Wayamba United was a franchise cricket team that took part in Sri Lanka Premier League, representing North Western Province. Wadhawan Holdings Private Limited purchased the team for $5.02 million in 2012 for a seven-year contract.
History
Wayamba cricket team was a Sri Lankan first class cricket team based in Kurunegala, that represented North Western Province. It drew cricketers from Sri Lanka Premier Trophy. The team competed in two provincial tournaments: the first class cricket competition known as the Inter-Provincial Tournament, and the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20. Also Wayamba province cricket team became joint champions with Kandurata in the 2007/08 Inter-Provincial Limited overs tournament after the finals match drawn due to rain.
The Wayamba cricket team featured in both the 2009 and 2010 editions of the Champions League Twenty20 as the Wayamba elevens.
Home ground
Welagedara Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kurunegala, in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka, which is situated about 100 km north east of Kandy. The stadium is currently used mostly for cricket matches and is the home ground of Wayamba cricket team. The stadium can hold at least 10,000 spectators. Since its wicket had been replaced from a matting wicket to a turf one it has become one of the best batting wickets in the country. It was officially declared open by the then Minister of Home Affairs, Justice Felix Dias Bandaranaike in 1972. Welagedara stadium hosted its first international match when Pakistan played there in 1985. In recent times it has regularly hosted international tour matches, unofficial test matches and U19 one-day games. The venue is an extremely picturesque one, with the giant 'Elephant Rock' forming a dramatic backdrop to the ground. It also has historic value being situated in an important location for when Kurunegala was an important Kingdom, King Bhuvanaikabahu VI, would address his subjects from the press box beneath the Elephant Rock. Even though it has a lot of amenities, the Welagedara Stadium is not going to be used for the 2012 SLPL tournament.
Current squad
Coach: Trevor Bayliss was named as the head of the franchise for the 2012 edition of the SLPL.
Players with international caps are listed in bold. No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen 27 Mahela Jayawardene Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain 23 Umar Akmal Right-handed 28 Tamim Iqbal Left-handed – Nimesh Perera - jnr Right-handed Right-arm medium – Colin Ingram Left-handed All-rounders 11 Azhar Mahmood Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 12 Abdul Razzaq Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 34 Milinda Siriwardana Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 66 Kaushalya Weeraratne Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 88 Shehan Jayasuriya Left-handed Right-arm off break 196 Mohammad Hafeez Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox – Malinda Pushpakumara Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox – Dasun Shanaka Right-handed Right-arm medium – James Faulkner Right-handed Left-arm medium 8 Kushal Janith Perera Left-handed 17 Dinesh Chandimal Right-handed Right-arm off break 158 Kamran Akmal Right-handed 10 Akila Dananjaya Left-handed Right-arm off break 31 Brad Hogg Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 67 Chathuranga Kumara Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 96 Isuru Udana Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast – Dilesh Gunaratne Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium – Suranga Lakmal Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast – Alankara Asanka Silva Right-handed Right-arm off break – Kemar Roach Right-handed Right-arm fast – Chaminda Vaas Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
References
External links Team site on ESPN CricInfo Team site on Sri Lanka Premier League