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
CaptainSri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
CoachAustralia 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 both the 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 JayawardeneSri Lanka (1977-05-27) 27 May 1977Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
23Umar AkmalPakistan (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990Right-handed
28Tamim IqbalBangladesh (1989-03-20) 20 March 1989Left-handed
–Nimesh Perera - jnrSri Lanka (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982Right-handedRight-arm medium
–Colin IngramSouth Africa (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985Left-handed
All-rounders
11Azhar MahmoodPakistan (1975-02-28) 28 February 1975Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
12Abdul RazzaqPakistan (1979-12-02) 2 December 1979Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
34Milinda SiriwardanaSri Lanka (1985-12-04) 4 December 1985Left-handedSlow left arm orthodox
66Kaushalya WeeraratneSri Lanka (1981-01-29) 29 January 1981Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
88Shehan JayasuriyaSri Lanka (1991-09-12) 12 September 1991Left-handedRight-arm off break
196Mohammad HafeezPakistan (1980-10-17) 17 October 1980Right-handedSlow left arm orthodox
–Malinda PushpakumaraSri Lanka (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987Right-handedSlow left arm orthodox
–Dasun ShanakaSri Lanka (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium
–James FaulknerAustralia (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
8Kushal Janith PereraSri Lanka (1990-08-17) 17 August 1990Left-handed
17Dinesh ChandimalSri Lanka (1989-11-18) 18 November 1989Right-handedRight-arm off break
158Kamran AkmalPakistan (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982Right-handed
Bowlers
10Akila DananjayaSri Lanka (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993Left-handedRight-arm off break
31Brad HoggAustralia (1971-02-06) 6 February 1971Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spin
67Chathuranga KumaraSri Lanka (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
96Isuru UdanaSri Lanka (1988-02-17) 17 February 1988Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
–Dilesh GunaratneSri Lanka (1989-04-02) 2 April 1989Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
–Suranga LakmalSri Lanka (1987-03-10) 10 March 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
–Alankara Asanka SilvaSri Lanka (1985-04-04) 4 April 1985Right-handedRight-arm off break
–Kemar RoachBarbados (1988-06-30) 30 June 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast
–Chaminda VaasSri Lanka (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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