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Full name Withanaarchchige Chamara Akalanka Ganegama
Born March 29, 1981, Colombo
Current age 27 years 146 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Kandurata,Nondescripts Cricket Club,Sri Lanka A
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
4
2
0
7
7
3.50
9
77.77
0
0
1
0
1
0
First-class
76
99
18
1268
75
15.65
0
2
35
0
List A
83
42
15
379
31
14.03
0
0
25
0
Twenty20
12
9
3
77
38
12.83
53
145.28
0
0
2
8
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
4
3
66
88
2
2/27
2/27
44.00
8.00
33.0
0
0
0
First-class
76
9030
5107
200
7/25
25.53
3.39
45.1
10
0
List A
83
3418
2393
109
5/25
5/25
21.95
4.20
31.3
4
1
0
Twenty20
12
11
196
219
16
4/13
4/13
13.68
6.70
12.2
1
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 8, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Jan 29, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Nondescripts Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Mar 20-23, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000/01
Last List A
Kandurata v Wayamba at Colombo (SSC), Jan 13, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Colts Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (RPS), Sep 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Kandurata v Wayamba at Kurunegala, Apr 30, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Akalanka Ganegama is a fast bowler who, with some work, may well prove a useful, quick-scoring ODI allrounder. Keen to learn, from men such as Chaminda Vaas and Glenn McGrath no less, Ganegama was introduced to cricket by former Sri Lanka wicket-keeper Russel Hamer when he attended his private coaching classes. He soon made his mark at Susamyawardena College, bagging nine wickets in the match against Ananda College. The performance secured a scholarship to study and play for Ananda College, one of the country's leading Buddhist institutions.
Further success followed when he was picked for the U-19 World Cup
hosted by Sri Lanka in 2000 and for the tour of England by Sri Lanka U-19, where he excelled by taking a ten-wicket match haul. He was selected for national honours soon after, touring Sharjah for the Gold Cup in 2000-01 and dismissing Shahid Afridi and Imran Farhat on his ODI debut.
A groin injury then saw him miss seven months of cricket. He returned to the Sri
Lanka 'A' team and has been a regular since touring New Zealand. His best
performance for NCC was taking seven wickets in an innings against CCC where
he obtained most of his wickets bowling inswing and reverse swing. He has
benefited immensely from fast bowling coaches Rumesh Ratnayake, Champaka
Ramanayake and Anusha Samaranayake and present 'A' team coach Chandika
Hathurusingha. Sa'adi Thawfeeq July 2007
