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Malinga Bandara

Sri Lanka

Full name Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara

Born December 31, 1979, Nagoda

Current age 33 years 141 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Galle Cricket Club, Gloucestershire, Kalutara Town Club, Kent, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Ragama Cricket Club, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	8	11	3	124	43	15.50	240	51.66	0	0	14	2	4
ODIs	31	17	4	160	31	12.30	224	71.42	0	0	8	5	9
T20Is	4	3	1	12	7	6.00	15	80.00	0	0	0	0	1
First-class	176	249	51	3837	108	19.37			1	15			110
List A	163	110	37	1296	64	17.75			0	3			47
Twenty20	44	23	8	137	31*	9.13	138	99.27	0	0	6	5	13

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	8	14	1152	633	16	3/84	5/153	39.56	3.29	72.0	0	0	0
ODIs	31	28	1470	1232	36	4/31	4/31	34.22	5.02	40.8	2	0	0
T20Is	4	4	84	96	4	3/32	3/32	24.00	6.85	21.0	0	0	0
First-class	176		24619	13248	513	8/49		25.82	3.22	47.9		19	2
List A	163		7084	5521	228	5/22	5/22	24.21	4.67	31.0	9	4	0
Twenty20	44	43	861	1096	52	3/14	3/14	21.07	7.63	16.5	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), May 27-31, 1998 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Apr 3-5, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Jan 6, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Jan 8, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Dec 26, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), Sep 4, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Lankan Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Katunayake, Mar 30-Apr 1, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	1997/98
Last List A	Rest of Sri Lanka v Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI at Pallekele, May 16, 2013 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Ragama Cricket Club v Lankan Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Oct 15, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Panadura Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Mar 30, 2012 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
3*, 0/39	SLC Comb XI	v Rest SL	Pallekele	16 May 2013	LA
1/42	SLC Comb XI	v Sri Lanka A	Pallekele	15 May 2013	LA
0*, 0/32	SLC Comb XI	v Rest SL	Pallekele	12 May 2013	LA
0, 1/5, 7/70	Ragama	v Lankan CC	Katunayake	30 Mar 2013	FC
4/70, 0, 1/22	Ragama	v Saracens	Colombo (Bloomfield)	22 Mar 2013	FC
0/36, 15, 2	Ragama	v Bloomfield	Colombo (Bloomfield)	15 Mar 2013	FC
4/116, 6, 1/42	Ragama	v SL Army	Katunayake	8 Mar 2013	FC
1/43, 2, 0/54, 0	Ragama	v Panadura	Colombo (CCC)	4 Mar 2013	FC
6/107, 4, 1/61	Ragama	v SL Air SC	Colombo (Riffle)	22 Feb 2013	FC
6/90, 1, 2/86	Ragama	v Burgher	Colombo (Burgher)	15 Feb 2013	FC

Profile

Malinga Bandara was earmarked from an early age as a legspinner of great potential. On the basis of his school performances he was selected for the Under-19 tour to India in 1997, the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, and the Sri Lanka A tour to England in 1999. In between, he made his Test debut against New Zealand in 1998-99 but looked all at sea in a disappointing display and did not come into consideration after that. But a match haul of 11 for 126 against England A in March 2005 confirmed his growing confidence and also helped attract the attention of Gloucestershire as they looked for a replacement for Upul Chandana. Bandara, like Chandana, is also a useful lower order batsman. He hasn't been able to nail a permanent place in the one-day set-up but has provided valuable support for Muttiah Muralitharan. It is his all-round versatility which won him a World Cup place for the Caribbean ahead of Chandana. He played just one game and has since struggled to find a place in the line-up. He was, however, named in the probables for the Champions Trophy.