Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara (born 31 December 1979), commonly known as Malinga Bandara, is a former Sri Lankan international

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er. He played as a right-handed batsman who bowled

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s. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He was the coach of the Sri Lankan team which finished as runners-up at the

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Domestic career

In Sri Lankan domestic cricket, Bandara played for a variety of sides. Having spent the previous two summers at Normandy CC of the Surrey Championship, turning out in 55 games for the club. He also played

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for

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during the 2005 season, he took 45 wickets in eight matches and was so successful he was named Gloucestershire's Player of the Season. He joined

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for the 2010 season.

International career

Bandara made his Test debut against

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in 1998 but performed poorly and was subsequently dropped. A useful performance against England 'A' in March 2005 (securing match-figures of eleven for 126) resulted in a Test recall in December. He finished the three-Test series against

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with nine wickets at an average of 32.88. Bandara made his

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(ODI) debut against New Zealand in January 2006 at

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and was highly successful in the tournament, taking fourteen

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at an average of 23.92, a

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of 29.20, and an

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of 4.90, bettering the team's more famous spin bowler

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. He took his best bowling figures of four for 31 against

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in the final VB Series round robin match at the

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, on 7 February 2006. This performance ensured Sri Lanka's place in the finals against

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. He was subsequently not selected for Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka in 2005–06 and missed out on the Test series in England in 2006.

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