Wayamba United

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 for a seven-year contract.[1]

Wayamba United
Personnel
Captain Mahela Jayawardene
Coach Trevor Bayliss
Team information
CityKurunegala
Colours  Green   Blue   White
Founded2012
Dissolved2012
Home groundWelagedara Stadium
Capacity10,000
History
SLPL winsnone

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
27Mahela Jayawardene (1977-05-27) 27 May 1977Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
23Umar Akmal (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990Right-handed
28Tamim Iqbal (1989-03-20) 20 March 1989Left-handed
Nimesh Perera - jnr (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982Right-handedRight-arm medium
Colin Ingram (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985Left-handed
All-rounders
11Azhar Mahmood (1975-02-28) 28 February 1975Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
12Abdul Razzaq (1979-12-02) 2 December 1979Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
34Milinda Siriwardana (1985-12-04) 4 December 1985Left-handedSlow left arm orthodox
66Kaushalya Weeraratne (1981-01-29) 29 January 1981Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
88Shehan Jayasuriya (1991-09-12) 12 September 1991Left-handedRight-arm off break
196Mohammad Hafeez (1980-10-17) 17 October 1980Right-handedSlow left arm orthodox
Malinda Pushpakumara (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987Right-handedSlow left arm orthodox
Dasun Shanaka (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium
James Faulkner (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
8Kushal Janith Perera (1990-08-17) 17 August 1990Left-handed
17Dinesh Chandimal (1989-11-18) 18 November 1989Right-handedRight-arm off break
158Kamran Akmal (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982Right-handed
Bowlers
10Akila Dananjaya (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993Left-handedRight-arm off break
31Brad Hogg (1971-02-06) 6 February 1971Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spin
67Chathuranga Kumara (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
96Isuru Udana (1988-02-17) 17 February 1988Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
Dilesh Gunaratne (1989-04-02) 2 April 1989Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
Suranga Lakmal (1987-03-10) 10 March 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Alankara Asanka Silva (1985-04-04) 4 April 1985Right-handedRight-arm off break
Kemar Roach (1988-06-30) 30 June 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast
Chaminda Vaas (1974-01-27) 27 January 1974Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium

References

  1. "Indian companies among SLPL-franchise owners". CricInfo. ESPN. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  2. Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (14 January 2008). "Teams share trophy as rain ruins final". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  3. "Welagedara Stadium | Sri Lanka | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  4. "Waqar joins Afridi as head coach of Ruhuna". Cricket.Org.PK. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
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