Chanaka Welegedara Profile, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka -
Bowler
Full Name: Chanaka Welegedara
Birth Date: March 20, 1981 (45 Years)
Birth Place:
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Role: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Teams: Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lankan XI
Batting Statistics
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | BF | NO | HS | AVG | S/R | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 21 | 30 | 218 | 423 | 6 | 48 | 9.08 | 51.53 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| ODI | 10 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 (Domestic) | 38 | 15 | 60 | 50 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| List A | 86 | 40 | 109 | 259 | 20 | 18 | 5.45 | 42.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 116 | 144 | 1061 | 2404 | 49 | 76 | 11.16 | 44.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Performance
| Format | M | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 21 | 35 | - | 2273 | 55 | 6/106 | 41.32 | 3.58 | - | 2 |
| ODI | 10 | 9 | - | 433 | 15 | 5/66 | 28.86 | 5.68 | - | 1 |
| T20I | 2 | 2 | - | 61 | 1 | 1/21 | 61 | 10.16 | - | 0 |
| T20 (Domestic) | 38 | 38 | - | 867 | 58 | 4/2 | 14.94 | 6.51 | - | 0 |
| List A | 86 | 0 | - | 3013 | 121 | 5/16 | 24.9 | 4.87 | - | 3 |
| First Class | 116 | 0 | - | 9565 | 312 | - | 30.65 | 3.53 | - | 8 |
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Chanaka Welegedara Profile, Sri Lanka: Age, Career Stats, Records & ICC Rankings
Chanaka Welegedara plays for the Sri Lanka cricket team. Chanaka Welegedara’s date of birth is March 20, 1981. He is 45. C Welegedara is a Left Arm Fast Medium from .
Chanaka Welegedara has played 21 matches in his Test Career in the red-ball format, and he has achieved 55 wickets with an average of 41.32, with a best performance of taking 5/52. He played his recent Test match against Pakistan in August 2014.
Talking about the ODI career of Chanaka Welegedara, he has played 10 games and earned 15 wickets with his individual best bowling spell of 5/66. He played his recent ODI matches in June 2010 against India.
Chanaka Welegedara has participated in 2 International T20 matches, and he has taken 1 wickets in his name, with the best bowling T20 figure in this format being 1/21. He played his recent T20 match in May 2010 against Australia.