Tharanga Paranavitana

Sri Lanka

Full name Nishad Tharanga Paranavitana

Born April 15, 1982, Kegalle

Current age 37 years 319 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	217	354	35	14696	236	46.06	28468	51.62	40	67			215
List A	129	127	20	4519	118	42.23	6195	72.94	7	30			68
T20s	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	217		2890	1501	37	4/39		40.56	3.11	78.1	1
List A	129		1178	952	20	4/25	4/25	47.60	4.84	58.9	1
T20s	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	Ragama Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (NCC), Feb 21-23, 2020 scorecard
List A debut	2001/02
Last List A	Sinhalese Sports Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (NCC), Dec 28, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut	Colombo Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Oct 16, 2005 scorecard
Last T20s	Wayamba United v Kandurata Warriors at Colombo (RPS), Aug 24, 2012 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
35, 0/10	Tamil Union	v Ragama	Colombo (NCC)	21 Feb 2020	FC
92, 0/6	Tamil Union	v Lankan CC	Colombo (CCC)	16 Feb 2020	FC
45, 15	Tamil Union	v Chilaw	Colombo (PSS)	7 Feb 2020	FC
10	Tamil Union	v Saracens	Colombo (PSS)	31 Jan 2020	FC
15	Tamil Union	v Sinhalese	Colombo (NCC)	28 Dec 2019	LA
30	Tamil Union	v Moors	Colombo (PSS)	19 Dec 2019	LA
0/11, 33*	Tamil Union	v Ragama	Colombo (PSS)	17 Dec 2019	LA
11	Tamil Union	v Nugegoda SWC	Colombo (PSS)	15 Dec 2019	LA
3	Tamil Union	v SL Air SC	Colombo (PSS)	14 Dec 2019	LA
8	Tamil Union	v Kurunegala Y	Kurunegala	10 Mar 2019	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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