Wayamba United

{{Infobox cricket team

|name = Wayamba United

|image = 200px

|colours = {{color box|Green}} Green {{color box|Blue}} Blue {{color box|White}} White

|city = Kurunegala

|coach = {{flagicon|AUS}} Trevor Bayliss

|captain = {{flagicon|SRI}} Mahela Jayawardene

|founded = 2012

|dissolved = 2012

|ground = Welagedara Stadium

|capacity = 10,000

|title1 = SLPL

|title1wins = none

|website =

}}

Wayamba United was a franchise cricket team that took part in Sri Lanka Premier League, representing North Western Province. Wadhawan Holdings Private Limited purchased the team for $5.02 million in 2012 for a seven-year contract.{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/570323.html |title=Indian companies among SLPL-franchise owners |date=28 June 2012 |publisher=ESPN |work=CricInfo |accessdate=29 June 2012 }}

History

Wayamba cricket team was a Sri Lankan first class cricket team based in Kurunegala, that represented North Western Province. It drew cricketers from Sri Lanka Premier Trophy. The team competed in two provincial tournaments: the first class cricket competition known as the Inter-Provincial Tournament, and the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20. Also Wayamba province cricket team became joint champions with Kandurata in the 2007/08 Inter-Provincial Limited overs tournament after the finals match drawn due to rain.{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/330858.html|title=Teams share trophy as rain ruins final|last=Thawfeeq|first=Sa'adi|date=14 January 2008 |publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=7 April 2009}}

The Wayamba cricket team featured in both the 2009 and 2010 editions of the Champions League Twenty20 as the Wayamba elevens.

Home ground

File:Welagedara stadium kurunegala 1.JPG]]

Welagedara Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kurunegala, in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka, which is situated about 100 km north east of Kandy. The stadium is currently used mostly for cricket matches and is the home ground of Wayamba cricket team. The stadium can hold at least 10,000 spectators. Since its wicket had been replaced from a matting wicket to a turf one it has become one of the best batting wickets in the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/ground/59340.html |title=Welagedara Stadium | Sri Lanka | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date= |accessdate=9 August 2012}} It was officially declared open by the then Minister of Home Affairs, Justice Felix Dias Bandaranaike in 1972. Welagedara stadium hosted its first international match when Pakistan played there in 1985. In recent times it has regularly hosted international tour matches, unofficial test matches and U19 one-day games. The venue is an extremely picturesque one, with the giant 'Elephant Rock' forming a dramatic backdrop to the ground. It also has historic value being situated in an important location for when Kurunegala was an important Kingdom, King Bhuvanaikabahu VI, would address his subjects from the press box beneath the Elephant Rock. Even though it has a lot of amenities, the Welagedara Stadium is not going to be used for the 2012 SLPL tournament.

Current squad

File:Mahela Jayawardene - batting.jpg, the icon player of the franchise]]

Coach: Trevor Bayliss was named as the head of the franchise for the 2012 edition of the SLPL.{{cite news |title=Waqar joins Afridi as head coach of Ruhuna|url=http://cricket.org.pk/Blogs/index.php/waqar-joins-afridi-as-head-coach-of-ruhuna/ |publisher=Cricket.Org.PK |accessdate=7 July 2012 }}

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"\| Batsmen
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:80%;"
style="color:white" !style="background:#3D759A"\| No. !style="background:#3D759A"\| Name !style="background:#3D759A"\| Nat !style="background:#3D759A"\| Birth date !style="background:#3D759A"\| Batting style !style="background:#3D759A"\| Bowling style !style="background:#3D759A"\| Notes
27	Mahela Jayawardene	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1977\|05\|27\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
23	Umar Akmal	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|PAK}}	{{birth date and age\|1990\|05\|26\|df=y}}	Right-handed
28	Tamim Iqbal	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|BAN}}	{{birth date and age\|1989\|03\|20\|df=y}}	Left-handed
–	Nimesh Perera - jnr	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1982\|01\|09\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Colin Ingram	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|RSA}}	{{birth date and age\|1985\|07\|03\|df=y}}	Left-handed
colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"\| All-rounders
11	Azhar Mahmood	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|PAK}}	{{birth date and age\|1975\|02\|28\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
12	Abdul Razzaq	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|PAK}}	{{birth date and age\|1979\|12\|2\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
34	Milinda Siriwardana	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1985\|12\|04\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
66	Kaushalya Weeraratne	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1981\|01\|29\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
88	Shehan Jayasuriya	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1991\|09\|12\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
196	Mohammad Hafeez	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|PAK}}	{{birth date and age\|1980\|10\|17\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
–	Malinda Pushpakumara	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1987\|03\|24\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
–	Dasun Shanaka	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1991\|09\|09\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
–	James Faulkner	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|AUS}}	{{birth date and age\|1990\|04\|29\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:right;"\| {{center\|Wicket-keepers}}
8	Kushal Janith Perera	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1990\|08\|17\|df=y}}	Left-handed
17	Dinesh Chandimal	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1989\|11\|18\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
158	Kamran Akmal	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|PAK}}	{{birth date and age\|1982\|1\|13\|df=y}}	Right-handed
colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:right;"\| {{center\|Bowlers}}
10	Akila Dananjaya	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1993\|10\|4\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
31	Brad Hogg	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|AUS}}	{{birth date and age\|1971\|02\|06\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin
67	Chathuranga Kumara	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1992\|1\|19\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
96	Isuru Udana	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1988\|02\|17\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
–	Dilesh Gunaratne	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1989\|04\|02\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
–	Suranga Lakmal	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1987\|03\|10\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Alankara Asanka Silva	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1985\|04\|04\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Kemar Roach	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|BAR}}	{{birth date and age\|1988\|06\|30\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
–	Chaminda Vaas	style="text-align:center"\|{{flagicon\|SRI}}	{{birth date and age\|1974\|01\|27\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium

References

External links

[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/team/514783.html Team site on ESPN CricInfo]
[http://www.slpl.lk/wayamaba_united.php Team site on Sri Lanka Premier League]

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Category:Cricket in Kurunegala

Category:Sport in Kurunegala