Full name Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera
Born April 3, 1989, Colombo
Current age 30 years 251 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings, Colts Cricket Club, Gloucestershire, Guyana Amazon Warriors, ICC World XI, Kings XI Punjab, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Melbourne Renegades, Montreal Tigers, Multan Sultans, Mumbai Indians, Quetta Gladiators, Rising Pune Supergiants, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, St Lucia Zouks, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Wayamba, World-XI
Playing role Bowling allrounder
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height 6 ft 1 in
Education St. Joseph's College, Maradana
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 6 | 10 | 0 | 203 | 75 | 20.30 | 278 | 73.02 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
ODIs | 161 | 128 | 16 | 2210 | 140 | 19.73 | 1979 | 111.67 | 1 | 10 | 165 | 83 | 61 | 0 |
T20Is | 79 | 70 | 21 | 1169 | 61 | 23.85 | 767 | 152.41 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 62 | 30 | 0 |
First-class | 33 | 52 | 6 | 1409 | 113* | 30.63 | 1633 | 86.28 | 1 | 8 | 133 | 54 | 24 | 0 |
List A | 237 | 190 | 31 | 3519 | 140 | 22.13 | 3179 | 110.69 | 2 | 14 | 262 | 140 | 85 | 0 |
T20s | 264 | 222 | 62 | 3210 | 84 | 20.06 | 2197 | 146.10 | 0 | 7 | 220 | 179 | 110 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 6 | 8 | 954 | 653 | 11 | 4/63 | 4/151 | 59.36 | 4.10 | 86.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 161 | 152 | 5711 | 5556 | 171 | 6/44 | 6/44 | 32.49 | 5.83 | 33.3 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
T20Is | 79 | 64 | 1054 | 1628 | 51 | 3/24 | 3/24 | 31.92 | 9.26 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 33 | 52 | 3590 | 2299 | 56 | 5/69 | 6/139 | 41.05 | 3.84 | 64.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
List A | 237 | 225 | 8614 | 8363 | 276 | 6/44 | 6/44 | 30.30 | 5.82 | 31.2 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
T20s | 264 | 239 | 4181 | 5977 | 227 | 5/26 | 5/26 | 26.33 | 8.57 | 18.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Test debut | England v Sri Lanka at Cardiff, May 26-30, 2011 scorecard |
Last Test | Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Pallekele, Jul 8-12, 2012 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v Sri Lanka at Kolkata, Dec 24, 2009 scorecard |
Last ODI | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Jul 26, 2019 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Providence, May 3, 2010 scorecard |
Last T20I | South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Mar 24, 2019 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | Sinhalese Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 21-23, 2008 scorecard |
Last First-class | Dambulla v Colombo at Dambulla, Apr 21-24, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | Colts Cricket Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Nov 19, 2008 scorecard |
Last List A | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Jul 26, 2019 scorecard |
T20s debut | Basnahira North v Wayamba at Colombo (Colts), Apr 17, 2008 scorecard |
Last T20s | St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v St Lucia Zouks at Basseterre, Sep 15, 2019 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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0/18, 6* | Bangla Tiger | v Qalandars | Abu Dhabi | 24 Nov 2019 | Other OD |
12*, 1/30 | Bangla Tiger | v Gladiators | Abu Dhabi | 23 Nov 2019 | Other OD |
4, 0/17 | Bangla Tiger | v Arabians | Abu Dhabi | 22 Nov 2019 | Other OD |
3, 1/23 | Bangla Tiger | v Warriors | Abu Dhabi | 20 Nov 2019 | Other OD |
2/21 | Bangla Tiger | v Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | 19 Nov 2019 | Other OD |
6, 0/28 | Bangla Tiger | v Delhi Bulls | Abu Dhabi | 18 Nov 2019 | Other OD |
0/21, 3 | Bangla Tiger | v Tuskers | Abu Dhabi | 17 Nov 2019 | Other OD |
3, 0/6 | Bangla Tiger | v Gladiators | Abu Dhabi | 16 Nov 2019 | Other OD |
5 | Zouks | v Patriots | Basseterre | 15 Sep 2019 | T20 |
1/7, 11* | Zouks | v Tallawahs | Kingston | 12 Sep 2019 | T20 |
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.