akalanka ganegama Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
akalanka ganegama is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Withanaarchchige Chamara Akalanka Ganegama
Born
March 29, 1981, Colombo
Age
42 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Allrounder
Height
6ft 1in
Education
Ananda College, Colombo
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 4 | - | - |
Inn | - | 2 | - | - |
Runs | - | 7 | - | - |
Avg | - | 3.5 | - | - |
SR | - | 77.78 | - | - |
HS | - | 7 | - | - |
NO | - | 0 | - | - |
100s | - | 0 | - | - |
50s | - | 0 | - | - |
4s | - | 1 | - | - |
6s | - | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 4 | - | - |
Inn | - | 3 | - | - |
Balls | - | 66 | - | - |
Runs | - | 88 | - | - |
Wkt | - | 2 | - | - |
BBI | - | 27 / 2 | - | - |
BBM | - | 27 / 2 | - | - |
Eco | - | 8.0 | - | - |
Avg | - | 44.0 | - | - |
5W | - | 0 | - | - |
10W | - | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Sri Lanka
- Kandurata
- Nondescripts Cricket Club
- Sri Lanka A
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He was also picked for the U-19 squad which played the 2000 World Cup and then toured England. During the tour of England, he picked a ten wicket haul which led to a call-up for the national team. Ganegama made his ODI debut in the Gold Cup in 2000 against Pakistan, he picked up 2 wickets in his very first match. However, a groin injury saw him not play cricket for a while, he made his comeback in 2006 against Australia but was not the same bowler he once was. With more injuries affecting his career, Ganegama plays very little domestic cricket as well.
By Akshay Maanay
As of April 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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