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        <title>Sri Lanka Cricket awards central contracts to 41 male players </title>
        <description>Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Danushka Gunathilaka, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Thirimanne among the players dropped from the list </description>
        
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 15:28:58 GMT</pubDate>
        


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        <title>Lahiru Thirimanne hospitalised after car crash in Anuradhapura</title>
        <description>The exact nature of his injury is not understood yet, but he is presently in stable condition</description>
        
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:44:07 GMT</pubDate>
        


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        <title>Lahiru Thirimanne announces retirement from international cricket</title>
        <description>The 33-year-old was part of the Sri Lankan side that won the T20 World Cup in 2014</description>
        
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:47:53 GMT</pubDate>
        


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        <title>Mendis, Dickwella and Thirimanne return to Sri Lanka Test squad</title>
        <description>Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay has also been included in the squad, which is without the injured Ramesh Mendis</description>
        
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
        


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        <title>Sri Lanka pick Asalanka, Bhanuka for West Indies Tests</title>
        <description>Thirimanne opts out; Mathews, Chandimal part of 22-member squad that has four uncapped players</description>
        
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2021 03:05:08 GMT</pubDate>
        


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        <title>Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne centuries deflate Bangladesh on opening day</title>
        <description>Bangladesh paid the price for dropping Karunaratne on 28, before debutant Shoriful Islam got him for 118</description>
        
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT</pubDate>
        


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        <title>Mickey Arthur, Lahiru Thirimanne test positive for Covid-19</title>
        <description>Development might force Sri Lanka to reschedule their planned tour of the West Indies</description>
        
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT</pubDate>
        


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        <title>Rishabh Pant moves up to 13th in Test rankings; Joe Root back in top five</title>
        <description>Marnus Labuschagne, meanwhile, moved past Virat Kohli to take the third spot</description>
        
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        <title>England face nervy final day after Jack Leach battles to five-for</title>
        <description>Hectic last hour leaves England needing 36 with seven wickets in hand</description>
        
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        <title>Sri Lanka will hope Lahiru Thirimanne can live up to early expectations, right now </title>
        <description>On 76* opener has the chance to do something truly monumental</description>
        
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        <title>Joe Root posts majestic 228 but Lahiru Thirimanne stands firm to give SL hope of saving Test</title>
        <description>Thirimanne 76* as hosts show much-improved batting performance</description>
        
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        <title>Kusal Perera included for England Tests despite finger injury</title>
        <description>Lahiru Thirimanne dropped, injured Wanindu Hasaranga included as 16th member</description>
        
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        <title>Thirimanne, Shanaka to lead Sri Lanka in Pakistan</title>
        <description>Gunathilaka and Sandakan make ODI comebacks after missing Bangladesh series; Rajapaksa and Banuka uncapped members in tour party</description>
        
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        <title>Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne fifties lead Sri Lanka's victory push</title>
        <description>Sri Lanka took a giant stride towards chasing down 268 with a wicketless post-lunch session from their openers on the fourth day</description>
        
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        <title>Thirimanne, Siriwardana, Vandersay picked in World Cup squad</title>
        <description>Not selected, meanwhile, are wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella, offspinner Akila Dananjaya, openers Danushka Gunathilaka and Upul Tharanga, as well as Dinesh Chandimal</description>
        
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        <title>Lahiru Thirimanne stakes World Cup claim with 115 in one-day final</title>
        <description>The second half of the final was washed out, denying the selectors a proper look at the fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera</description>
        
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        <title>Hope to give confidence to Thirimanne, Samarawickrama - SLC selector</title>
        <description>'We feel they have the potential to be important members of Sri Lanka cricket in the future,' Ashantha de Mel said of the batsmen, who are part of an extended 17-member squad</description>
        
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        <title>Karunaratne to captain Sri Lanka A in Bangladesh</title>
        <description>Karunaratne, who was ruled out of the ongoing tour of the West Indies with a broken finger, will return to action with the Sri Lanka A squad, which also features Dasun Shanaka, Lahiru Thirimanne and Lakshan Sandakan</description>
        
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        <title>SL cricketers to undergo special training programme</title>
        <description>Sri Lanka Cricket has organised the special training programme featuring 23 ODI cricketers, to allow Chandika Hathurusingha to have &quot;quality time&quot; with the preliminary squad </description>
        
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        <title>Sri Lanka well placed to take first-innings lead</title>
        <description>Half-centuries from Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne - in tough batting conditions - frustrated India after they were bowled out for 172 on the third day in Kolkata</description>
        
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        <title>Bumrah five-for, Rohit ton secure series win for India</title>
        <description>India took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series after their six-wicket win on an evening that was marred by crowd trouble</description>
        
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        <title>SL bring Chandimal, Thirimanne in place of Gunathilaka, Tharanga</title>
        <description>The two batsmen have been brought in for the remainder of the ODI series after Danushka Gunathilaka was ruled out due to a shoulder injury and Upul Tharanga was suspended for two matches</description>
        
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        <title>Lahiru Thirimanne returns for SSC Test</title>
        <description>Batsman Lahiru Thirimanne has been recalled to the squad for the second Test against India, 13 months after he last played for Sri Lanka</description>
        
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        <title>Thirimanne needs break from cricket - Gunawardene</title>
        <description>The Sri Lanka A coach believes Thirimanne's problem's aren't technical, but simply a lack of confidence</description>
        
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        <title>Karunaratne, Thirimanne in Sri Lanka A squad</title>
        <description>Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne have been named in the Sri Lanka A squad for the first two four-day games at home against West Indies A</description>
        
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        <description>Ishant Sharma Dhammika Prasad, Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne have been charged by the ICC for their roles in several angry exchanges during the fourth day of the SSC Test</description>
        
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        <description>Sri Lanka have invested in a few startups in the last few years and Lahiru Thirimanne was among the promising ventures that impressed in domestic cricket, but there has been some frustration in the years since</description>
        
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        <title>Five uncapped players in SL squad for Pakistan T20s</title>
        <description>Sri Lanka have picked five uncapped players - Binura Fernando, Dasun Shanaka, Jeffrey Vandersay, Shehan Jayasuriya and Dhananjaya D'Silva - in their Twenty20 squad for the forthcoming two-match series against Pakistan</description>
        
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        <description>England captain Eoin Morgan laid the blame for his team's nine-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka squarely at the feet of the side's performance in the field</description>
        
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        <title>Sangakkara, Thirimanne thrash England</title>
        <description>Sri Lanka made a chase of 310 seem like a weekend stroll in the park as Kumar Sangakkara unfurled a majestic hundred, his second of the tournament, alongside Lahiru Thirimanne's fourth ODI ton</description>
        
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        <description>In the years since Lahiru Thirimanne debuted as an ODI opener in 2010, he has batted everywhere in the order from No. 1 to No. 8, and now he's back at the top of the order</description>
        
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        <title>Kandamby set for Sri Lanka comeback</title>
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        <description>Lahiru Thirimanne, Sri Lanka vice-captain, suggested he would continue to bat in the lower middle order until the World Cup, despite having tasted his greatest successes higher up the order.</description>
        
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        <title>Batsmen power Sri Lanka A victory</title>
        <description>Fifties from Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal and Thilina Kandamby set up Sri Lanka A's six-run win (D/L method) in a rain-hit game against West Indies A at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium</description>
        
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        <title>Karunaratne ton powers Sri Lanka A</title>
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        <title>Silva and Thirimanne flay weak Northants</title>
        <description>Wantage Road provided an atmosphere far removed from the tension that surrounded the end of the one-day series as the Sri Lankans slotted into Test preparation ahead of Lord's next week</description>
        
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        <title>Mathews at loss to explain collapse</title>
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        <title>SL future glows brighter in victory</title>
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        <title>Jayawardene plays down Farbrace impact</title>
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        <description>Sri Lanka chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya made a resounding endorsement of Lahiru Thirimanne's temperament and talent, one day after his panel had appointed the 24-year-old batsman vice-captain across all formats</description>
        
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        <title>Sri Lanka book another final spot; holders out</title>
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        <title>Moors tie with Tamil Union on rain-hit opening day</title>
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        <title>Sri Lanka A quicks prosper on first day</title>
        <description>Sri Lanka A's fast bowlers enjoyed a fine day at Sinhalese Sports Club, sharing eight wickets to dismiss Development XI to 265 on day one of the second four-dayer of the tri-series</description>
        
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        <title>Who will replace Dilshan?</title>
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        <title>SLC domestic tournament replaces Zimbabwe tour</title>
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        <title>'Best team Sri Lanka have sent' - Thirimanne</title>
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        <title>SLC confirms provincial T20 tournament </title>
        <description>The four-team provincial Twenty20 tournament that replaces this year's cancelled Sri Lanka Premier League, will run from August 10 to 17</description>
        
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        <title>Dominant Sri Lanka make it 4-1</title>
        <description>South Africa suffered a fifth successive sub-standard batting performance in Sri Lanka to concede the final match in the series - a dead rubber - to opposition who have shown their superiority</description>
        
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        <description>Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has backed young batsmen Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne to deliver in the home series against South Africa</description>
        
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        <title>Sri Lanka hold their nerve to reach semi-final</title>
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        <title>Sangakkara issues challenge to new generation</title>
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        <description>Lahiru Thirimanne anchored a comfortable chase on a tacky pitch as Sri Lanka levelled the ODI series against Australia in the second match at Adelaide Oval</description>
        
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        <title>Sri Lanka undone by inconsistency - Ford</title>
        <description>Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford said his side had positives to take from a 3-0
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        <title>India rise to No. 2 with narrow win</title>
        <description>It was a low-key series that was overshadowed by the Olympics, but there was a dramatic change in the rankings as India climbed up to No. 2 after shutting out Sri Lanka 4-1</description>
        
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        <title>Seamers set up comfortable win for Pakistan</title>
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        <description>Virender Sehwag has said R Ashwin had warned Lahiru Thirimanne before running him out for backing up too much before the ball was bowled</description>
        
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