Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara, more commonly referred to as Chanaka Welegedara,[1] (born March 20, 1981 in Matale), is a Sri Lankan cricketer. A 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 in Bangladesh's tour of the country. On 18 December 2007 he made his Test match debut in the 3rd test against England at Galle.
Full name : Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara
Born : March 20, 1981, Matale
Batting style :Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Left-arm fast-medium
Fielding position: Wicketkeeper
Test debut :Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Dec 18-22, 2007
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara, more commonly referred to as Chanaka Welegedara,[1] (born March 20, 1981 in Matale), is a Sri Lankan cricketer. A 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 in Bangladesh's tour of the country. On 18 December 2007 he made his Test match debut in the 3rd test against England at Galle.
