Personal Information

Full NameUda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara
BornMarch 20, 1981 Matale
Age43 Years, 0 Months, 8 Days
National SideSri Lanka
Batting StyleRight Handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast medium
SportCricket

Ranking

TestODIT20
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Man of the Match

TestODIT20World CupCL
000-0

Career Information

Teams PlayedSri Lanka, Moors Sports Club, North Central Province, Ruhuna, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lankan Invitation XI, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Young Sri Lanka, Wayamba, Kandurata Warriors, Rest of Sri Lanka
Career Span

Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

MIN/ORHS100s50s4s6sAVGS/RCTSTDucksR/O
Test
2130621848 v PAK003049.0851.5350
ODI
103242* v IND00004.0044.4420
T20I
21122* v AUS0000-66.66--
CL
53377* v VIC0010-87.5010

Bowling Performance

IOMRWBest3s5sAVGE/RS/RMtc
Test
35633.11142273555/52 v SA4241.323.5869.07
ODI
976.15433155/66 v IND1128.865.6830.46
T20I
2606111/21 v NZ0061.0010.1636.00
CL
515.4112572/18 v VIC0017.857.9713.42

Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara Profile

Chanaka Welegedara is a well-built bustling left-arm seamer from Sri Lanka. A late starter to cricket, he began playing the sport only at the age of 17. He was picked by Daryl Foster; the Australian fast bowling coach, for the Sri Lankan Pace Academy and was later sent to the MRF Pace Academy to nurture his skills.

Being a product of the Sri Lankan Cricket Academy, the left-armer has performed excellently at the first-class level. Welegedara has made rapid strides through the domestic level to make his Test debut in 2007 against England, where he was impressive with a strong action and brisk pace. He then drew comparisons with Chaminda Vaas. His ODI debut came much later, in 2009 against India.