Thilina Kandamby

Thilina Kandambi
Personal information
Full name
Sahan Hewa Thilina Kandambi
Born (1982-06-04) 4 June 1982 (age 42)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm leg break
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 122)27 April 2004 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI24 June 2010 v India
ODI shirt no.25
T20I debut (cap 20)10 October 2008 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I25 June 2011 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–presentBasnahira North
2007–presentSinhalese Sports Club
2001–2007Bloomfield
2010–presentDhaka Division
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 33 5 163 157
Runs scored 814 13 8,758 3,681
Batting average 32.56 3.25 40.73 31.73
100s/50s 0/5 0/0 19/41 2/24
Top score 93* 10 340* 128*
Balls bowled 168 2,868 981
Wickets 2 55 27
Bowling average 82.00 38.65 31.92
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/37 4/36 4/68
Catches/stumpings 5/– 4/– 85/– 41/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2017

Sahan Hewa Thilina Kandambi (born 4 June 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former T20 international captain for Sri Lanka. A specialist middle-order batsman, Kandambi was marked out as a talent early, playing for the Sri Lanka Under 19s from 1998 to 2001. He also played ten first class games for the Sri Lanka A cricket team. In January 2021 he was appointed as the head coach of T10 team Bangla Tigers.