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World Cup 2015: Sri Lanka

Thisara seeks bowling mojo at 'lucky' MCG

Feb 24, 2015: The past year has seen Thisara Perera vacillate between extremes of performance. The challenge to him, as for his team, is to rediscover the powers that saw them burn so brightly in parts of 2014

World Cup 2015

Thisara important to team balance - Mahela

Feb 21, 2015: Mahela Jayawardene has marked out allrounder Thisara Perera as a key man in Sri Lanka's World Cup campaign, labelling him a "match-winner" and a player that can bring balance to the XI

'No one gives us any chance in any tournament'

Feb 21, 2015: Mahela Jayawardene talks about Sri Lanka's struggles so far in the World Cup, and why their batsmen take as long to bloom as they do

Sri Lanka v England, 1st ODI, Colombo

Dilshan, Thisara fined for Level 1 breaches

Nov 27, 2014: Tillakaratne Dilshan has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for excessive appealing during the first ODI against England, while Thisara Perera has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for a separate incident

Kings XI Punjab v Hobart Hurricanes, CLT20, Group B, Mohali

Kings XI show batting depth in victory

Sep 18, 2014: Making his debut for Kings XI Punjab, Thisara Perera was the match-winner with ball and bat in a five-wicket win over Hobart Hurricanes

Sri Lanka news

Jayasuriya outlines key role for Thisara Perera

Aug 31, 2014: Sanath Jayasuriya praised allrounder Thisara Perera for his comeback to ODI cricket and said that he could fill the important role of a fast-bowling allrounder for Sri Lanka in the lead to the World Cup

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 3rd ODI, Dambulla

Thisara will be major part of World Cup squad - Mathews

Aug 30, 2014: For months Sri Lanka's selectors and captain have been speaking of developing pace stocks for the World Cup, and they appear to have lurched closer to that goal in the series against Pakistan

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 3rd ODI, Dambulla

Sri Lanka seamers rout Pakistan to seal series win

Aug 30, 2014: Pakistan's batsmen simply didn't show up for the series decider, as Sri Lanka shot them out for 102 before chasing down their target in 18.2 overs

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd ODI, Hambantota

Mathews - 0 hundreds, 22 fifties

Aug 26, 2014: A stats review of the second ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Hambantota

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd ODI, Hambantota

Sri Lanka defend 310 to square series

Aug 26, 2014: After half-centuries from Angelo Mathews, Mahela Jayawardene and Thisara Perera lifted Sri Lanka to 310, the spinners throttled Pakistan's chase

Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI v Pakistanis, Moratuwa

All-round Thisara powers President's XI win

Aug 20, 2014: Thisara Perera struck a brisk half-century and then took two wickets to help Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI beat Pakistanis by 13 runs according to the D/L method

Caribbean Premier League 2014

Shah, Dunk among four CPL replacements

Jul 10, 2014: Owais Shah and Ben Dunk have been signed as replacements for Ahmed Shehzad and Thisara Perera in the Caribbean Premier League

Sri Lanka A in England and Ireland 2014

Tharanga to lead Sri Lanka A in England

Jun 25, 2014: Upul Tharanga, who has been in and out of the Sri Lanka limited-overs outfit, was named captain of a 16-man A squad which tours England and Ireland in July

England v Sri Lanka, T20, The Oval

Gurney gets himself off the mark

May 20, 2014: ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from The Oval

England v Sri Lanka, T20, The Oval

Thisara, Malinga script Sri Lanka win

May 20, 2014: The world champions, Sri Lanka, began their T20 life without Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara by securing a nine-run victory at The Oval

Sri Lanka in Ireland 2014

Eranga replaces Thisara for Ireland ODIs

May 3, 2014: Sri Lanka have called up fast bowler Shaminda Eranga to their squad for two ODIs against Ireland after Thisara Perera failed to get a visa approved in time

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Mirpur

'Absolutely terrific' Thisara delivers again

Feb 17, 2014: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews called Perera's match-changing 80 not out "absolutely brilliant" and praised Perera's all-round abilities

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Mirpur

Sri Lanka fight back to win from 67 for 8

Feb 17, 2014: Two spectacular batting collapses adorned the first ODI, in which Sri Lanka fought back first with the bat and then with the ball to take a tense victory

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 2nd T20, Chittagong

Sri Lanka take series after another final-ball win

Feb 14, 2014: Sri Lanka sealed the two-match Twenty20 series 2-0 after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in Chittagong

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Dubai, 3rd day

Sri Lanka still rough around the edges

Jan 10, 2014: Sri Lanka have the ingredients of a fine Test team but a little all-round dynamism might make the end product more appetising