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Full name Malintha Krishantha Gajanayake
Born October 5, 1980, Colombo
Current age 27 years 308 days
Major teams Basnahira North,Chilaw Marians Cricket Club,Nondescripts Cricket Club,Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
85
143
6
3082
105
22.49
1
20
89
1
List A
70
61
13
1333
80*
27.77
0
10
33
3
Twenty20
21
20
2
360
76
20.00
336
107.14
0
1
27
7
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
85
2361
1299
53
4/57
24.50
3.30
44.5
0
0
List A
70
378
270
10
2/14
2/14
27.00
4.28
37.8
0
0
0
Twenty20
21
7
107
116
9
2/4
2/4
12.88
6.50
11.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Nondescripts Cricket Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Mar 27-30, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000/01
Last List A
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Dec 9, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Galle Cricket Club at Colombo (Police), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Basnahira North v Ruhuna at Kurunegala, Apr 30, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Malintha Gajanayake, born on the 5th of October 1980, is a compact right handed batsman, who normally batss in the middle order. He is also a brilliant fielder. He was the Captain of the Sri Lanka U15 team in the Mini World Cup 1996. He was also a member of the U19 team in the MTN U19 World Cup in South Africa, 1998. Later, he played for the Sri Lanka U19 team in India and then was appointed as the Captain of the Sri Lanka U19 Team for the U19 World Cup that was held in Sri Lanka 2000. After the World Cup he toured England with the Sri Lanka U19 team under the leadership of Kaushalya Weeraratne. Malintha is a quality player, in the mould of Ranjan Madugalle. He has proved to be a good Captain during his school Cricket, and now plays for the Tamil Union C & AC in the U23 team. He is bright prospect for the future.
Notes
Playing his fifth year for his School D.S Senanayake College
