30-Feb 1, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1991/92
Last List A	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (SSC), Feb 25, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Ragama Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Mar 2, 2007 scorecard

Profile

Upul Chandana's career started to blossom in 2002 when he was asked to captain Sri Lanka A against Kenya. His batting gained a new authority and his bowling greater potency, as he topped both the batting and bowling averages in that unofficial Test series. A wonderfully supple fielder, capable of match-turning run-outs and sizzling airbourne catches, he was in and out of both the Test and one-day squads for a number of years before bedding down in the one-day team in mid-2003 after a match-winning innings at Bridgetown. His explosive qualities in the middle order made him an asset in the limited-overs game. But his bowling has also continued to improve, making him a better bet for Tests as well. Murali's withdrawal from the tour to Australia in 2004 put additional responsibility on him, and he responded well. As the year progressed, his legbreaks, traditionally nagging rather than explosive, started to fizz more venomously. More importantly, his line and length tightened up. By the end of the Asia Cup in 2004 he had become an important wicket-taker in the one-day team, but his form fell away and he was dropped late in 2005, making one rather unexpected one-day appearance in July 2007, retiring soon after. Chandana then joined the unofficial Indian Cricket League, playing for the Kolkata Tigers and ICL World XI. A ban on he and four other Sri Lankans was lifted in September 2008, meaning Chandana was free to play domestic cricket back home.

Charlie Austin September 2008