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Tharanga Paranavitana

Sri Lanka

Full name Nishad Tharanga Paranavitana

Born April 15, 1982, Kegalle

Current age 34 years 167 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Abahani Limited, Kandurata, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A

Playing role Opening batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	32	60	5	1792	111	32.58	4274	41.92	2	11	206	5	27
First-class	183	301	31	12351	236	45.74	23862	51.76	33	55			188
List A	111	109	16	3905	116*	41.98	5369	72.73	6	27			61
Twenty20	29	29	2	642	67*	23.77	496	129.43	0	5	72	19	12

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	32	6	102	86	1	1/26	1/26	86.00	5.05	102.0	0
First-class	183		2562	1342	33	4/39		40.66	3.14	77.6	1
List A	111		1154	925	20	4/25	4/25	46.25	4.80	57.7	1
Twenty20	29	13	96	117	4	1/3	1/3	29.25	7.31	24.0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Feb 21-25, 2009 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (PSS), Nov 25-29, 2012 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut	2001/02
Last First-class	Galle Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Colts), Mar 3-5, 2016 scorecard
List A debut	2001/02
Last List A	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (NCC), Dec 15, 2015 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colombo Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Oct 16, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Wayamba United v Kandurata Warriors at Colombo (RPS), Aug 24, 2012 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
7, 67*	Tamil Union	v Galle CC	Colombo (Colts)	3 Mar 2016	FC
11, 73	Tamil Union	v Colts	Colombo (Moors)	25 Feb 2016	FC
31, 75	Tamil Union	v Nondescripts	Colombo (RPS)	18 Feb 2016	FC
35, 132	Tamil Union	v Sinhalese	Colombo (Moors)	11 Feb 2016	FC
117, 150*	Tamil Union	v Chilaw	Colombo (PSS)	15 Jan 2016	FC
91, 6*	Tamil Union	v Saracens	Mattegoda	8 Jan 2016	FC
4, 34*	Tamil Union	v Ragama	Colombo (PSS)	2 Jan 2016	FC
38, 15*	Tamil Union	v SLPACC	Colombo (Colts)	26 Dec 2015	FC
67	Tamil Union	v Moors	Colombo (PSS)	18 Dec 2015	FC
0/33, 42	Tamil Union	v Nondescripts	Colombo (NCC)	15 Dec 2015	LA

Profile

Tharanga Paranavitana is a tall, upright opening batsman who came into prominence during the Emerging Team Trophy in Sri Lanka in 2003. A run of consistent scores on the domestic scene followed, but it was Paranavitana's career-best 236 off 392 balls that helped Sinhalese SC clinch the 2007-08 Premier League Tier A title which furthered his opportunities at the international level. He made three hundreds during SSC's successful campaign and finished as the leading run-getter for the season with 893 runs at 74.41, and followed up with a century and two half-centuries in the unofficial Tests that Sri Lanka A played in South Africa. Named after that tour by coach Chandika Hathurusingha as a future prospect for Sri Lanka, Paranavitana earned a maiden Test cap in Pakistan in early 2009.
Cricinfo staff July 2009

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