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Tharanga Paranavitana      

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Full name Nishad Tharanga Paranavitana

Born April 15, 1982, Kegalle

Current age 29 years 304 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

Nishad Tharanga Paranavitana
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 27 50 4 1543 111 33.54 3660 42.15 2 10 180 2 21 0
First-class 135 224 21 8792 236 43.31 17058 51.54 23 39 137 0
List A 89 88 12 3216 116* 42.31 4495 71.54 5 22 50 0
Twenty20 27 27 2 628 67* 25.12 479 131.10 0 5 70 19 11 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 27 6 102 86 1 1/26 1/26 86.00 5.05 102.0 0 0 0
First-class 135 1727 875 22 4/39 39.77 3.03 78.5 1 0 0
List A 89 856 665 14 4/25 4/25 47.50 4.66 61.1 1 0 0
Twenty20 27 13 96 117 4 1/3 1/3 29.25 7.31 24.0 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Feb 21-25, 2009 scorecard
Last Test South Africa v Sri Lanka at Durban, Dec 26-29, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut 2001/02
Last First-class Sinhalese Sports Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Feb 10-12, 2012 scorecard
List A debut 2001/02
Last List A Nondescripts Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Dec 4, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Colombo Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Oct 16, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Kandurata v Ruhuna at Colombo (RPS), Jul 30, 2011 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
0/20, 93 Sinhalese v Chilaw Colombo (SSC) 10 Feb 2012 First-class
36, 0/2, 11 Sinhalese v Moors Colombo (Moors) 5 Feb 2012 First-class
0/9, 216 Sinhalese v Tamil Union Colombo (PSS) 20 Jan 2012 First-class
12, 9 Sri Lanka v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2011 Test # 2026
32, 4 Sri Lanka v South Africa Centurion 15 Dec 2011 Test # 2023
100 Sri Lankans v SAf Invit XI Benoni 9 Dec 2011 First-class
35, 0/19 Sinhalese v Nondescripts Colombo (NCC) 4 Dec 2011 List A
4, 76* Sri Lanka v Pakistan Sharjah 3 Nov 2011 Test # 2014
6, 72 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 26 Oct 2011 Test # 2011
37, 0 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011 Test # 2009
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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Dec 28, 2011

South Africa celebrate the fall of Tharanga Paranavitana, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Durban, 3rd day, December 28, 2011

South Africa celebrate the fall of Tharanga Paranavitana

© AFP

Dec 26, 2011

A rueful Tharanga Paranavitana walks off, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Durban, 1st day, December 26, 2011

A rueful Tharanga Paranavitana walks off

© AFP

Dec 26, 2011

Tharanga Paranavitana tries to avoid a short delivery, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Durban, 1st day, December 26, 2011

Tharanga Paranavitana tries to avoid a short delivery

© AFP

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