Wayamba United

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

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]

History

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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 both the 2009 and 2010 editions of the Champions League Twenty20 as the Wayamba elevens.

Home ground

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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 venue is an extremely picturesque one, with the giant 'Elephant Rock' forming a dramatic backdrop 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

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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 (1977-05-27) 27 May 1977 (age 47) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
23 Umar Akmal Pakistan (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 (age 34) Right-handed
28 Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh (1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 35) Left-handed
– Nimesh Perera - jnr Sri Lanka (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 42) Right-handed Right-arm medium
– Colin Ingram South Africa (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 39) Left-handed
All-rounders
11 Azhar Mahmood Pakistan (1975-02-28) 28 February 1975 (age 49) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
12 Abdul Razzaq Pakistan (1979-12-02) 2 December 1979 (age 44) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
34 Milinda Siriwardana Sri Lanka (1985-12-04) 4 December 1985 (age 38) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
66 Kaushalya Weeraratne Sri Lanka (1981-01-29) 29 January 1981 (age 43) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
88 Shehan Jayasuriya Sri Lanka (1991-09-12) 12 September 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm off break
196 Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan (1980-10-17) 17 October 1980 (age 43) Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
– Malinda Pushpakumara Sri Lanka (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
– Dasun Shanaka Sri Lanka (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium
– James Faulkner Australia (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Left-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
8 Kushal Janith Perera Sri Lanka (1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 34) Left-handed
17 Dinesh Chandimal Sri Lanka (1989-11-18) 18 November 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm off break
158 Kamran Akmal Pakistan (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 (age 42) Right-handed
Bowlers
10 Akila Dananjaya Sri Lanka (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 31) Left-handed Right-arm off break
31 Brad Hogg Australia (1971-02-06) 6 February 1971 (age 53) Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin
67 Chathuranga Kumara Sri Lanka (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
96 Isuru Udana Sri Lanka (1988-02-17) 17 February 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast
– Dilesh Gunaratne Sri Lanka (1989-04-02) 2 April 1989 (age 35) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
– Suranga Lakmal Sri Lanka (1987-03-10) 10 March 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
– Alankara Asanka Silva Sri Lanka (1985-04-04) 4 April 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm off break
– Kemar Roach Barbados (1988-06-30) 30 June 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm fast
– Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka (1974-01-27) 27 January 1974 (age 50) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium

References

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  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. ^ a b "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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