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BAN v SL (1)
WPL (1)
AFG v IRE (1)
PSL 2024 (2)
WI 4-Day (4)
Scotland in United Arab Emirates (1)
Ranji Trophy (1)

Full Name

Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera

Born

April 03, 1989, Colombo

Age

34y 347d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowling Allrounder

Height

6ft 1in

Education

St. Joseph's College, Maradana

A bustling right-arm seamer and sporadically effective left-handed hitter, Thisara Perera has been been in Sri Lanka's short-format sides since 2010. Bowling is ostensibly Perera's major skill but, often deployed in the lower-middle order, he is also capable of delivering furious finishes to an innings. Perera is particularly severe on spin, which has led to his being used as a pinch-hitter through the middle overs, but he has at times also been weak to quality pace bowling.

He is the kind of player for whom form in one discipline usually bleeds into the other. Dropped for the limited-overs series against South Africa in July 2014, but roared back in the following ODI series against Pakistan, getting his bowling and his hitting in order. He struck 78 runs at a rate of 169.56 and claimed a series-high nine wickets at an average of 10.66.

Perera has also done well with bat and ball on previous tours to Australia, and has often been at his best against India, memorably slamming the straight six that completed Sri Lanka's World T20 triumph in 2014. His more recent years have been beset by inconsistency but Perera continues to command a place in the side. He has hat-tricks in both ODIs and T20s.

Perera began his schooling at St Anthony's, Wattala, before accepting a scholarship to join St Joseph's College. It turned out to be a productive move as he teamed up with Angelo Mathews and produced many noteworthy performances in the thriving schools cricket scene. Perera played a key role in helping his school break the hoodoo in the Battle of the Saints (against St Peters College) that lasted more than 35 years. He received his maiden national call-up during Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009 as an emergency replacement for Mathews.

That quickly led to an IPL contract, as he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for $50,000, and he has been one of the few Sri Lanka players to consistently find employment in the competition.
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Thisara Perera Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests68954653114/634/15159.364.1086.7100
ODIs166157590057401756/446/4432.805.8333.7540
T20Is846711021717513/243/2433.669.3421.6000
FC345235902299565/696/13941.053.8464.1210
List A282245908587462866/446/4430.585.7731.71170
T20s364306516674052765/265/2626.828.6018.7120

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests61002037520.3027873.020121410
ODIs16613316233814019.982086112.0811017684620
T20Is84742212046123.15794151.63038864300
FC345471437113*30.57166386.411813455240
List A28222736458914024.024103111.84222336183990
T20s36430185454997*21.063014150.920123292531540
Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera

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Photos of Thisara Perera

Wanindu Hasaranga was too good for Thisara Perera and Co
B-Love Kandy struck early blows to dent Jaffna Kings
Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and elected to field against Jaffna Kings
Thisara Perera celebrates with Nishan Madushka
Thisara Perera celebrates a wicket with his team-mates
Thisara Perera celebrates with his team-mates