Umega Chaturanga information

Jasinthuliyana Umega Chaturanga (born 3 June 1984)^[1] is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who currently plays for Kandy Customs Sports Club. He has formerly played for the Galle, Moors, Negombo, Singha and Air Force clubs, having made his first-class debut playing for Galle in January 2006. He was born in Galle.

Chaturanga is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler who has played in 59 first-class matches to the end of the 2022–23 edition of the Major League Tournament in November 2022. He has taken 225 wickets at an average of 24.68 runs per wicket. He has taken five wickets in an innings 15 times with best figures of 9/47. He has achieved ten wickets in a match five times with a best return of 16/100. Chaturanga bats left-handed as a tail-ender. He has scored 689 first-class runs at an average of 13.00 runs per completed innings with a highest score of 56 as one of two half-centuries. Generally an outfielder, he has held 21 career catches.