Tharanga Paranavitana

Sri Lanka

Full name Nishad Tharanga Paranavitana

Born April 15, 1982, Kegalle

Current age 36 years 161 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

Explore Tharanga Paranavitana's performance

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	203	335	32	13568	236	44.77	26370	51.45	36	64			202
List A	121	119	19	4393	118	43.93	5980	73.46	7	30			65
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	203		2824	1466	37	4/39		39.62	3.11	76.3	1
List A	121		1166	941	20	4/25	4/25	47.05	4.84	58.3	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	Kandy v Colombo at Hambantota, Apr 8-11, 2018 scorecard
List A debut	2001/02
Last List A	Saracens Sports Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Katunayake, Mar 21, 2018 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
1, 0	Kandy	v Colombo	Hambantota	8 Apr 2018	FC
6, 9	Kandy	v Dambulla	Katunayake	30 Mar 2018	FC
47	Tamil Union	v Saracens	Katunayake	21 Mar 2018	LA
1	Tamil Union	v Bloomfield	Colombo (Bloomfield)	18 Mar 2018	LA
25*	Tamil Union	v Negambo CC	Gampaha	16 Mar 2018	LA
72, 0/12	Tamil Union	v Ragama	Colombo (PSS)	14 Mar 2018	LA
118, 0/4	Tamil Union	v SL Navy	Welisara	12 Mar 2018	LA
78	Tamil Union	v KTC	Colombo (PSS)	10 Mar 2018	LA
69, 2/0, 51*	Tamil Union	v Col CC	Colombo (Colts)	7 Feb 2018	FC
76	Tamil Union	v Bloomfield	Colombo (Moors)	1 Feb 2018	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

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