mahela udawatte Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
mahela udawatte is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Mahela Lakmal Udawatte
Born
July 19, 1986, Colombo
Age
37 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Batter
Height
5ft 8in
Education
Ananda College, Colombo
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 2 | 9 | 8 | - |
Inn | 4 | 9 | 8 | - |
Runs | 23 | 257 | 96 | - |
Avg | 5.75 | 28.56 | 12.0 | - |
SR | 31.94 | 67.1 | 111.63 | - |
HS | 19 | 73 | 25 | - |
NO | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
4s | 2 | 25 | 10 | - |
6s | 0 | 3 | 2 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 2 | 9 | 8 | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Sri Lanka
- Ananda College
- Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
- Moors Sports Club
- Ruhuna
- Sri Lanka A
- Sri Lanka Academy XI
- Wayamba
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
A hard hitting left-handed batsman who opens the batting and can also bowl some useful off-breaks, Mahela started his career with Ananda College but did not get much recognition even though he scored over 1000 runs in a single year before making his first-class debut. Things changed when he joined Chilaw Marians SC after school and made his debut for them in 2005. There he was promoted to open the batting and did not disappoint as he thrashed 3 hundreds in 5 matches to earn a place in the Development Squad. He was also selected for the A squad for the tour of England.
His consistent performances for the A side meant, the southpaw was inching closer to a national cap, In 2006-07, Sri Lanka A participated in the Duleep Trophy and Mahela was a part of it. A string of good performances led to him being called-up for the national side for the tour of West Indies in 2008 to be a part of the ODI side. He did not get off to a perfect start as he scored a duck in his first innings but made up for it in the third game with a patient 73. He followed that fifty with another one against UAE in the Asia cup in 2008 in the absence of Sanath Jayasuriya. However, things started to go downhill from then on as he failed on the tour of Zimbabwe where he scored only 60 runs in 4 games. In T20Is, Udawatte played some useful knocks but nothing significant.
But after that he was ignored for good 8 years as he made his comeback into the Lankan T20I team in 2017 for a tour to UAE for three T20Is. He had scores of 8,0 and 11 and once again failed to grab his chances. But a good domestic season in 2018 and an injury to Dimuth Karunaratne meant Mahela Udawatte got another lifeline as he was picked for three Tests against the Windies in the Caribbean.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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 67 out of 172 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.
Sa'adi Thawfeeq July 2008