Charitha Malinga Bandara or Bandara was born on 31 December 1979, Kalutara, Sri Lanka. He is member for both Sri Lankan Test and one-day international cricket team. He is a right hand batsman and can also bowls legbreaks. Bandara made his Test debut against New Zealand in 1998, but was dropped subsequently due his poor performance. Very useful performance against England ‘A’ team in March 2005 with match-figures of 11 for 126, resulted in a Test recall in December 2005. He finishing the 3 -Test series against India with nine wickets with an average of 32.88.
Bandara made his debut in ODI against New Zealand in January 2006 at Wellington. He was one of the most sucessful bowler in the tournament taking 14 wickets at an average of 23.92 an economy rate of 4.90, even bettering the more famous spin partner Muralitharan. His best bowling figures are 4 for 31 against South Africa in the final VB Series at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart on February 7, 2006. This outstanding performance ensured Sri Lanka will face Australia in the VB Series finals.
He was ignored for Pakistan’s tour to Sri Lanka in 2005/2006 and was not played in the test series in England in 2006, which could have been won 2-0, but had to share the series with draw of 1-1. In domestic cricket at Sri Lankan, Bandara represents the Galle Cricket Club. He also played county cricket for English team Gloucestershire during the 2005 season. He was highly successful with bat and ball and was also named the “Gloucestershire Player of the Season”
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