Chamara Kapugedera

Full name:Chamara Kantha Kapugedera
Born:24th February 1987, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Batting:Right-hand batsman
Bowling:Right-arm medium pace
Teams:Sri Lanka (Test: 2006-2006/07); Sri Lanka (ODI: 2005/06-2008); Sri Lanka (Int Twenty20: 2006-2006/07); Colombo Cricket Club (Main FC: 2005/06-2007/08); Colombo Cricket Club (Main ListA: 2005/06-2007/08); Kandurata (Main ListA: 2007/08); Colombo Cricket Club (Main Twenty20: 2005/06-2006/07); Kandurata (Main Twenty20: 2007/08); All teams
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Pictures:Chamara Kapugedera is run out
 Chamara Kapugedera is bowled by Umar Gul
 Kapugedera celebrates his half century
 Kapugedera plays a shot
The latest in the long line of swashbuckling batsmen from Sri Lanka Chamara Kapugedera is a naturally aggressive right handed batsman who wastes little time in going for the bowling. A school prodigy Kapugedera attracted considerable attention during his teenage years and following a prolific 2003-04 season he was picked for the Under-19 tour of Pakistan. He did not disappoint getting 131 in a one-day match and the following year impressed while getting a stroke filled 70 for Sri Lanka A against the New Zealand A side. The national selectors had seen enough and he was the surprise selection for the Sri Lankan squad that toured India in 2005. He however had to pull out of the tour because of injury but he was still a month short of his 19th birthday when he finally made his ODI debut against Australia at Perth early the following year. He got a maiden half-century against Pakistan a couple of months later. He made his Test debut against England at Lord’s in a most inauspicious manner being out for a first ball duck but a half century in the next game and a 63 against South Africa early in the 2006-07 season means that he will continue to be in the selectors’ notebooks. He has age, besides talent on his side and is a long-term prospect.
Profile DateLine: 20th February 2007

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2006-2006/07)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka61112216322.10 0244.20 3
First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2007/08)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Overall285071370134*31.86 2958.54 19
First-Class Career Bowling (2005/06-2007/08)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve5wI10wMSRateEcon
Overall287916431-154.66 0095.66 3.42
One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2008)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka383117039523.43 0575.91 7
One-Day International Career Bowling (2007/08-2008)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Sri Lanka228019221-2496.00 00114.00 5.05
One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2005-2008)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Overall7664514349524.30 01077.93 19
One-Day Career Bowling (2007/08-2008)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Overall253023121-24115.50 00126.50 5.47
International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006-2006/07)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka320342217.00 00121.42 1
Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2007/08)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Overall1815128896*20.57 02136.49 9
Twenty20 Career Bowling (2007/08)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Overall2907400-815.31
Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka Under-19s23014911249.66 1063.94 1
Youth Test Career Bowling (2004/05)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve5wI10wMSRateEcon
Sri Lanka Under-19s10236700-673.94
Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka Under-19s321154131154.00 10107.69 1
Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (2004/05)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Sri Lanka Under-19s3003111-3131.00 0030.00 6.20

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