Malinga Bandara

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Malinga Bandara Sri Lanka (SL)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Legbreak
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	8	23
Runs scored	124	95
Batting average	15.50	11.87
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	43	28*
Balls bowled	1152	1022
Wickets	16	26
Bowling average	39.56	31.61
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	3/84	4/31
Catches/stumpings	4/-	4/-
As of February 17, 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

Charitha Malinga Bandara (born 31 December 1979, Kalutara, Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan Test and one-day international cricketer. He is a right hand batter and he also bowls legbreaks. 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 (match-figures of 11 for 126) resulted in a Test recall in December, finishing the three-Test series against India with nine wickets at an average of 32.88. Bandara made his ODI debut against New Zealand in January 2006 at Wellington. He was highly successful in the tournament, taking 14 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 partner Muralitharan. He took his best bowling figures of 4 for 31 against South Africa in the final VB Series round robin match at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart on the February 7, 2006. This performance ensured Sri Lanka would face Australia in the VB Series finals.

Subsequently, he was ignored for Pakistan's tour to Sri Lanka in 2005/2006 and was not played in the test series in England in 2006, which could have been won 2-0, but had to share the series 1-1.

In Sri Lankan domestic cricket, Bandara represents the Galle Cricket Club. He has also played county cricket for English team Gloucestershire during the 2005 season, where he was highly successful with both bat and ball and was also named the "Gloucestershire Player of the Season".

	Sri Lanka squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 Jayawardene | 2 Atapattu | 3 Jayasuriya | 4 Tharanga | 5 Sangakkara | 6 Dilshan | 7 Arnold | 8 Silva | 9 Maharoof | 10 Vaas | 11 Fernando | 12 Malinga | 13 Kulasekara | 14 Muralitharan | 15 Bandara | Coach: Moody