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Thisara Perera

Sri Lanka

Full name Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera

Born April 3, 1989, Colombo

Current age 25 years 117 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	76	56	12	784	80*	17.81	754	103.97	0	3	57	27	27
T20Is	38	31	17	466	49	33.28	299	155.85	0	0	36	23	13
First-class	32	50	6	1389	113*	31.56	1612	86.16	1	8	131	53	23
List A	122	94	21	1468	80*	20.10	1419	103.45	0	5	105	57	44
Twenty20	115	93	35	1251	72	21.56	854	146.48	0	2	92	65	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	76	71	2881	2630	94	6/44	6/44	27.97	5.47	30.6	2	3
T20Is	38	28	430	604	23	2/19	2/19	26.26	8.42	18.6	0	0
First-class	32	50	3452	2212	55	5/69	6/139	40.21	3.84	62.7	2	1
List A	122	116	4575	4222	161	6/44	6/44	26.22	5.53	28.4	6	5
Twenty20	115	104	1833	2492	97	3/17	3/17	25.69	8.15	18.8	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	England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, May 22, 2014 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Providence, May 3, 2010 scorecard
Last T20I	England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, May 20, 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	England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, May 22, 2014 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Basnahira North v Wayamba at Colombo (Colts), Apr 17, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Yaal Blazers v Southern Express at Colombo (SSC), Jun 28, 2014 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/43, 0	SL Pres. XI	v Sth Africans	Moratuwa	3 Jul 2014	Other OD
0/23	Yaal Blazers	v Express	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jun 2014	T20
2/39, 0	Yaal Blazers	v Troopers	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jun 2014	T20
0/25, 2	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	22 May 2014	ODI # 3492
49, 1/24	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	20 May 2014	T20I # 401
2/13	Sri Lankans	v Sussex	Hove	18 May 2014	T20
29, 3/33	Sri Lankans	v Kent	Canterbury	16 May 2014	LA
0/31, 13	Sri Lankans	v Essex	Chelmsford	13 May 2014	LA
23*	Sri Lanka	v India	Dhaka	6 Apr 2014	T20I # 400
16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Chittagong	31 Mar 2014	T20I # 395

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