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Chanaka Welegedara

Chanaka Welegedara
චානක වෙලගෙදර
Personal information
Full name Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara
Born (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981 (age 36)
Matale, Sri Lanka
Nickname Wele
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Left arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 107) 18 December 2007 v England
Last Test 14-18 August 2014 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 138) 15 December 2009 v India
Last ODI 22 June 2010 v India
T20I debut (cap 34) 30 April 2010 v New Zealand
Last T20I 9 May 2010 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2007/08–present Moors Sports Club
2012/–present Wayamba
2016-present Tamil Union
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I List A
Matches 21 10 2 86
Runs scored 218 4 2 109
Batting average 9.08 4.00 - 5.45
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 48 2* 2* 18*
Balls bowled 3,799 457 36 3,706
Wickets 55 15 1 121
Bowling average 41.32 28.86 61.00 24.90
5 wickets in innings 2 1 0 3
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/52 5/66 1/21 5/16
Catches/stumpings 5/– 2/– 0/– 20/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 February 2015

Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara, commonly as Chanaka Welegedara, (Sinhalese: චානක වෙලගෙදර; born March 20, 1981, Matale), is a professional Sri Lankan international cricketer in all formats of the game.

An alumnus of St. Thomas' College, Matale, he proved the future prospects of entering national side with his bowling performances in school level. A left-arm fast bowler by trade, he has a healthy bowling average in both first-class and List A cricket, in the mid-to-low 20s. He has made appearances for Moors Sports Club and North Central Province's cricket club, and was called up for the Sri Lanka A squad for the match against Bangladesh during Sri Lanka's 2007 tour.

On 6 April 2015, Welagedera recorded the best economical spell of Twenty20 cricket history against Sinhalese Sports Club. His spell finished with 4 overs, 2 maidens, four wickets for just two runs (4-2-2-4), breaking the 4-3-2-2 spell of South African Chris Morris.

On 18 December 2007, he made his Test match debut in the third test against England at Galle. Welagedara was selected in Sri Lanka's test squad for their 2008 tour of the West Indies, but had to wait until November 2009 for his second Test appearance, which came against India, and he would go on to play all three Tests in the series. His first Test wicket was England's Paul Collingwood.


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