Kurunegala Warriors

Kurunegala Warriors

One-day name	Kurunegala Warriors
Personnel
Captain	Mahela Udawatte
Team information
Home ground	Welagedara Stadium
History
First-class debut	vs Hambantota[1]
IP T20 wins	none
Official website:	Sri Lanka Cricket

Kurunegala Warriors cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams which make up the Sri Lankan domestic cricket structure representing mainly two districts of North Western Province, Sri Lanka, and with some nearby provinces. In previous occasions, the province was included in to Wayamba cricket team, where part of them was combined in this season as Kurunegala Warriors. The cricket team's first participation came during the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 2016 season which was known as Super T20 Provincial Tournament.

The team plays their matches in Colombo R. Premadasa Stadium, though the home ground is Welagedara Stadium.^[2] Mahela Udawatte is the captain of the side.^[3] Chamara Kapugedera, Upul Tharanga and Nuwan Pradeep are some of the other notable current Test cricketers and Limited overs cricketers in the national side.

Current squad

The squad for the 2015–16 season as of 26 January 2016.^[3]

Kurunegala Warriors current squad
Players	Coaches
Nat. Name Age Pos. Bat st. Bowl st. Mahela Udawatte (c) 29 Batsman LHB ROB Lasith Abeyratne 22 Wicket-keeper LHB Rumesh Buddika 25 Batsman LHB ROB Chaturanga de Silva 26 Batsman LHB LO Nuwan Pradeep 29 Bowler RHB RMF Oshada Fernando 23 All-rounder RHB LB Shehan Fernando 22 All-rounder RHB ROB Asela Gunaratne 30 All-rounder RHB RMF Imran Khan 23 Bowler LHB RMF Ishan Jayaratne 26 All-rounder RHB RMF Chamara Kapugedera 28 All-rounder RHB RMF Tharindu Kaushal 22 Bowler RHB ROB Maduka Liyanapathiranage 24 All-rounder RHB ROB Kasun Madushanka 24 Bowler RHB RMF Kusal Mendis 20 Batsman RHB Upul Tharanga 30 Batsman LHB

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