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Thisara Perera

Sri Lanka

Full name Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera

Born April 3, 1989, Colombo

Current age 25 years 15 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings, Colts Cricket Club, Kings XI Punjab, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Mumbai Indians, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Wayamba

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Height 6 ft 1 in

Education St. Joseph's College, Maradana

Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	6	10	0	203	75	20.30	278	73.02	0	1	21	4	1
ODIs	75	55	12	782	80*	18.18	748	104.54	0	3	57	27	27
T20Is	37	30	17	417	35*	32.07	279	149.46	0	0	29	21	13
First-class	32	50	6	1389	113*	31.56	1612	86.16	1	8	131	53	23
List A	119	91	21	1424	80*	20.34	1381	103.11	0	5	103	55	42
Twenty20	111	91	35	1202	72	21.46	833	144.29	0	2	85	63	42

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	6	8	954	653	11	4/63	4/151	59.36	4.10	86.7	1	0
ODIs	75	70	2863	2605	94	6/44	6/44	27.71	5.45	30.4	2	3
T20Is	37	27	412	580	22	2/19	2/19	26.36	8.44	18.7	0	0
First-class	32	50	3452	2212	55	5/69	6/139	40.21	3.84	62.7	2	1
List A	119	113	4491	4133	158	6/44	6/44	26.15	5.52	28.4	6	5
Twenty20	111	100	1755	2393	92	3/17	3/17	26.01	8.18	19.0	0	0

Career statistics

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	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Mar 8, 2014 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Providence, May 3, 2010 scorecard
Last T20I	India v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Apr 6, 2014 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Sinhalese Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 21-23, 2008 scorecard
Last First-class	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Jan 31-Feb 2, 2014 scorecard
List A debut	Colts Cricket Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Nov 19, 2008 scorecard
Last List A	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Mar 8, 2014 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Basnahira North v Wayamba at Colombo (Colts), Apr 17, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20	India v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Apr 6, 2014 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
23*	Sri Lanka	v India	Dhaka	6 Apr 2014	T20I # 400
16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Chittagong	31 Mar 2014	T20I # 395
23*, 0/14	Sri Lanka	v England	Chittagong	27 Mar 2014	T20I # 387
-	Sri Lanka	v Netherlands	Chittagong	24 Mar 2014	T20I # 384
8, 0/18	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Chittagong	22 Mar 2014	T20I # 379
0/14, 0	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Dhaka	19 Mar 2014	Other T20
18*, 0/8	Sri Lanka	v India	Dhaka	17 Mar 2014	Other T20
0/66	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dhaka	8 Mar 2014	ODI # 3486
2/29, 15	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	6 Mar 2014	ODI # 3485
19*, 3/29	Sri Lanka	v Afghanistan	Dhaka	3 Mar 2014	ODI # 3481

Profile

An attacking allrounder, Thisara 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. Perera received his maiden national call-up during Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009 as an emergency replacement, ironically, for Mathews. It quickly led to an IPL contract when he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for $50,000. Perera is fast establishing himself as one of Sri Lanka's key 'impact' players, capable of clearing the ropes and breaking partnerships with his nippy seam bowling. During the home one-dayers against Pakistan in 2012, he became the fourth Sri Lankan bowler to take a hat-trick in ODIs.
Cricinfo Staff June 2012