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Lahiru Thirimanne

Sri Lanka

Full name Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne

Born August 9, 1989, Moratuwa

Current age 29 years 252 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Kandurata Maroons, Prime Bank Cricket Club, Ragama Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Height 5 ft 10 in

Education Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	33	64	6	1328	155*	22.89	3459	38.39	1	5	130	3	19
ODIs	117	97	12	2946	139*	34.65	4130	71.33	4	20	227	24	37
T20Is	26	20	2	291	44	16.16	267	108.98	0	0	27	5	8
First-class	116	198	22	7061	168	40.11	14678	48.10	18	34	675	56	115
List A	205	178	23	5518	139*	35.60	7529	73.28	7	39	431	59	66
T20s	80	69	8	1351	70	22.14	1138	118.71	0	5	105	38	29

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	33	5	84	51	0	-	-	-	3.64	-	0	0	0
ODIs	117	4	104	94	3	2/36	2/36	31.33	5.42	34.6	0	0	0
T20Is	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	116	8	216	129	0	-	-	-	3.58	-	0	0	0
List A	205	7	120	116	4	2/36	2/36	29.00	5.80	30.0	0	0	0
T20s	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 16-20, 2011 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Port Elizabeth, Feb 21-23, 2019 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Jan 5, 2010 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Mohali, Dec 13, 2017 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Hambantota, Jun 1, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Mar 28, 2016 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Nov 14-16, 2008 scorecard
Last First-class	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Port Elizabeth, Feb 21-23, 2019 scorecard
List A debut	Colts Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Jan 14, 2009 scorecard
Last List A	Galle v Colombo at Dambulla, Apr 11, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut	Wayamba v Basnahira South at Colombo (SSC), Mar 25, 2009 scorecard
Last T20s	Galle v Kandy at Pallekele, Aug 30, 2018 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
115	Galle	v Colombo	Dambulla	11 Apr 2019	LA
6	Galle	v Colombo	Pallekele	8 Apr 2019	LA
82	Galle	v Dambulla	Dambulla	6 Apr 2019	LA
10	Galle	v Kandy	Pallekele	4 Apr 2019	LA
0	Ragama	v Sinhalese	Colombo (PSS)	15 Mar 2019	LA
9	Ragama	v Chilaw	Katunayake	12 Mar 2019	LA
29, 10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
0, 21	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
41, 30	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Canberra	1 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
12, 32	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343

Profile

An unflappable young talent with a killer cover drive, Lahiru Thirimanne came to the international landscape highly regarded by Sri Lanka's cricket elite, with Aravinda de Silva most notably among his champions. An opener by reputation, Thirimanne made his debut in early 2010 and earnt sporadic places in the national side over the next two years, but it was not until he was moved to the middle order in 2012 that he unearthed the consistency that would make him a regular at the top level.

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