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Lahiru Thirimanne

Sri Lanka

Full name Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne

Born September 8, 1989, Moratuwa

Current age 22 years 155 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Ragama Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Height 5 ft 10 in

Education Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	5	10	1	230	68	25.55	664	34.63	0	1	17	0	2
ODIs	6	5	0	126	69	25.20	134	94.02	0	1	11	0	1
First-class	50	87	9	3319	148	42.55	6749	49.17	9	17	339	24	43
List A	43	37	2	934	78	26.68	1305	71.57	0	7	83	5	12
Twenty20	12	12	1	247	70	22.45	210	117.61	0	1	24	4	7

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	5	1	6	7	0	-	-	-	7.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	50	3	66	56	0	-	-	-	5.09	-	0	0	0
List A	43	2	10	10	1	1/5	1/5	10.00	6.00	10.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 16-20, 2011 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Cape Town, Jan 3-6, 2012 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Jan 5, 2010 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Perth, Feb 8, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Nov 14-16, 2008 scorecard
Last First-class	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Cape Town, Jan 3-6, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	Colts Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Jan 14, 2009 scorecard
Last List A	India v Sri Lanka at Perth, Feb 8, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Wayamba v Basnahira South at Colombo (SSC), Mar 25, 2009 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Basnahira South v Wayamba at Moratuwa, Mar 6, 2010 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
7	Sri Lanka	v India	Perth	8 Feb 2012	ODI # 3233
24	Sri Lankans	v Vic 2nd XI	Melbourne	1 Feb 2012	Other OD
69	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Jan 2012	ODI # 3229
13	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Kimberley	20 Jan 2012	ODI # 3228
40	Sri Lankans	v Cobras XI	Brackenfell	9 Jan 2012	Other OD
23, 30	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
1, 8	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	26 Oct 2011	Test # 2011
20, 68	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011	Test # 2009
28, 0/7, 4*	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	16 Sep 2011	Test # 2008
32, 100*	SL Board XI	v Australians	Colombo (PSS)	25 Aug 2011	First-class

Profile

Lahiru Thirimanne is considered by many to be among best young all-round batsmen in the country, and he won a place in the national side for the tri-nation series in Bangladesh in January 2010. His reputation as a finisher helped in his selection.