Southern Express (cricket team)

Southern Express (previously known as Ruhuna Red) is a franchise cricket team based in Galle, Sri Lanka.

Southern Express

Personnel
Captain	Jehan Mubarak
Coach	Upul Chandana
Owner	Sri Lanka Cricket
Team information
City	Galle
Founded	2013 (Ruhuna Red)
Home ground	Galle International Stadium
Capacity	35,000
History
Super 4's T20 wins	1[1]
CL T20 wins	0

History

The team first took part in the 2013 Super 4's T20 as Ruhuna Red, after losing two games out of three, the team was eliminated. In 2014 the team was renamed as the Southern Express

Players

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name[2]	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
–	Yasodha Lanka		(1992-10-01) 1 October 1992 (age 33)	Right	Left-arm fast-medium
–	Andy Solomons		(1987-09-18) 18 September 1987 (age 38)	Right	Right-arm fast-medium
All-rounders
–	Dilruwan Perera		(1982-07-22) 22 July 1982 (age 43)	Right	Right-arm off break
–	Jehan Mubarak		(1981-01-10) 10 January 1981 (age 44)	Left	Right-arm off break
–	Farveez Maharoof		(1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 41)	Right	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Seekkuge Prasanna		(1985-06-27) 27 June 1985 (age 40)	Right	Right-arm leg break
–	Tillakaratne Dilshan		(1976-11-23) 23 November 1976 (age 48)	Right	Right-arm off break
–	Angelo Perera		(1990-02-23) 23 February 1990 (age 35)	Right	Left-arm orthodox
–	Tillakaratne Sampath		(1982-06-23) 23 June 1982 (age 43)	Right	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
–	Niroshan Dickwella		(1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 32)	Left	–	Opening Batsman
–	Kusal Perera		(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 35)	Left	–	Opening Batsman
–	Sandun Weerakkody		(1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 32)	Left	–
–	Lakshan Rangika		(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 34)	Right	Slow left-arm wrist-spin
Bowlers
–	Lasith Malinga		(1983-08-28) 28 August 1983 (age 42)	Right	Right-arm fast	Captain will not play for this team in clt20
–	Sachith Pathirana		(1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 (age 36)	Left	Left-arm orthodox
–	Charith Jayampathi		(1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 34)	Left	Left-arm medium fast
—	Danushka Gunathilaka		(1991-03-17) 17 March 1991 (age 34)	Left	Right-arm off break
—	Kasun Madushanka		(1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 (age 34)	Right	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Binura Fernando		(1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 30)	Right	Left-arm Medium-fast
–	Ishan Jayaratne		(1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 36)	Right	Right-arm fast-medium

See also

• 2014 Super 4's T20
• Sri Lanka Cricket