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Sri Lanka pen sketches

October 06, 2006 21:13 IST

Mahela Jayawardene (Captain)
Full Name: Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene
Born: 27-05-1977, Colombo
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Major Teams: Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka.
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), 24-01-1998
Highest ODI Score: 128 v India at Sharjah, 27-10-2000
Best ODI Bowling: 2-56 v Kenya at Southampton, 30-05-1999
Captaincy record: Matches 19, won 14, lost 4, no result 1.

Marvan Atapattu
Full Name: Marvan Samson Atapattu
Born: 22-11-1970, Kalutara
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Major Teams: Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka.
ODI Debut: v India at Nagpur, 01-12-1990
Highest ODI Score: 132* v England at Lord's,20-08-1998
Best ODI Bowling: 0-4 v India at Pune,05-12-1990

Malinga Bandara
Full Name: Charitha Malinga Bandara
Born: 31-12-1979, Kalutara
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style Legbreak bowler
Major Teams: Galle Cricket Club, Kalutara Town, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Ragama Cricket Club, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Sri Lanka, Gloucestershire
ODI Debut: v New Zealand at Wellington,06-01-2006
Highest ODI Score: 28* v England at Manchester,28-06-2006
Best ODI Bowling: 0-4 v India at Pune,05-12-1990

Tillakaratne Dilshan
Full Name: Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan
Also Known As: Tuwan Mohamad Dilshan
Born: 14-10-1976, Kalutara
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Major Teams: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Kalutara Town, Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club, Singha Sports Club, Sri Lanka.
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 11-12-1999
Highest ODI Score: 117* v Netherlands at Amstelveen,04-07-2006
Best ODI Bowling: 4-29 v India at Dambulla,03-08-2005

Dilhara Fernando
Full name: Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando
Born: 19-07-1979, Colombo
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Major Teams: Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka
ODI Debut: v South Africa at Paarl, 09-01-2001
Highest ODI Score: 13* v India at Johannesburg, 10-03-2003
Best ODI Bowling: 4-48 v England at Perth,20-12-2002

Sanath Jayasuriya
Full Name: Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
Born: 30-06-1969, Matara
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Major Teams: Colombo Cricket Club, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Sri Lanka.
ODI Debut: v Australia at Melbourne, 26-12-1989
Highest ODI Score: 189 v India at Sharjah, 29-10-2000
Best ODI Bowling: 6-29 v England at Moratuwa,20-03-1993

Chamara Kapugedera
Full Name: Chamara Kantha Kapugedera
Nickname: Kapu
Born: 24-02-1987, Kandy
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Major Teams: Colombo Cricket Club, Sri Lanka
ODI Debut: v Australia at Perth,29-01-2006
Highest ODI Score: 50 v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC),22-03-2006

Farveez Maharoof
Full Name: Mohamed Farveez Maharoof
Also Known As: Fara
Born: 07-09-1984, Colombo
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Major Teams: Wesley College, Colombo Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Under-15s, Sri Lanka Schools XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Sri Lanka A, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Sri Lanka.
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe at Harare,25-04-2004
Highest ODI Score: 58* v England at Manchester,28-06-2006
Best ODI Bowling: 4-20 v India at Ahmedabad,06-11-2005

Lasith Malinga
Full Name: Separamadu Lasith Malinga
Born: 04-09-1983, Galle
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Major Teams: Galle Cricket Club, BCCSL Academy XI, Sri Lanka.
ODI Debut: v UAE at Dambulla,17-07-2004
Highest ODI Score: 15 v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), 19-03-2006
Best ODI Bowling: 4-44 v England at Leeds,01-07-2006

Muttiah Muralitharan
Full Name: Muttiah Muralitharan
Born: 17-04-1972, Kandy
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Major Teams: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Lancashire, Kent, Sri Lanka.
ODI Debut: v India at Colombo (RPS), 12-08-1993
Highest ODI Score: 27 v Australia at Sydney,12-02-2006
Best ODI Bowling: 7-30 v India at Sharjah,27-10-2000

Ruchira Perera
Full Name: Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera
Born: 06-04-1977,Colombo
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Medium Fast
Major Teams: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka
ODI Debut: v England at Perth,29-01-1999
Highest ODI Score: 4* v Bangladesh at Bogra, 22-02-2006
Best ODI Bowling: 3-23 v Bangladesh at Bogra,20-02-2006

Kumar Sangakkara
Full Name: Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
Born: 27-10-1977, Matale
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Major Teams: Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka.
ODI Debut: v Pakistan at Galle, 05-07-2000
Highest ODI Score: 138* v India at Jaipur,31-10-2005
Best wicket-keeping performance: 5 dismissals (4 ct+ 1 st) v Netherlands at Colombo RPS, 16-09-2002

Upul Tharanga
Full Name: Warushavithana Upul Tharanga
Born: 02-02-1985, Balapitiya
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Other: Wicketkeeper
Major Teams: Nondescripts Cricket Club, Singha Sports Club, Sri Lanka
ODI Debut: v West Indies at Dambulla, 02-08-2005
Highest ODI Score: 120 v England at Lord's,17-06-2006

Chaminda Vaas
Full Name: Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
Born: 27-01-1974, Mattumagala
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Major Teams: Colts Cricket Club, Hampshire, Sri Lanka.
ODI Debut: v India at Rajkot, 15-02-1994
Highest ODI Score: 50* v Pakistan at Sharjah, 13-04-2001
Best ODI Bowling: 8-19 v Zimbabwe at Colombo SSC, 08-12-2001

 

Batting & Fielding:

Player

Mts

Inns

NO

Runs

Hs

Ave

100s

50s

0s

SR

Ct

St

Atapattu, MS

253

246

28

8233

132*

37.77

11

59

13

67.70

70

0

Bandara, CM

19

9

2

85

28*

12.14

0

0

2

77.98

4

0

Dilshan, TM

96

82

18

1869

117*

29.20

1

7

3

78.60

48

1

Fernando, CRD

94

35

22

122

13*

9.38

0

0

5

58.65

16

0

Jayasuriya, ST

364

354

15

11104

189

32.76

22

60

28

89.89

107

0

Jayawardene, DPM

221

205

22

5917

128

32.33

8

34

15

75.65

109

0

Kapugedera, CK

15

13

0

193

50

14.85

0

1

1

88.94

3

0

Maharoof, MF

46

29

9

404

58*

20.20

0

1

2

88.21

9

0

Malinga, LS

15

8

5

30

15

10.00

0

0

0

49.18

1

0

Muralitharan, M

276

128

49

456

27

5.77

0

0

22

69.41

110

0

Perera, PDRL

16

5

2

8

4*

2.67

0

0

2

53.33

2

0

Sangakkara, KC

174

160

21

4974

138*

35.78

5

33

4

74.00

147

44

Tharanga, WU

29

27

0

946

120

35.04

4

3

1

76.17

5

0

Vaas, WPUJC

281

194

62

1814

50*

13.74

0

1

21

73.20

55

0

Bowling:

Player

Mts

Overs

Mdns

Runs

Wkts

Best

5W

4W

Ave

SR

RpO

Atapattu, MS

253

8.3

0

41

0

 0-4

0

0

-

-

4.82

Bandara, CM

19

146.2

2

703

23

 4-31

0

2

30.57

38.17

4.80

Dilshan, TM

96

293.4

7

1406

35

 4-29

0

2

40.17

50.34

4.79

Fernando, CRD

94

674.5

31

3596

116

 4-48

0

1

31.00

34.91

5.33

Jayasuriya, ST

364

2136

36

10231

278

 6-29

4

10

36.80

46.10

4.79

Jayawardene, DPM

221

94.4

1

539

7

 2-56

0

0

77.00

81.14

5.69

Maharoof, MF

46

310.4

22

1438

52

 4-20

0

1

27.65

35.85

4.63

Malinga, LS

15

122.2

8

580

20

 4-44

0

1

29.00

36.70

4.74

Muralitharan, M

276

2511.1

176

9685

416

 7-30

8

18

23.28

36.22

3.86

Perera, PDRL

16

127

8

689

16

 3-23

0

0

43.06

47.63

5.43

Vaas, WPUJC

281

2298.3

236

9698

354

 8-19

4

13

27.40

38.96

4.22

Rajneesh Gupta