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
City	Kurunegala
Colours	Green   Blue   White
Founded	2012
Dissolved	2012
Home ground	Welagedara Stadium
Capacity	10,000
History
SLPL wins	none

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

External links

• Team site on ESPN CricInfo
• Team site on Sri Lanka Premier League