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Full name Mahela Lakmal Udawatte
Born July 19, 1986, Colombo
Current age 22 years 5 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Ananda College,Chilaw Marians Cricket Club,Sri Lanka A,Sri Lanka Academy XI,Wayamba
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
4
4
0
154
73
38.50
220
70.00
0
2
14
1
0
0
First-class
41
78
4
2239
168
30.25
2
15
23
0
List A
45
44
2
1287
98
30.64
0
10
9
0
Twenty20
15
14
1
249
51*
19.15
197
126.39
0
1
33
6
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
41
5
96
76
3
2/31
2/31
25.33
4.75
32.0
0
0
0
List A
45
42
31
1
1/24
1/24
31.00
4.42
42.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
15
4
37
39
2
2/17
2/17
19.50
6.32
18.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Lahore, Jun 26, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
Galle Cricket Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Galle, Dec 16-18, 2005 scorecard
Last First-class
Nondescripts Cricket Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Mar 27-30, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2004/05
Last List A
Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Lahore, Jun 26, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v PCA Masters XI at Leicester, Sep 15, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Ruhuna v Wayamba at Kurunegala, May 1, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A prolific run-getter for Ananda College, Mahela Udawatte's talents as a top-order batsman were not immediately recognised when he was overlooked for the Sri Lankan Under-19 team in 2003 despite scoring more than 1000 runs for his school that season. He got his break after he joined Chilaw Marians SC straight after school. Promoted to open the batting - he had batted at No. 3 at school - he reeled off three hundreds in five matches in the 2004-05 U-23 tournament, and was rewarded with a place in the Development Squad. He soon made it into the A team for the tour to England in 2007 after top-scoring for his club in the Premier final against SSC in 2005-06, making 60 out of a total of 202 against an attack which included Dilhara Fernando and Nuwan Zoysa. A powerful and attacking batsman who likes to take on the quick bowlers, Udawatte is seen as a future prospect for the Sri Lanka one-day side, perhaps as a replacement for Sanath Jayasuriya. Rated highly by experts in Sri Lanka, including Mahela Jayawardene, Udawatte earned a call-up to the national squad for the tour of West Indies in 2008 and was later included in the probables for the Champions Trophy.
