Mahela Udawatte

Mahela Udawatte

Personal information
Full name	Mahela Lakmal Udawtte
Born	19 July 1986 (1986-07-19) (age 25) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off-spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut	10 April 2008 v West Indies
Last ODI	28 November 2008 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–	Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
2007–	Wayamba
Career statistics
Competition	ODIs	FC	LA	T20
Matches	9	59	73	29
Runs scored	257	3,105	2,379	427
Batting average	28.55	31.05	33.98	16.42
100s/50s	0/2	3/20	3/14	0/2
Top score	73	168	161	51*
Balls bowled	–	210	42	37
Wickets	–	5	1	2
Bowling average	–	28.80	31.00	19.50
5 wickets in innings	–	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	–	0	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	–	2/31	1/24	2/17
Catches/stumpings	0/–	31/–	18/–	7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 December 2009

Mahela Lakmal Udawtte known as Mahela Udawatte (born 19 July 1986, in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan opening batsman who made his first class debut in 2004-05 in Sri Lanka and he was also named in the thirty-man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup but failed to make it to the final fifteen. He is a left-handed batsman and right-handed off-spinner a possible replacement for Sanath Jayasuriya in the national side's opening berth in One Day International crickets. He was chosen for the Sri Lanka ODI squad for their tour of West Indies in April 2008 and played in all three ODIs.

His average in first class cricket may not be that great, but it his hard hitting capabilities that have left many an expert rooting for him. Udawatte plays first class cricket for the Chilaw Marians Cricket Club. He had also scored three centuries in only five matches in domestic competitions.

Career

Early and domestic career

Mahela Udawatte was educated at one of the leading schools in Sri Lanka, Ananda College, Colombo. It was there that he learned to play cricket. He acted as top order batsman and he had batted at No. 3 at school in his school cricket team. He scored more than 1000 runs for his school in 2003 and he was overlooked for the Sri Lankan Under-19 team due to that seasoning performance. Straight after his left from school, he joined Chilaw Marians SC and Promoted to open the batting. He has also played for Kings of Khulna in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.

External links

• Cricinfo Player Profile : Mahela Udawatte
• Interview - Nothing beats mum's cooking - Mahela Udawatte
• Mahela Udawatte news, videos and photos

Persondata
Name	Udawatte, Mahela
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Short description
Date of birth	19 July 1986
Place of birth	Colombo
Date of death
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