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Full name Suwanji Madanayake
Born August 28, 1975, Kandy
Current age 34 years 72 days
Major teams Burgher Recreation Club, Central Province, Kandy Youth Cricket Club, Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Ragama Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 99 | 149 | 14 | 2760 | 110 | 20.44 | 1 | 13 | 61 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 61 | 53 | 5 | 893 | 52 | 18.60 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 99 | 11373 | 5447 | 259 | 7/15 | 21.03 | 2.87 | 43.9 | 13 | 2 | |||
| List A | 61 | 2619 | 1607 | 84 | 5/15 | 5/15 | 19.13 | 3.68 | 31.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 34 | 2 | 2/18 | 2/18 | 17.00 | 9.27 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | 1991/92 |
| Last First-class | Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Moratuwa, Nov 6-8, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1998/99 |
| Last List A | Singha Sports Club v Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club at Gampaha, Oct 28, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Oct 26, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club v Panadura Sports Club at Colombo (Burgher), Oct 30, 2005 scorecard |
Suwanji Madanayake is bowling all-rounder who bowls left arm spin and middle order left handed. he is fully professional commitments in UK where he has excelled for a variefy of clubs. his career as a professional in the uk include successful stints in the north Yorkshire and South Durham, Lancashire league, Leistershire and Liverpool competition. He is the first Liverpool player to achieve the 500 runs and 50 wicket milestone in 2008 summer. Between 1995-1999 he pushed hard for international recognition too, winning places in various development squads as well as the Sri Lanka "A' squad. Although he has developed his game alongside such international stars as Aravinda de silva, Hashan Thilakaratne, Ruwan Kalpage, Kumar Sangakkara at his club (the famous NCC) and mercantile team (Sampath bank ltd).In addition elected as the best bowling average in 97/98 first class season.
- Best Bowler of the Premier Limited Over Tier-B Tournament 2006-07
- Best All-rounder of the Premier Tier-B Tournament 2007-08
- Best All-rounder of the Premier Tier-B Tournament 2008-09
- Chilaw Marians move to top after rain-hit third round (Dec 7, 2008)
- Chilaw Marians deny Army SC (Nov 26, 2008)
Dec 16, 2003
Portrait of Suwanji Madanayake
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