Sachithra Senanayake

Sachithra Senanayake

Personal information
Full name	Senanayake Mudiyanselage Sachithra Madhushanka Senanayake
Born	(1985-02-09) 9 February 1985 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Sachiya, Chenu, Channa
Height
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm Off Spin
Role	Bowling All-rounder
Relations	Iresha Senanayake (wife)
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Only Test (cap 125)	31 December 2013 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 150)	20 January 2012 v South Africa
Last ODI	28 December 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	52
T20I debut (cap 43)	1 June 2012 v Pakistan
Last T20I	14 January 2016 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–	Sinhalese Sports Club
2012-	Basnahira cricket team
2013-2014	Sydney Sixers
2013-2014	Kolkata Knight Riders
2015-	Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 1 49 22 76 Runs scored 5 290 43 1,344 Batting average 5.00 13.18 7.16 19.20 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/4 Top score 5 42 17 89 Balls bowled 138 2,358 438 15,434 Wickets - 53 24 385 Bowling average - 34.35 19.33 20.22 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 32 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 6 Best bowling - 4/13 4/46 8/70 Catches/stumpings 1/– 19/– 3/– 69/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 14 February 2016

Senanayake Mudiyanselage Sachithra Madhushanka Senanayake, commonly called Sachithra Senanayake, (born 9 February 1985) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. An bowling all-rounder, he bats right-handed and bowls off spin. He has played first class cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club since 2006. Senanayake was a key member of 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning team as well.

International career

Senanayake made his international debut for Sri Lanka in the fourth One Day International (ODI) of the tour of South Africa in January 2012. From then, he was a regular part of Sri Lanka's spin attack in limited over cricket with Ajantha Mendis and occasionally with Seekkuge Prasanna. After a suspect bowling action, he showed poor bowling in later bilateral tournaments. However, he was included to the 15-men 2015 ICC World Cup tournament as the main spinner of the team.

Domestic career

His call-up followed a domestic season in which he had taken the most wickets in the Sri Lankan Premier League limited overs tournament. During the 2013 Indian Premier League auction he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for US$15,000.

Bowling action

He was reported for bowling with a suspected illegal bowling action against England in June 2014 and subsequently banned from bowling in international cricket in July 2014. He was cleared to bowl in December 2014 and played in the fifth ODI against England.

In 2014 he Mankaded the English batsman Jos Buttler in a One Day International.

After Ban

On 2015, he contracted for 2014 NatWest t20 Blast in England for the team Worcestershire.

Senanayake was cleared from the illegal bowling action with future notices and played in the 7-match ODI series against England at home. He was again called up for the 2015 Cricket World Cup and looked poor performances in the pool match against Australia. He re-appeared in the fifth ODI against Pakistan in July 2015, where he took three crucial wickets.

The re-modeling action somewhat gave weaker performances in international arena to Senenayake.

International Awards

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

#	Series	Date	Opponent	Match Performance	Result
1	West Indies in Sri Lanka	9 November 2015	West Indies	DNB ; 4-0-46-4	Sri Lanka won by 30 runs.

External Links

Player profile: Sachithra Senanayake from ESPNcricinfo