Wayamba United

Wayamba United
Personnel
Captain Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
Coach Australia Trevor Bayliss
Owner Wadhawan Holdings Private Limited
Team information
City Kurunegala
Colours      Green      Blue      White
Founded 2012
Dissolved 2012
Home ground Welagedara Stadium
Capacity 10,000
History
SLPL wins none

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. They was owned for seven years, after which a new agreement may be negotiated.[1]

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.[2]

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

Home ground

Welagedara Stadium in Kurunegala

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.[3] 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 ground is an extremely picturesque one, with the giant 'Elephant Rock' forming a dramatic back-drop 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.[3] Even though it has a lot of amenities, the Welagedara Stadium is not going to be used for the 2012 SLPL tournament.

Current squad

Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene, the icon player of the franchise

Coach: Trevor Bayliss was named as the head of the franchise for the 2012 edition of the SLPL.[4]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
27 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 27 May 1977 Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
23 Umar Akmal Pakistan 26 May 1990 Right-handed
28 Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh 20 March 1989 Left-handed
– Nimesh Perera - jnr Sri Lanka 9 January 1982 Right-handed Right-arm medium
– Colin Ingram South Africa 3 July 1985 Left-handed
All-rounders
11 Azhar Mahmood Pakistan 28 February 1975 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
12 Abdul Razzaq Pakistan 2 December 1979 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
34 Milinda Siriwardana Sri Lanka 4 December 1985 Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
66 Kaushalya Weeraratne Sri Lanka 29 January 1981 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
88 Shehan Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 12 September 1991 Left-handed Right-arm off break
196 Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan 17 October 1980 Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
– Malinda Pushpakumara Sri Lanka 24 March 1987 Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
– Dasun Shanaka Sri Lanka 9 September 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium
– James Faulkner Australia 29 April 1990 Right-handed Left-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
8 Kushal Janith Perera Sri Lanka 17 August 1990 Left-handed
17 Dinesh Chandimal Sri Lanka 18 November 1989 Right-handed Right-arm off break
158 Kamran Akmal Pakistan 13 January 1982 Right-handed
Bowlers
10 Akila Dananjaya Sri Lanka 4 October 1993 Left-handed Right-arm off break
31 Brad Hogg Australia 6 February 1971 Left-handed Slow left-arm chinaman
67 Chathuranga Kumara Sri Lanka 19 January 1992 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
96 Isuru Udana Sri Lanka 17 February 1988 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast
– Dilesh Gunaratne Sri Lanka 2 April 1989 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
– Suranga Lakmal Sri Lanka 10 March 1987 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
– Alankara Asanka Silva Sri Lanka 4 April 1985 Right-handed Right-arm off break
– Kemar Roach Barbados 30 June 1988 Right-handed Right-arm fast
– Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka 27 January 1974 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium

References

  1. ↑ "Indian companies among SLPL-franchise owners". CricInfo. ESPN. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  2. ↑ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (14 January 2008). "Teams share trophy as rain ruins final". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Welagedara Stadium | Sri Lanka | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  4. ↑ "Waqar joins Afridi as head coach of Ruhuna". Cricket.Org.PK. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
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