Chanaka Welegedara

Chanaka Welegedara

Personal information
Full name	Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara
Born	20 March 1981 (age 30) Matale, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Left arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Only Test (cap 107)	18 December 2007 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007/08–present	Moors Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	FC	List A	T20
Matches	6	70	78	26
Runs scored	27	552	96	42
Batting average	6.75	9.85	5.64	10.50
100s/50s	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0
Top score	0	76	18*	12*
Balls bowled	993	9,561	3,408	547
Wickets	12	192	111	36
Bowling average	58.91	29.38	25.09	17.22
5 wickets in innings	0	6	3	0
10 wickets in match	0	1	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	4/87	5/34	5/16	3/18
Catches/stumpings	2/–	15/–	16/–	2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 8 February 2011

Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara, more commonly referred to as Chanaka Welegedara,^[1] (born March 20, 1981, Matale), is a Sri Lankan international cricketer. 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.

International career

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.
He was included in Sri Lanka's One Day International squad to play against India in December 2009, making his debut on 15 December in Rajkot, and in a match where 825 runs were scored in 100 overs, he returned figures of 2/63 from his ten overs, claiming the wickets of Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli. He also claimed a five wicket haul against India.
He was the first Test cricketer to boast six initials to his name.^[2]