Galle Guardians

Galle Guardians

One-day name:	Galle Guardians
Captain:	Dinesh Chandimal
First-class debut:	vs Colombo[1]
IP T20 wins:	none
Official website:	Sri Lanka Cricket

Galle Guardians cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams which make up the Sri Lankan domestic cricket structure representing mainly Galle District of Southern Province, Sri Lanka, and with some nearby provinces. In previous occasions, the province was included in to Southern Express and Ruhuna Reds, where part of them was combined in this season as Galle Guardians. The cricket team's first participation came during the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 2016 season which was known as Super T20 Provincial Tournament.

The team plays their matches in Colombo R. Premadasa Stadium.^[2] Dinesh Chandimal is the captain of the side.^[3] Ajantha Mendis, Suraj Randiv, Dushmantha Chameera and Kithuruwan Vithanage are some of the other notable current Test cricketers and Limited overs cricketers in the national side.

Current squad

The squad for the 2015–16 season as of 26 January 2016.^[3]

Galle Guardians current squad
Players	Coaches
Nat. Name Age Pos. Bat st. Bowl st. Dinesh Chandimal (c) 26 Wicket-keeper batsman RHB Amila Aponso 22 Batsman RHB LO Tilaksha Sumanasiri 21 Batsman RHB ROS Dushmantha Chameera 24 Bolwer RHB RF Dilhara Lokuhettige 35 All-rounder RHB RMF Hashan Dumindu 20 Bowler RHB ROS Udara Jayasundera 25 All-rounder LHB LB Prabath Jayasuriya 24 All-rounder RHB LO Suraj Randiv 30 All-rounder RHB ROS Shalika Karunanayake 28 All-rounder RHB RMF Ajantha Mendis 30 Bowler RHB ROS Lahiru Milantha 21 Wicket-keeper LHB Dilshan Munaweera 26 Opening batsman RHB ROS Primosh Perera 26 Bastman LHB LB Isuru Udana 27 Bowler RHB RMF Jeffrey Vandersay 25 Bowler RHB LB Kithuruwan Vithanage 24 All-rounder LHB LB

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