Udara Jayasundera

Udara Jayasundera
Personal information
Full name
Madurawelage Don Aladuna John Udara Supeksha Jayasundera
Born (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 34)
Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeg break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 133)10 December 2015 v New Zealand
Last Test18 December 2015 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Ragama Cricket Club
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 2 98 61 55
Runs scored 30 6,814 1,663 914
Batting average 7.50 41.04 29.17 19.44
100s/50s 0/0 17/36 2/10 0/3
Top score 26 318 148 81*
Balls bowled 42 1,677 1,023 383
Wickets 0 27 39 27
Bowling average – 50.81 21.97 16.55
5 wickets in innings – 0 1 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 3/30 6/37 4/16
Catches/stumpings 2/– 58/– 19/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2022

Madurawelage Don Udara Supeksha Jayasundera (born 3 January 1991), more commonly known as Udara Jayasundera, is a Sri Lankan Test cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and an occasional legbreak bowler.[1] He is a past student of Ananda College, Colombo.

Career

Jayasundera played for Sri Lanka Board President's XI in a tour match against West Indians in October 2015, top scoring with 142 runs.[2]

He made his Test debut on 10 December 2015 against New Zealand. He had a poor debut in the match, where he was only able to score a single run in the first innings and 3 runs in the second innings. Sri Lanka lost the match by 122 runs at the end.[3]

In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Kandy Warriors following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Udara Jayasundera". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ "West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, Tour Match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI v West Indians at Colombo (SSC), Oct 9-11, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, Dec 10-14, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.


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