Mahela Udawatte
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| Full name | Mahela Lakmal Udawtte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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19 July 1986 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005– | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007– | Wayamba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
External links
- Cricinfo Player Profile : Mahela Udawatte
- Interview - Nothing beats mum's cooking - Mahela Udawatte
- Mahela Udawatte news, videos and photos
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