Lahiru Thirimanne

Sri Lanka

Full name Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne

Born August 9, 1989, Moratuwa

Current age 29 years 132 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

Explore Lahiru Thirimanne's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	29	56	6	1153	155*	23.06	2989	38.57	1	5	113	3	15
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	112	190	22	6886	168	40.98	14208	48.46	18	34	658	56	111
List A	199	172	23	5296	139*	35.54	7257	72.97	6	38	412	57	62
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	29	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	112	8	216	129	0	-	-	-	3.58	-	0	0	0
List A	199	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	India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Nov 24-27, 2017 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	Ragama Cricket Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Nov 30-Dec 2, 2018 scorecard
List A debut	Colts Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Jan 14, 2009 scorecard
Last List A	Sri Lanka Board XI v England at Colombo (PSS), Oct 5, 2018 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
6, 45	Sri Lankans	v NZ XI	Napier	8 Dec 2018	Other
53	Ragama	v Nondescripts	Colombo (NCC)	30 Nov 2018	FC
3	SL Board XI	v England	Colombo (CCC)	1 Nov 2018	Other
45, 0c/0s	SL Board XI	v England	Colombo (NCC)	30 Oct 2018	Other
23	SL Board XI	v England	Colombo (PSS)	5 Oct 2018	LA
4	Kandy	v Galle	Pallekele	30 Aug 2018	T20
0	Kandy	v Colombo	Pallekele	29 Aug 2018	T20
6	Kandy	v Dambulla	Dambulla	26 Aug 2018	T20
20	Kandy	v Galle	Dambulla	25 Aug 2018	T20
50	Kandy	v Colombo	Colombo (RPS)	22 Aug 2018	T20

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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