Mahela Udawatte

Mahela Udawatte
මහේල උඩවත්ත
Personal information
Full name	Mahela Lakmal Udawtte
Born	19 July 1986 (age 38); Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2008-2009);
ODI debut (cap 135)	10 April 2008 v West Indies
Last ODI	28 November 2008 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 24)	10 October 2008 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	4 September 2009 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
2005–	Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
2007–	Wayamba
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2009

Mahela Lakmal Udawtte known as Mahela Udawatte (born 19 July 1986, in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan limited over cricketer.

School times

Mahela Udawatte was educated at one of the leading schools in Sri Lanka, Ananda College, Colombo. It was there that he learned to play cricket. He acted as top order batsman and he had batted at No. 3 at school in his school cricket team. He scored more than 1000 runs for his school in 2003 and he was overlooked for the Sri Lankan Under-19 team due to that seasoning performance.

Domestic career

Straight after his left from school, he joined Chilaw Marians SC and Promoted to open the batting. He has also played for Kings of Khulna in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.

He is usually opens the batting and made his first class debut in 2004-05 in Sri Lanka and he was also named in the thirty-man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup but failed to make it to the final fifteen.

His average in first class cricket may not be that great, but it his hard hitting capabilities that have left many an expert rooting for him. Udawatte plays first class cricket for the Chilaw Marians Cricket Club. He had also scored three centuries in only five matches in domestic competitions.

International career

He was chosen for the Sri Lanka ODI squad for their tour of West Indies in April 2008 and played in all three ODIs.

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