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.
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 Upal Chandana.
Bandara, like Chandana, is also a useful lower order batsman.
Full name : Charitha Malinga Bandara
Born : December 31, 1979, Kalutara
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Legbreak
Test debut : Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS) - May 27-31, 1998
Last Test : Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy - Apr 3-7, 2006
ODI debut : New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington (WS) - Jan 6, 2006
Last ODI : Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chittagong (CDS) - Feb 25, 2006
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.
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 Upal Chandana.
Bandara, like Chandana, is also a useful lower order batsman.
