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Tharanga Paranavitana

Sri Lanka

Full name Nishad Tharanga Paranavitana

Born April 15, 1982, Kegalle

Current age 32 years 9 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	164	270	25	10794	236	44.05	20879	51.69	28	48			169
List A	99	98	12	3522	116*	40.95	4964	70.95	5	25			54
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	164		2460	1269	32	4/39		39.65	3.09	76.8	1
List A	99		1058	822	18	4/25	4/25	45.66	4.66	58.7	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	Sinhalese Sports Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club at Panagoda, Apr 3-6, 2014 scorecard
List A debut	2001/02
Last List A	Gazi Tank Cricketers v Abahani Limited at Fatullah, Oct 7, 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
24, 0/18	Sinhalese	v Nondescripts	Panagoda	3 Apr 2014	FC
0/39, 72, 0/0	Sinhalese	v Moors	Colombo (NCC)	20 Mar 2014	FC
88, 2/50, 20	Sinhalese	v Col CC	Colombo (PSS)	13 Mar 2014	FC
30, 0/0	Sinhalese	v SL Army	Colombo (Moors)	6 Mar 2014	FC
18, 114	Sinhalese	v Tamil Union	Colombo (PSS)	21 Feb 2014	FC
61, 10	Sinhalese	v Panadura	Colombo (SSC)	14 Feb 2014	FC
151, 0/48	Sinhalese	v Bloomfield	Colombo (SSC)	7 Feb 2014	FC
59, 14	Sinhalese	v SLPACC	Colombo (SSC)	31 Jan 2014	FC
14	Sinhalese	v Chilaw	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jan 2014	FC
31, 2	Sinhalese	v Ragama	Colombo (SSC)	17 Jan 2014	FC

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