Chamara Kapugedera      

Sri Lanka

Full name Chamara Kantha Kapugedera

Born February 24, 1987, Kandy

Current age 23 years 224 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings,Colombo Cricket Club, Kandurata, Sri Lanka A

Nickname Kapu

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	8	15	3	418	96	34.83	786	53.18	0	4	48	7	6	0
ODIs	82	69	7	1423	95	22.95	1953	72.86	0	7	104	27	26	0
T20Is	19	17	3	276	47	19.71	233	118.45	0	0	23	10	7	0
First-class	41	65	10	2048	150*	37.23	3353	61.07	3	15	217	28	27	1
List A	141	121	12	2700	101	24.77	3521	76.68	1	16			46	0
Twenty20	50	44	5	769	96*	19.71	622	123.63	0	2	57	31	20	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	8	1	12	9	0	-	-	-	4.50	-	0	0	0
ODIs	82	7	240	200	2	1/24	1/24	100.00	5.00	120.0	0	0	0
T20Is	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	41	20	425	242	4	1/1	2/39	60.50	3.41	106.2	0	0	0
List A	141		403	341	5	1/23	1/23	68.20	5.07	80.6	0	0	0
Twenty20	50	4	29	74	0	-	-	-	15.31	-	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, May 11-15, 2006 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), Aug 26-30, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Jan 29, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Aug 28, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Lauderhill, May 23, 2010 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	Sri Lanka A v New Zealand A at Colombo (PSS), Oct 19-22, 2005 scorecard
Last First-class	Basnahira South v Kandurata at Colombo (Bloomfield), Mar 25-28, 2010scorecard
List A debut	2005
Last List A	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Aug 28, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colombo Cricket Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Oct 9, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Australia A v Sri Lanka A at Townsville, Jul 2, 2010 scorecard

Profile

Chamara Kapugedera, a naturally aggressive right-hander, was one of the few genuinely exciting batsmen the selectors unearthed from Sri Lanka's Under-19 set-up. From the age of 11, when he first turned out for Dharmaraja College in Kandy, Kapugedera has hardly wasted an opportunity to push himself up the ladder. He has captained all the junior school sides from the U-13 to the first XI. Following a prolific 2003-04 season, where he scored over 1000 runs, he was picked for the U-19 tour to Pakistan the following year and excelled with a stunning knock of 131 in a one-dayer against the world champions. It was an innings which he rated as one of his best although he batted equally well for 70 in his first game for Sri Lanka A against the strong New Zealand A team in 2005. The selectors, desperate to unearth new talent, eventually gambled on an early promotion and fast-tracked him into the national squad after several glowing reports from development coaches. Kapugedera's father, also a former Dharmaraja cricketer, provided early coaching and all the encouragement he needed to develop. David Karunaratne (his first coach) and Sumithra Warnakulasuriya (his U-19 coach) also played important roles in shaping Kapugedera's career. He was first picked in the national squad against India in November but pulled out of the tour with an injury. However, he made his ODI debut, aged just 18, against Australia in Perth in 2006, immediately impressing with his composure. Considered a possible opener in one-day cricket, he scored a maiden fifty against Pakistan in March 2006 and followed that with his first Test fifty against England, at Trent Bridge, as Sri Lanka squared the series having started with a golden duck at Lord's. He's in the process of cementing his place in the one-day squad, scoring a handful of half-centuries since the CB Series in Australia in 2007-08.thanks crickinfo.com