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Upul Chandana : Statistics, Milestones, Articles, News, Pictures
 
Full Name: Umagiliya Durage Upul Chandana
Born: 7 May 1972, Galle
Major Teams: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Test Debut: Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan at 1998/99, March 1999, Asia-Test
ODI Debut: Sri Lanka Vs Australia at Sharjah, Australasia Cup, 1993/94

Last Test: Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand - 2nd Test at Wellington, 2004
Last ODI: Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh, 3rd ODI at RPS, Colombo, 2007
 

                
Profile of Upul Chandana
- B.V.Swagath

Upul Chandana hails from the fortified city of Galle. Chandana is thirty-two years old and no inch does he look like a 32 year old. He looks almost the same when he made his test debut 5 years back.

Another staggering fact about Upul is that he made his ODI debut way back in 1993/94 in the Australasia Cup in Sharjah. In the same match, Michael Bevan made his debut for Australia. Chandana is a legbreak bowler who turns the ball sharply and also mixes it up with a googly. Accuracy hasn’t been his forte but over the years of playing International Cricket, he’s certainly improving on that. Chandana is one among the game’s best fielders; he’s amazingly quick across the turf and is simply a fantastic outfielder.

Upul Chandana’s batting reminds me of Ajit Agarkar, both of them are good stroke makers and both hit the big sixes with ease inspite of having a small built. With a test highest score of 92 and an ODI highest of 89, he certainly has the potential of being a useful allrounder if not a top class allrounder. Chandana has taken four-wicket haul in ODIs four times, he sure is a decent bowler!

Statistics of Upul Chandana's Career :

Test Matches : Batting and Fielding
 
      M    I   NO  Runs   HS    Ave    SR    100  50   Ct  St
     16   24    1   616   92   26.78  50.61   0    2    7   0
Test Matches : Bowling

      O      M     R    W    Ave    BBI   5  10   SR    Econ
    447.3   64   1535  37  41.48  6-179   3   1  72.56  3.43

                
One Day Internationals : Batting and Fielding

      M    I   NO  Runs   HS    Ave     SR   100  50  Ct  St
     147  111  17  1627   89  17.30   72.99   0    5  79   0
 
One Day Internationals : Bowling

      O      M    R     W    Ave    BBI   4w  5w    SR    Econ
    1023.4  20  4818   151 31.90   5-61    4   1  40.67   4.70

M : Matches I : Innings NO : Not Out HS : Highest Score Ave : Average Ct : Catches St : Stumped O : Overs M : Maidens R : Runs W : Wickets BBI : Best bowling in an innings SR : Strike Rate Econ : Economy