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Tharanga Paranavitana

Sri Lanka

Full name Nishad Tharanga Paranavitana

Born April 15, 1982, Kegalle

Current age 31 years 37 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, 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	154	255	25	10086	236	43.85	19484	51.76	26	44			155
List A	92	91	12	3259	116*	41.25	4569	71.32	5	22			51
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	154		2195	1114	30	4/39		37.13	3.04	73.1	1
List A	92		944	740	14	4/25	4/25	52.85	4.70	67.4	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	Moors Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Apr 5-8, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	2001/02
Last List A	Kandurata-Uva Combined v Wayamba at Colombo (Moors), Jan 25, 2013 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
25, 32	Sinhalese	v Moors	Colombo (SSC)	5 Apr 2013	FC
7	Sinhalese	v Tamil Union	Colombo (SSC)	30 Mar 2013	FC
132*	Sinhalese	v Galle CC	Colombo (SSC)	25 Mar 2013	FC
9	Sinhalese	v Kurunegala Y	Kurunegala	15 Mar 2013	FC
57, 105*	Sinhalese	v Col CC	Colombo (CCC)	8 Mar 2013	FC
55	Sinhalese	v SLPACC	Colombo (NCC)	1 Mar 2013	FC
70, 57	Sinhalese	v Nondescripts	Colombo (SSC)	15 Feb 2013	FC
0/8, 13, 33	Sinhalese	v Badureliya	Colombo (SSC)	8 Feb 2013	FC
49, 0/24, 44*	Sinhalese	v Chilaw	Colombo (SSC)	1 Feb 2013	FC
6	Kandurata-Uv	v Wayamba	Colombo (Moors)	25 Jan 2013	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