Southern Express T20

Southern Express
Captain: Sri Lanka Jehan Mubarak
Coach: Sri Lanka Upul Chandana
City: Galle
Owner: Sri Lanka Cricket
Founded: 2013 (Ruhuna Red)
Home ground: Galle International Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Super 4's T20 wins: 1[1]
CL T20 wins: 0

Southern Express (previously known as Ruhuna Red) is a franchise cricket team based in Galle, Sri Lanka.

History

The team first took part in the 2013 Super 4's T20 as Ruhuna Red, after losing two games out of three, the team was eliminated. In 2014 the team was renamed as the Southern Express

Players

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name[2] Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
-- Yasodha Lanka Sri Lanka 1 October 1992 Right Left-arm fast-medium
-- Andy Solomons Sri Lanka 18 September 1987 Right Right-arm fast-medium
All-rounders
-- Dilruwan Perera Sri Lanka 22 July 1982 Right Right-arm off break
-- Jehan Mubarak Sri Lanka 10 January 1981 Left Right-arm off break
-- Farveez Maharoof Sri Lanka 7 September 1984 Right Right-arm fast-medium
-- Seekkuge Prasanna Sri Lanka 27 June 1985 Right Right-arm leg break
-- Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka 23 November 1976 Right Right-arm off break
-- Angelo Perera Sri Lanka 23 February 1990 Right Left-arm orthodox
-- Tillakaratne Sampath Sri Lanka 23 June 1982 Right Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
-- Niroshan Dickwella Sri Lanka 23 June 1993 Left - Opening Batsman
-- Kusal Perera Sri Lanka 17 August 1990 Left - Opening Batsman
-- Sandun Weerakkody Sri Lanka 3 September 1993 Left -
-- Lakshan Rangika Sri Lanka 10 June 1991 Right Left-arm chinaman
Bowlers
-- Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka 28 August 1983 Right Right-arm fast Captain will not play for this team in clt20
-- Sachith Pathirana Sri Lanka 21 March 1989 Left Left-arm orthodox
-- Charith Jayampathi Sri Lanka 1 February 1991 Left Left-arm medium fast
Danushka Gunathilaka Sri Lanka 17 March 1991 Left Right-arm off break
Kasun Madushanka Sri Lanka 16 July 1991 Right Right-arm fast-medium
- Binura Fernando Sri Lanka 12 July 1995 Right Left-arm Medium-fast
-- Ishan Jayaratne Sri Lanka 26 June 1989 Right Right-arm fast-medium

See also

References

  1. Cricketwa (2014-06-27). "Sri Lanka Super 4 2014 Schedule". Cricketwa. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  2. "Caribbean Premier League squads finalised". Cricinfo (ESPN). 6 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.