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Malinda Warnapura

Sri Lanka

Full name Basnayake Shalith Malinda Warnapura

Born May 26, 1979, Colombo

Current age 30 years 183 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Burgher Recreation Club, Colombo Cricket Club, Colts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A

Also known as Mali

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Relation Uncle - B Warnapura

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	14	24	1	821	120	35.69	1412	58.14	2	7	98	2	14
ODIs	3	3	0	35	30	11.66	76	46.05	0	0	5	0	3
First-class	148	224	22	7183	242	35.55			16	36			100
List A	111	96	15	2316	104*	28.59			3	8			43
Twenty20	12	12	1	139	53	12.63	137	101.45	0	1	11	4	4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	14	1	54	40	0	-	-	-	4.44	-	0	0	0
ODIs	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	148		6920	3273	118	6/22		27.73	2.83	58.6		4	0
List A	111		2234	1598	69	5/33	5/33	23.15	4.29	32.3	2	1	0
Twenty20	12	5	79	93	5	3/19	3/19	18.60	7.06	15.8	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), Jun 25-28, 2007 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), Jul 20-24, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 20, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 29, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1998/99
Last First-class	Sri Lanka Army Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Panagoda, Nov 13-15, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1997/98
Last List A	Moors Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Nov 4, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colts Cricket Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Oct 8, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Basnahira South v Kandurata at Colombo (PSS), Mar 26, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Despite his cricketing pedigree, Malinda Warnapura has taken his time to press forward his case for national recognition. Having begun his first-class career in 1998-99, it was not until 2006 that he really made his mark. The tour to India with Sri Lanka A to participate in the Duleep trophy saw this elegant left-hand middle-order batsman blossom. He finished the three-match tournament with an aggregate of 421 runs, at 105.25, which included two successive undefeated centuries at Eden Gardens. An unbeaten 111 steered his team to the final of the tournament. He then compiled 149 not out in the final against the eventual winners, North Zone.

Recognition did not follow immediately. He was overlooked for the tour of New Zealand that followed but continued to pile on the runs for Sri Lanka A. He was not at his best on the tour of the Caribbean when illness laid him low, but Warnapura was in outstanding form in the home series against Bangladesh A that followed. He scored a career best 243 in the first unofficial Test at his home ground at Colts and followed it up with an unbeaten 104 in the second unofficial ODI to confirm that he could score runs in both forms of the game. His first strides into Test cricket - during the home series against Bangladesh in 2007 - were hardly auspicious, as he was dismissed off his first ball. He returned admirably in his second Test, scoring 82. He followed it up with a century against West Indies in Providence the following year and later made it to the Champions Trophy probables.