Malinga Bandara
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Full name | Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kalutara, Sri Lanka | 31 December 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 71) | 27 May 1998 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 3 April 2006 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 127) | 6 January 2006 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 1 April 2011 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 6) | 26 December 2006 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 4 September 2009 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996/97 | Kalutara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998/99–2002/03 | Nondescripts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003/04 | Tamil Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004/05 | Galle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006/07–2014/15 | Ragama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007/08–2009/10 | Basnahira South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11 | Uva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Wayamba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 March 2020 |
Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara (born 31 December 1979), commonly known as Malinga Bandara, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all formats. He is a right-handed batsman and also bowls legbreaks. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya.
Domestic career
In Sri Lankan domestic cricket, Bandara played for a variety of sides. 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 English county Gloucestershire during the 2005 season, he was so successful with the ball that he was named "Gloucestershire Player of the Season".[citation needed] He joined Kent for the 2010 season.[1][2]
International career
Bandara made his Test debut against New Zealand in 1998 but performed poorly and was subsequently dropped. A useful performance against England 'A' in March 2005 (securing match-figures of eleven for 126) resulted in a Test recall in December. He finished the three-Test series against India with nine wickets at an average of 32.88.[3]
Bandara made his ODI debut against New Zealand in January 2006 at Wellington and was highly successful in the tournament, taking fourteen wickets at an average of 23.92, a strike rate of 29.2, and an economy rate of 4.90, bettering his more famous spin twin Muttiah Muralitharan. He took his best bowling figures of four for 31 against South Africa in the final VB Series round robin match at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart, on 7 February 2006. This performance ensured Sri Lanka's place in the finals against Australia.[4]
He was subsequently ignored for Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka in 2005/06 and missed out on the test series in England in 2006.
References
- ^ "Kent bow excites spinner Malinga Bandara". 26 May 2010.
- ^ "Kent sign Malinga Bandara". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "India spin to emphatic series win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Bandara spins Sri Lanka into the finals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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