Dambulla Aura in 2022

The Dambulla Aura (DA) is a franchise cricket team that competes in 2022 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Dambulla, Central Province, Sri Lanka. In September 2021, Dambulla Viiking changed their name to Dambulla Giants after having new owners.^[2] In 2022 Dambulla team changed their name to Dambulla Aura. The team was captained by Dasun Shanaka and coached by Mickey Arthur.^[3]

Dambulla Aura

2022 season
Coach	Mickey Arthur
Captain	Dasun Shanaka
Tournament performance	League stage (5th)
Most runs	Jordan Cox (205)
Most wickets	Matthew Forde (7) [1]
← 2021

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold
• Ages given as of 6 December 2022, the date the first match of the tournament was played

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
54	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka	(1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
46	Haider Ali	Pakistan	(2000-10-02)2 October 2000 (aged 22)	Right-handed	–	Overseas player
	Tom Abell	England	(1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm Medium	Overseas player
	Lasith Croospulle	Sri Lanka	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Chamindu Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka	(2002-09-06)6 September 2002 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
7	Dasun Shanaka	Sri Lanka	(1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
	Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe	(1986-04-24)24 April 1986 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
25	Ramesh Mendis	Sri Lanka	(1995-07-07)7 July 1995 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
50	Chaturanga de Silva	Sri Lanka	(1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
	Lahiru Madushanka	Sri Lanka	(1992-09-12)12 September 1992 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
27	Tharindu Ratnayake	Sri Lanka	(1996-04-18)18 April 1996 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
6	Sachitha Jayathilake	Sri Lanka	(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
	Dushan Hemantha	Sri Lanka	(1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
	Ravindu Fernando	Sri Lanka	(1999-11-03)3 November 1999 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Shevon Daniel	Sri Lanka	(2004-03-15)15 March 2004 (aged 18)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
46	Jordan Cox	England	(2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm offbreak	Overseas player
Spin bowlers
	Dilum Sudeera	Sri Lanka	(2000-10-04)4 October 2000 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
	Noor Ahmad	Afghanistan	(2005-01-03)3 January 2005 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	Overseas player
Pace bowlers
47	Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands	(1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
50	Lahiru Kumara	Sri Lanka	(1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast
	Pramod Madushan	Sri Lanka	(1993-12-14)14 December 1993 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
50	Kalana Perera	Sri Lanka	(2000-07-28)28 July 2000 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
50	Matthew Forde	West Indies	(2000-07-28)28 July 2000 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas player

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[4]

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Mickey Arthur
Assistant coach	Avishka Gunawardane
Fielding coach	Ruvin Peiris
Bowling coach	Shaun Pollock

Teams and standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Kandy Falcons (3rd)	8	7	1	0	14	1.884
2	Jaffna Kings (C)	8	6	2	0	12	1.010
3	Colombo Stars (R)	8	3	5	0	6	−0.847
4	Galle Gladiators (4th)	8	2	6	0	4	−0.936
5	Dambulla Aura	8	2	6	0	4	−1.198

Source: ESPN Cricinfo

League stage

All times are in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Match 3 7 December 2022 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Dambulla Aura 121/9 (20 overs)	v	Jaffna Kings 122/1 (15.4 overs)
Jordan Cox 43 (22) Mahesh Theekshana 3/20 (4 overs)		Sadeera Samarawickrama 62* (44) Noor Ahmad 1/28 (3.4 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 9 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Sadeera Samarawickrama (Jaffna Kings)

• Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 5 8 December 2022 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Colombo Stars 165/9 (20 overs)	v	Dambulla Aura 156/7 (20 overs)
Niroshan Dickwella 62 (41) Lahiru Kumara 4/36 (4 overs)		Tom Abell 33 (22) Suranga Lakmal 2/29 (4 overs)

Colombo Stars won by 9 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Chandrika Amarasinghe (SL) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Niroshan Dickwella (Colombo Stars)

• Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 8 11 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Jaffna Kings 240/4 (20 overs)	v	Dambulla Aura 189/8 (20 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 73 (35) Lahiru Kumara 2/56 (4 overs)		Dasun Shanaka 44 (23) Binura Fernando 4/22 (4 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 51 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Jaffna Kings)

• Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 11 13 December 2022 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Kandy Falcons 193/3 (20 overs)	v	Dambulla Aura 116 (14.2 overs)
Kamindu Mendis 58 (40) Chaturanga de Silva 1/26 (3 overs)		Chaturanga de Silva 25 (15) Carlos Brathwaite 3/25 (3 overs) Chamindu Wijesinghe 3/25 (3 overs)

Kandy Falcons won by 77 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) Player of the match: Kamindu Mendis (Kandy Falcons)

• Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 14 14 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Dambulla Aura 89 (13.5 overs)	v	Colombo Stars 90/1 (11.3 overs)
Pramod Madushan 23* (26) Kasun Rajitha 5/22 (4 overs)		Charith Asalanka 58* (36) Pramod Madushan 1/3 (2 overs)

Colombo Stars won by 9 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Kasun Rajitha (Colombo Stars)

• Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 15 17 December 2022 15:00 (N) Scorecard

Dambulla Aura 178/5 (20 overs)	v	Galle Gladiators 130 (19.4 overs)
Shevon Daniel 80 (55) Nuwan Pradeep 3/37 (3 overs)		Lahiru Udara 32 (32) Pramod Madushan 3/17 (2.4 overs)

Dambulla Aura won by 48 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Jordan Cox (Dambulla Aura)

• Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 18 18 December 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Kandy Falcons 160/7 (20 overs)	v	Dambulla Aura 121/9 (20 overs)
Ashen Bandara 37 (31) Matthew Forde 2/16 (3 overs)		Sikandar Raza 45 (33) Oshane Thomas 3/15 (4 overs)

Kandy Falcons won by 39 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Oshane Thomas (Kandy Falcons)

• Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 20 19 December 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Galle Gladiators 129/8 (20 overs)	v	Dambulla Aura 134/6 (14.2 overs)
Nuwanidu Fernando 63* (42) Matthew Forde 4/11 (4 overs)		Matthew Forde 52 (30) Imad Wasim 2/32 (3.2 overs)

Dambulla Aura won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Matthew Forde (Dambulla Aura)

• Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.