Malinga Bandara

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Fullname
Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara
Born (1979-12-31) 31 December 1979 (age 46)
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg break
Malinga Bandara
Personal information
Full name
Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara
Born (1979-12-31) 31 December 1979 (age 46)
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg break
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 71)27 May 1998 v New Zealand
Last Test3 April 2006 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 127)6 January 2006 v New Zealand
Last ODI1 April 2011 v India
ODI shirt no.72
T20I debut (cap 6)26 December 2006 v New Zealand
Last T20I4 September 2009 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97Kalutara
1998/99–2002/03Nondescripts
2003/04Tamil Union
2004/05Galle
2005Gloucestershire
2006/07–2014/15Ragama
2007/08–2009/10Basnahira South
2010Kent
2010/11Uva
2011Wayamba
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 8 31 190 177
Runs scored 124 160 4,304 1,401
Batting average 15.50 12.30 20.01 17.96
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/16 0/3
Top score 43 31 108 64
Balls bowled 1,152 1,470 26,573 7,758
Wickets 16 36 570 245
Bowling average 39.56 34.22 25.43 24.46
5 wickets in innings 0 0 22 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 3/84 4/31 8/49 5/22
Catches/stumpings 4/– 9/– 129/– 50/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up2007 West Indies
Source: Cricinfo, 21 March 2020

Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara (born 31 December 1979), commonly known as Malinga Bandara, is a Sri Lankan former international cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman who bowled leg breaks. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He was a part of the Sri Lankan team which finished as runners-up at the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

In Sri Lankan domestic cricket, Bandara played for a variety of teams. Having spent the previous two summers at Normandy CC of the Surrey Championship, turning out in 55 games for the club. He also played county cricket for Gloucestershire during the 2005 season, where he took 45 wickets in eight matches and was so successful he was named Gloucestershire's Player of the Season.[1] He joined Kent County Cricket Club for the 2010 season.[2][3]

International career

References

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