Kandy Falcons in 2022

The Kandy Falcons (abbreviated as KF) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2022 Lanka Premier League.^[1] The team is based in Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka. In November 2022, Kandy Falcons changed their name to Kandy Falcons.^[2] The team was captained by Wanindu Hasaranga and coached by Piyal Wijetunge.^[3]

Kandy Falcons

2022 season
Coach	Piyal Wijetunge
Captain	Wanidu Hasaranga
Tournament performance	Playoffs (3rd)
Most runs	Andre Fletcher (265)
Most wickets	Carlos Brathwaite (16)
← 2021 2023 →

Squad

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

NO.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsman
18	Pathum Nissanka	Sri Lanka	(1998-05-18)18 May 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	—
18	Najibullah Zadran	Afghanistan	(1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
10	Ashen Bandara	Sri Lanka	(1998-11-23)23 November 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
67	Janith Liyanage	Sri Lanka	(1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
3	Ashan Priyanjan	Sri Lanka	(1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Kavin Bandara	Sri Lanka	(1997-08-20)20 August 1997 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
49	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	(1997-07-29)29 July 1997 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Captain
17	Isuru Udana	Sri Lanka	(1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
29	Chamika Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	(1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
21	Kamindu Mendis	Sri Lanka	(1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Ambidextrous off break
26	Carlos Brathwaite	West Indies	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
97	Fabian Allen	West Indies	(1995-05-07)7 May 1995 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
15	Minod Bhanuka	Sri Lanka	(1995-04-29)29 April 1995 (aged 27)	Left-handed	—
72	Andre Fletcher	West Indies	(1987-11-28)28 November 1987 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas player
	Lasith Abeyratne	Sri Lanka	(1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 29)	Right-handed	—
	Avishka Perera	Sri Lanka	(2001-04-26)26 April 2001 (aged 21)	Right-handed	—
Spin bowlers
	Malinda Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka	(1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
	Ashian Daniel	Sri Lanka	(2001-02-20)20 February 2001 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace bowlers
	Ahmed Daniyal	Pakistan	(1997-07-03)3 July 1997 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas player
72	Oshane Thomas	West Indies	(1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas player
99	Matheesha Pathirana	Sri Lanka	(2002-12-18)18 December 2002 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Director of Cricket	Shyam Impett
Head coach	Piyal Wijetunge
Assistant coach	Tharanga Dhammika
Consultant coach	Sanath Jayasuriya
Fielding coach	Manoj Abeywickrama

Season standings

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

• The top four teams qualify for the playoffs
•   Advance to Qualifier 1
•   Advance to Eliminator

League stage

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

Match 2 6 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kandy Falcons 199/1 (20 overs)	v	Colombo Stars 90 (14.3 overs)
Andre Fletcher 102* (67) Seekkuge Prasanna 1/23 (3 overs)		Angelo Mathews 26 (23) Wanindu Hasaranga 4/14 (3 overs)

Kandy Falcons won by 109 runs. Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Chandrika Amarasinghe (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Andre Fletcher (Kandy Falcons)

• Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 4 7 December 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Galle Gladiators 121/8 (20 overs)	v	Kandy Falcons 123/5 (15 overs)
Movin Subasingha 40 (38) Carlos Brathwaite 4/14 (4 overs)		Kamindu Mendis 44 (34) Nuwan Pradeep 2/34 (3 overs)

Kandy Falcons won by 5 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match: Carlos Brathwaite (Kandy Falcons)

• Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 6 10 December 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Jaffna Kings 147/7 (20 overs)	v	Kandy Falcons 148/7 (20 overs)
Avishka Fernando 31 (26) Fabian Allen 2/23 (4 overs)		Ashen Bandara 44* (39) Dunith Wellalage 2/17 (4 overs)

Kandy Falcons won by 3 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Chamika Karunaratne (Kandy Falcons)

• Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 9 12 December 2022 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Galle Gladiators 153/6 (20 overs)	v	Kandy Falcons 141/7 (20 overs)
Thanuka Dabare 70 (51) Carlos Brathwaite 3/17 (4 overs)		Ashen Bandara 41* (30) Lakshan Sandakan 2/22 (4 overs)

Galle Gladiators won by 12 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match: Thanuka Dabare (Galle Gladiators)

• Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.

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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 13 14 December 2022 15:00 (N) Scorecard

Kandy Falcons 160/8 (20 overs)	v	Jaffna Kings 150/9 (20 overs)
Fabian Allen 47 (23) Dunith Wellalage 2/7 (4 overs)		Sadeera Samarawickrama 48 (41) Carlos Brathwaite 4/18 (4 overs)

Kandy Falcons won by 10 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Chamara de Soysa (SL) Player of the match: Fabian Allen (Kandy Falcons)

• Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 16 17 December 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Colombo Stars 106 (19.1 overs)	v	Kandy Falcons 108/1 (16 overs)
Angelo Mathews 41 (38) Chamika Karunaratne 4/11 (3.1 overs)		Kamindu Mendis 51* (48) Suranga Lakmal 1/19 (2 overs)

Kandy Falcons won by 9 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Chamika Karunaratne (Kandy Falcons)

• Colombo Stars 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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Playoffs

Qualifier 1

Match 21 21 December 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Kandy Falcons 143/8 (20 overs)	v	Jaffna Kings 98/3 (11 overs)
Pathum Nissanka 35 (31) Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 3/30 (4 overs)		Avishka Fernando 21 (11) Carlos Brathwaite 2/32 (3 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 24 runs (DLS method) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Vijayakanth Viyaskanth (Jaffna Kings)

• Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jaffna Kings were set a revised target of 75 runs from 11 overs due to rain.
• Rain during Jaffna Kings's innings prevented any further play.

Qualifier 2

Match 23 22 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kandy Falcons 168/6 (20 overs)	v	Colombo Stars 169/4 (18.5 overs)
Wanindu Hasaranga 77* (34) Kasun Rajitha 4/20 (4 overs)		Charith Asalanka 64 (40) Kamindu Mendis 2/26 (4 overs)

Colombo Stars won by 6 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Kasun Rajitha (Colombo Stars)

• Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Matches	Runs	High score
Andre Fletcher	9	266	102*
Kamindu Mendis	10	260	58
Ashen Bandara	10	244	44

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[4]