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	Upul Chandana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Umagiliya Durage Upul Chandana (born May 7, 1972 in Galle) is a Sri Lankan cricketer, more specifically a leg spin bowler.
		Chandana has two main variations: a leg break and a googly.
		Chandana is also a competent lower-order batsman, having scored a total of seven half-centuries at international level.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upul_Chandana (116 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Lankans triumph in one-dayers - Monday \| June 9, 2003
		ALL-ROUNDER Upul Chandana hit a sizzling, career-best 89 off 71 balls to trump West Indies captain Brian Lara's fine century and lead Sri Lanka to a four-wicket victory with three balls to spare yesterday.
		Chandana reached his half-century off 47 balls and soon rode his luck as his third six just fell out of Wavell Hinds' grasp over the boundary at midwicket.
		Chandana was missed twice off successive balls late as Hurley and substitute David Bernard grassed chances in the deep off Drakes.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030609/sports/sports1.html (835 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Chandana spoils Lara's day
		Upul Chandana ruined Brian Lara's party with 89 as Sri Lanka stunned the West Indies by four wickets in the second one-dayer, to gain a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series on Sunday.
		Chandana, 31, turned the match upside-down with his career-best knock as Sri Lanka successfully chased the sixth-highest total in the history of the game.
		Chandana put on 101 for the fifth wicket with Mahela Jayawardene (32).
	sport.iafrica.com /news/243215.htm (662 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Upul Chandana pulls one en route to his career-best 89 at the Kensington Oval Sunday.
		Bridgetown: Upul Chandana ruined Brian Lara’s party with a rapid 89 as Sri Lanka stunned the West Indies by four wickets in the second one-dayer to gain a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series Sunday.
		Chandana, 31, turned the match on its head with his career-best knock as Sri Lanka successfully chased the sixth-highest total in the history of ODIs.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030610/asp/sports/story_2053728.asp (488 words)

	Umagiliya Durage Upul Chandana : Stats, Pics, Articles, Interviews and Milestones - Cricketfundas.com
		Chandana is thirty-two years old and no inch does he look like a 32 year old.
		Chandana is a legbreak bowler who turns the ball sharply and also mixes it up with a googly.
		Upul Chandana’s batting reminds me of Ajit Agarkar, both of them are good stroke makers and both hit the big sixes with ease inspite of having a small built.
	www.cricketfundas.com /upulchandana.html (420 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 46 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was Sri Lanka's best day of the lopsided two-Test series with leg-spinner Upul Chandana kick-starting it all with five wickets to prevent Australia from shutting the door on the tourists with an unbeatable 600-plus first innings.
		Chandana claimed the wickets of Damien Martyn (97), Simon Katich (1), Darren Lehmann (50), Warne (2) and Michael Kasprowicz (9).
		Chandana struck twice more before lunch, coaxing Lehmann to hole out to Sangakkara at long-on for an attractive 50 off 55 balls with nine fours.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/07/11/d40711040335.htm (741 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Miraculous escape for cricketers' mothers
		International cricketers Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Chandana said their mothers were lucky to survive after being injured in the tsunamis which have killed about 30,000 in Sri Lanka.
		Leg-spinner Upul Chandana's mother was saved from the tide but still in a state of shock after seeing one of her rescuers dragged away to death by the tide.
		Chandana's family lives in Galle, one of the worst hit southern towns in the island.
	www.hindu.com /2005/01/04/stories/2005010409561800.htm (455 words)

	Series on a knife-edge
		A slog-swept six off Upul Chandana signalled his intent but it wasn't until after tea – taken at 197-5 – that Flintoff truly cut loose.
		Batty had already disappeared by then, caught at mid-on as he slapped a Chandana long-hop straight to Marvan Atapattu at mid-on, but his 101-ball defiance was once again crucial to the team's effort.
		It was recalled leg-spinner Chandana (back for Kumara Dharamsena) who eventually made the breakthrough, pitching a perfect leg-break which Vaughan could only edge to Mahela Jayawardene at first slip, via the gloves of Sangakkara.
	www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/news/nr_6080.html (997 words)

	Sri Lanka surprise Pakistan in Sharjah Cup thriller
		He was removed off a wonderful caught and bowled effort made by Upul Chandana.
		Atapattu (77 off 109 balls) put on 91 in 138 balls with Russel Arnold and then 107 from only 105 balls with Upul Chandana, who rode his luck to produce a gem of an innings of 64 from 58 balls with nine fours.
		Chandana was bowled on the final ball of the innings off his pads.
	www.icricketer.com /news/apr13/news10.shtml (928 words)

	Chandana puts new leg spin on Test - Cricket - www.smh.com.au
		The leg spinner turning tricks in Cairns yesterday was not Shane Warne but Upul Chandana, a bowler doing his best to fill in for Muttiah Muralitharan as Sri Lanka's No.1 spinner but who is 498 wickets away from his countryman's world record.
		Chandana's nine overs produced 5-37 and caused Australia to lose their last six wickets for 62 runs.
		Darren Lehmann, after reaching his third half-century in as many innings, promptly hit Chandana to deep mid-wicket and was caught by Kumara Sangakkara on the boundary.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/07/10/1089000397905.html?from=storylhs (483 words)

	BBC SPORT \| SRI LANKA PROFILES \| Upul Chandana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Chandana has been in and around the national squad for eight years, but like all other Sri Lankan spinners, he has had to live in the shadow of Muttiah Muralitharan.
		Seen primarily as a one-day player, he was finally given his chance in the Test side when Muralitharan was ruled out of the 1999 Asian Championship final and acquitted himself well against a powerful Pakistan batting line-up, sending down 47.5 overs for figures of six for 149.
		Does not possess a big spinning leg-break, and relies heavily on the googly for his wickets, but Chandana has other strings to his bow as an excellent fielder and more than useful batsman.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/england/england_v_sri_lanka_2002/sri_lanka_profiles/1938071.stm (153 words)

	Cricinfo - Image Index - Upul Chandana
		Upul Chandana puts down a chance in the field
		Chandana strokes the ball for two in his brave knock
		Chandana doing his best to merge into the background as the England score mounts
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /slc/content/image?object=48369&set=48369 (101 words)

	Kingfisher - Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Out-of-form Yuvraj came in with India on 92/3 to join Kaif and quickly found his touch as he hammered the bowling, especially Chandana, to bring up his 50, which included six boundaries and two towering sixes.
		In the morning, Sehwag asked Atapattu to bat first and openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga gave a decent start to the visitors with the 50 coming up in the 10th over.
		Though Ahmedabad match hero T. Dilshan tried to put up some resistance with his 53 ball half century along with Upul Chandana (30) it was too late as they ran out of partners with Singh cutting the innings short at 196 in the 43rd over.
	www.kingfisherworld.com /sports/sports-cricket-story31.htm (472 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Sports: Host Sri Lankans clinch Asia Cup as India choke
		Sri Lankan leg-spinner Upul Chandana demolished India's batting on the dry, slow surface with the wickets of vice-captain Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif.
		Chandana struck again in the 35th when he clean bowled Yuvraj Singh, who managed only eight runs in his 100th one-dayer.
		Bowling: Chaminda Vaas 7-1-24-1, Nuwan Zoysa 8-2-18-1 (1nb,1w),Ferveez Maharoof 2-0-16-0 (1nb), Muttiah Muralitharan 9-0-46-0, Sanath Jayasuriya 10-0-34-2 (2w), Upul Chandana 10-0-33-3, Tillekeratne Dilshan 4-0-12-1.
	www.pakistantimes.net /2004/08/02/sports1.htm (606 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
		Upul Chandana (L) is congratulated by team-mate Nuwan Zoysa (C) and Marvan Atapattu during the second Test in Cairns on Saturday.
		Earlier, leg spinner Upul Chandana was Sri Lanka’s chief wicket-taker with a return of five for 109 while young fast bowler Lasith Malinga took four for 148.
		Chandana’s five victims included Damien Martyn, leg before wicket for 97, and Darren Lehmann, caught at long on for 50.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040711/sports.htm (3475 words)

	Kaluwitharana recalled for Kiwi Test -DAWN - Sport; April 23, 2003
		Chandana took five wickets on Tuesday for Sri Lanka ‘A’ on the final day of the two-day drawn warm-up match against New Zealand.
		Left-handed batsman Michael Vandort, who was dropped for the tour of South Africa last year, is recalled but there are no places for Russel Arnold and Jehan Mubarak, who have both been struggling to score runs.
		Upul Chandana, who top-scored with 55 in the hosts’ first innings, troubled the tourists with his leg-spin as he finished with 5-98 off 33 overs.
	www.dawn.com /2003/04/23/spt10.htm (471 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
		Upul Chandana ruined Brian Lara’s party with 89 as Sri Lanka stunned the West Indies by four wickets in the second one-dayer to gain a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series here yesterday.
		Upul Chandana of Sri Lanka hits a boundary as West Indies' wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs looks on during the second one-day international at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sunday.
		Lara was disappointed, saying his young team would have to learn a lot from the match.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030610/sports.htm (4321 words)

	ABC Sport - Cricket - Sri Lanka clinch series as Chandana spoils Lara's day
		Sri Lanka clinch series as Chandana spoils Lara's day
		Upul Chandana ruined Brian Lara's party with 89 as Sri Lanka stunned the West Indies by four wickets in the second one-dayer to gain a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Bridgetown, Barbados on Sunday.
		Lara was on song as he led the run riot to help his team reach the highest total at this venue before being overshadowed by Chandana.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s875063.htm (702 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Chandana puts Kiwis in a spin
		With this two-day warm-up match officially a two-innings affair, the match ended in a draw.
		But Sri Lanka spinner Upul Chandana had a fine day, taking 5-98.
		Mark Richardson, who hit the highest score in the Black Caps' only other warm-up match, was again the leading performer with the bat.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/2966681.stm (237 words)

	SABCnews.com - sport/cricket
		All those who came to the crease got into double figures with the exception of Upul Chandana who needlessly ran himself out trying to make a run that was never on.
		Nicky Boje's direct hit left Chandana's bat at least half a metre out when the ball broke the stumps.
		His 85-ball innings ended with a caught-and-bowled by Upul Chandana.
	www.sabcnews.com /sport/cricket/0,2172,86188,00.html (473 words)

	RP Singh stunts Lankan score - Latest News from Cricket365.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Singh bowled an immaculate line and length which earned him the wickets of Upul Tharanga (28), Marvan Atapattu (nine), Farveez Maharoof (four), and Upul Chandana.
		All-rounder Upul Chandana scored a valiant 30 before having his stumps castled - becoming Singh' fourth victim.
		Chandana's dismissal saw Sri Lana all out for 196 in just 42.5 overs.
	www.cricket365.com /news/story_17824.shtml (284 words)

	Lankans cruise to 88-run win - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Upul Tharanga, Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene all scored fifties as Sri Lanka cruised to an 88-run victory against Bangladesh in the first one-day international here on Wednesday.
		Sri Lanka made 269 for nine wickets in their 50 overs and then restricted Bangladesh to 181 for the loss of nine wickets.
		Substitute Upul Chandana chipped in with the wicket of skipper Habibul Bashar before Maharoof reduced the visitors to 103 for eight.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/Sep12005/sports195852005831.asp (364 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		Four wicket hauls by paceman Akalanka Ganegama and experienced leg-spinner Upul Chandana confirmed a crushing 157-run victory for Sri Lanka 'A' over Netherlands 'A' in the Eurasia Cup crocket tournament here.
		Left-handed Wijekoon added another 55 for the sixth wicket with all-rounder Upul Chandana who made a quickfire 35 off 18 balls with three fours and as many sixes.
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	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=381437 (421 words)

	ABC Sport - Cricket - Chandana misses Test series despite one-day heroics
		Match-winning all rounder Upul Chandana has been left out of Sri Lanka's Test side for their two-match series against West Indies.
		Chandana, who scored 89 to guide Sri Lanka to an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the one-day series against West Indies at Bridgetown on Sunday, returns home with middle order batsman Naveed Nawaz.
		Test captain Hashan Tillakaratne, all rounder Thilan Samaraweera and uncapped fast bowler Thilan Thushara Mirando have been added to the 16-man squad.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s875698.htm (318 words)

	Lanka Upul the rug from SA's feet
		GALLE, JULY 6: Sri Lanka's leg-spinner Upul Chandana grabbed four quick wickets to mastermind a sensational South African collapse which gave the hosts a 37-run victory in the Singer Cup here on Thursday.
		The South Africans, chasing Sri Lanka's 249-7, appeared to be cruising home when openers Andrew Hall and Gary Kirsten put on 150 for the first wicket by the 32nd over.
		Hall, who hit 81 in only his third one-dayer, and Kirsten made light of the slow wicket, till South Africa's march was halted by the spinners.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000707/isp07010.html (397 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		All-rounder Upul Chandana hit a sizzling, career-best 89 off 71 balls to trump West Indies captain Brian Lara's fine century and lead Sri Lanka to a four-wicket victory with three balls to spare on Sunday.
		Chris Gayle hit a composed 94 off 125 balls while Marlon Samuels (56 not out off 36 balls) powered a late charge that realized 136 runs off the last 11 overs.
		The 22-year-old Samuels, who completed his half century off 30 deliveries, smacked six fours and a six.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/archives/2003/06/10/2003054756/print (420 words)

	Dravid's captaincy hangs by fire - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Three of their players have played over 200 one-day internationals (Marvan Atapattu, Chaminda Vaas Muthiah Muralitharan) and four (Mahela Jayawardene, Kumara Sangakkara, Russel Arnold and Upul Chandana) over 100 games each.
		They have fast bowling riches overflowing: as many as six adorn their line-up for the opening game against India (Chaminda Vaas, Nuywan Zoysa, Dilhara Fernando Pervez Mahroof, Lasith Malinga and new man Dilhara Lokuhettige).
		Murali in the spin department is well complimented by the likes of Arnold, Chandana and Jayasuriya.
	sify.com /sports/cricket/fullstory.php?id=13904771 (515 words)

	Cricinfo - Upul Chandana spins away
		Upul Chandana spins away against the touring South Africans, President's XI v South Africans, Tour match, Colombo, July 22, 2006
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	LankaWeb News
		If anybody in the Sri Lankan Squad deserved to be chosen for the Test Matches after the most magnificient Barbados 2nd ODI it was none other than Upul Chandana who almost singlehandedly lifted the game when it seemed desolately lost for Sri Lanka and perhaps the new selectors should hang their heads in shame!
		Chandana was named Man of the Match soon after the game and certainly deserved better.
		and worthy of exposure as one reflects upon the huge stature of Chandana offset against some of the new minnows promoted to Test Status where Chandana beyond a doubt is the more deserving!
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items03/120603-1.html (162 words)

	Sri Lanka make six changes for one-day series
		All-rounder Upul Chandana and fast bowler Pulasthi Gunaratne, who played for the country during the Champions Trophy match against India in September, will also take part.
		Batsman Hashan Tillekeratne, a member of Sri Lanka's 1996 world cup winning team, wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene, fast bowlers Sujeewa de Silva, Thilina Thushara, Tharanga Lakshitha, and Ruchira Perera will return home after the second and final Test.
		The squad: Sanath Jayasuriya (captain), Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Kumar Sangakkara, Aravinda de Silva, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando, Upul Chandana, Hasantha Fernando, Pulasthi Gunaratne, Jehan Mubarak, Chamila Gamage, Prabath Nissanka, Avishka Gunawardana and Thilan Samaraweera.
	www.icricketer.com /news/16nov02/news4.shtml (231 words)

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