Full name Kaludura Kanchana Deshsapriya Gunawardene
Born October 9, 1984, Colombo
Current age 35 years 229 days
Major teams Kandurata, Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 5 ft 7 in
Education D. S. Senanayake College, Colombo
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 113 | 190 | 9 | 5830 | 185 | 32.20 | 8 | 30 | 84 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 75 | 72 | 5 | 1499 | 96 | 22.37 | 2773 | 54.05 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | ||
| T20s | 15 | 15 | 0 | 262 | 54 | 17.46 | 247 | 106.07 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 113 | 482 | 269 | 8 | 4/28 | 33.62 | 3.34 | 60.2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 75 | 51 | 54 | 1 | 1/18 | 1/18 | 54.00 | 6.35 | 51.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T20s | 15 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | 12.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | 2000/01 |
| Last First-class | Sinhalese Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Katunayake, Jan 20-22, 2017 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2001/02 |
| Last List A | Kandy District v Kegalle District at Colombo (PSS), Mar 31, 2017 scorecard |
| T20s debut | Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
| Last T20s | Moors Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (RPS), Mar 29, 2012 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kegalle | v Kandy | Colombo (PSS) | 31 Mar 2017 | LA |
| 0, 0 | Colts | v Sinhalese | Katunayake | 20 Jan 2017 | FC |
| 24, 44 | Colts | v Burgher | Colombo (Burgher) | 28 Dec 2016 | FC |
| 24, 13 | Colts | v Saracens | Colombo (Colts) | 21 Dec 2016 | FC |
| 31, 0/1, 33 | Colts | v Col CC | Colombo (Colts) | 15 Dec 2016 | FC |
| 74 | Colts | v Moors | Colombo (Colts) | 29 Nov 2016 | FC |
| 0, 0/9, 10 | Colts | v Ragama | Colombo (SSC) | 18 Feb 2016 | FC |
| 54 | Colts | v Col CC | Colombo (PSS) | 11 Feb 2016 | FC |
| 18 | Colts | v Galle CC | Colombo (Colts) | 8 Jan 2016 | FC |
| 28 | Colts | v Badureliya | Maggona | 2 Jan 2016 | FC |
His outstanding talent as an opening batsman was recognised early in his career, at DS Senanayake College, when he scored 700 runs in 12 matches in 2000 to make the Sri Lanka team for the Under-15 World Cup in England and the Asia Cup in Malaysia. The following year he made it to the Sri Lanka U-17 side to Bangladesh for the Asia Cup and in 2002 went to New Zealand for the U-19 World Cup. He made his club debut for Kurunegala Youth CC in the U-23 tournament before changing over to NCC in 2004. He has been a heavy scorer in domestic cricket since then with 160 against Tamil Union and 193 against CCC during the 2005-06 season which saw him gain promotion to the Sri Lanka A side for the home series against Bangladesh in 2007. Gunawardene enjoys the role of opener and relishes taking on the fast bowlers and has modelled his batting around Kumar Sangakkara.
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Sep 17, 2008
Kanchana Gunawardene drives down the ground during his 90
© Keith Lane
Jan 9, 2002
Portrait of Kanchana Gunawardene, 2002
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