Malinga Bandara

Malinga Bandara
Personal information
Full name
Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara
Born (1979-12-31) 31 December 1979 (age 44)
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg break
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 71)27 May 1998 v New Zealand
Last Test3 April 2006 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 127)6 January 2006 v New Zealand
Last ODI1 April 2011 v India
ODI shirt no.72
T20I debut (cap 6)26 December 2006 v New Zealand
Last T20I4 September 2009 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97Kalutara
1998/99–2002/03Nondescripts
2003/04Tamil Union
2004/05Galle
2005Gloucestershire
2006/07–2014/15Ragama
2007/08–2009/10Basnahira South
2010Kent
2010/11Uva
2011Wayamba
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 8 31 190 177
Runs scored 124 160 4,304 1,401
Batting average 15.50 12.30 20.01 17.96
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/16 0/3
Top score 43 31 108 64
Balls bowled 1,152 1,470 26,573 7,758
Wickets 16 36 570 245
Bowling average 39.56 34.22 25.43 24.46
5 wickets in innings 0 0 22 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 3/84 4/31 8/49 5/22
Catches/stumpings 4/– 9/– 129/– 50/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2007 West Indies
Source: Cricinfo, 21 March 2020

Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara (born 31 December 1979), commonly known as Malinga Bandara, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman who bowled leg breaks. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He was the coach of the Sri Lankan team which finished as runners-up at the 2007 Cricket World Cup.