Thisara Perera      

Full name Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera

Born April 3, 1989, Colombo

Current age 22 years 315 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings, Colts Cricket Club, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19s, 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 St
Tests 5 9 0 128 30 14.22 192 66.66 0 0 17 1 0 0
ODIs 28 22 4 319 69* 17.72 276 115.57 0 1 24 11 10 0
T20Is 10 8 3 83 24 16.60 61 136.06 0 0 5 5 4 0
First-class 22 37 6 975 113* 31.45 1135 85.90 1 5 91 38 10 0
List A 67 53 12 883 69* 21.53 827 106.77 0 3 62 38 25 0
Twenty20 46 35 12 265 30* 11.52 221 119.90 0 0 20 12 18 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 5 6 696 502 7 3/114 3/114 71.71 4.32 99.4 0 0 0
ODIs 28 27 1126 990 40 5/28 5/28 24.75 5.27 28.1 0 2 0
T20Is 10 9 150 184 7 2/19 2/19 26.28 7.36 21.4 0 0 0
First-class 22 33 2471 1575 38 5/69 6/139 41.44 3.82 65.0 1 1 0
List A 67 65 2509 2305 94 5/28 5/28 24.52 5.51 26.6 3 4 0
Twenty20 46 45 809 1011 45 3/17 3/17 22.46 7.49 17.9 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut England v Sri Lanka at Cardiff, May 26-30, 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 Kolkata, Dec 24, 2009 scorecard
Last ODI India v Sri Lanka at Perth, Feb 8, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Providence, May 3, 2010 scorecard
Last T20I Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, Nov 25, 2011 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut Sinhalese Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 21-23, 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 Moors Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Nov 19, 2008 scorecard
Last List A India v Sri Lanka at Perth, Feb 8, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Basnahira North v Wayamba at Colombo (Colts), Apr 17, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, Nov 25, 2011 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
7, 1/37 Sri Lanka v India Perth 8 Feb 2012 ODI # 3233
2/24, 5 Sri Lankans v Vic 2nd XI Melbourne 1 Feb 2012 Other OD
0/64, 2 Sri Lanka v South Africa Johannesburg 22 Jan 2012 ODI # 3229
2/34, 69* Sri Lanka v South Africa Kimberley 20 Jan 2012 ODI # 3228
0*, 0/18 Sri Lankans v Cobras XI Brackenfell 9 Jan 2012 Other OD
0/131, 5, 30 Sri Lanka v South Africa Cape Town 3 Jan 2012 Test # 2028
12, 1/27, 12, 1/48 Sri Lanka v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2011 Test # 2026
1, 3/114, 21 Sri Lanka v South Africa Centurion 15 Dec 2011 Test # 2023
0, 1/26 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 25 Nov 2011 T20I # 215
25, 0/32 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 23 Nov 2011 ODI # 3216
Profile

An attacking batting allrounder, Thissara Perera began his career primarily as a bowler, opening the bowling for the Under-19s. He turned in noteworthy performances in the tri-nation tournament in Sri Lanka in July 2007 and in the youth Test against India in Colombo the following month. Those performances earned him a call-up to the U-19 squad for the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. He received his maiden national call-up during Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009 as an emergency replacement for Angelo Mathews. His aggressive batting in an ODI against India in Mirpur helped Sri Lanka pull off a win in a pressure situation. It quickly led to an IPL contract when he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for $50,000. His ambition is to remain associated with the game by taking up coaching.
Cricinfo Staff January 2010

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Latest Photos

Feb 8, 2012

MS Dhoni stumps Thisara Perera off R Ashwin's bowling, India v Sri Lanka, CB Series, 2nd ODI, Perth, February 8, 2012

MS Dhoni stumps Thisara Perera off R Ashwin's bowling

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Jan 20, 2012

Thisara Perera was named Man of the Match, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 4th ODI, Kimberley, January 20, 2012

Thisara Perera was named Man of the Match

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Jan 20, 2012

Thisara Perera pulls during his unbeaten 69, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 4th ODI, Kimberley, January 20, 2012

Thisara Perera pulls during his unbeaten 69

© AFP

Country Fixtures Country Results
Badureliya v Moors at Maggona - Feb 10-12
Badureliya 302 & 170/1 Moors 299
Col CC v Kurunegala Y at Colombo (CCC) - Feb 10-12
Kurunegala Y 303 & 27/0 Col CC 131 & 396/8d (f/o)
Nondescripts v Tamil Union at Colombo (NCC) - Feb 10-12
Nondescripts 315 & 140/4 Tamil Union 414
Ragama v Bloomfield at Colombo (Bloomfield) - Feb 10-12
Bloomfield 315 & 308/7d Ragama 191 & 230/8
Sinhalese v Chilaw at Colombo (SSC) - Feb 10-12
Chilaw 425 Sinhalese 430/5
SL Air SC v Burgher at Colombo (Riffle) - Feb 10-12
SL Air SC 282 & 303 Burgher 201 & 22/0
SL Navy v Panadura at Welisara - Feb 10-12
SL Navy 326 & 146/6 Panadura 233
SLPACC v SL Army at Hambantota - Feb 10-12
SLPACC 274 SL Army 249/5
Saracens v Police SC at Colombo (Police) - Feb 12-14
Saracens 130/3
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