Full name Nishad Tharanga Paranavitana
Born April 15, 1982, Kegalle
Current age 27 years 300 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Kandurata, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 10 | 18 | 0 | 530 | 73 | 29.44 | 1035 | 51.20 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| First-class | 96 | 158 | 15 | 5874 | 236 | 41.07 | 11289 | 52.03 | 15 | 25 | 97 | 0 | ||
| List A | 72 | 71 | 9 | 2385 | 116* | 38.46 | 3454 | 69.05 | 2 | 17 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 336 | 67* | 22.40 | 240 | 140.00 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 10 | 5 | 90 | 76 | 1 | 1/26 | 1/26 | 76.00 | 5.06 | 90.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 96 | 1292 | 656 | 20 | 4/39 | 32.80 | 3.04 | 64.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| List A | 72 | 680 | 501 | 11 | 4/25 | 4/25 | 45.54 | 4.42 | 61.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 16 | 9 | 66 | 85 | 3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 28.33 | 7.72 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Feb 21-25, 2009 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai (BS), Dec 2-6, 2009 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class debut | 2001/02 |
| Last First-class | Badureliya Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Dec 18-20, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2001/02 |
| Last List A | Basnahira South v Kandurata at Moratuwa, Feb 9, 2010 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Colombo Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Oct 16, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Sri Lanka A v Ireland at Colombo (SSC), Feb 4, 2010 scorecard |
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 ...
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 5, 2009
Sreesanth trapped Tharanga Paranavitana lbw
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Dec 2, 2009
Tharanga Paranavitana walks off for 53
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Nov 30, 2009
Tharanga Paranavitana and Tillakaratne Dilshan have a hit at the nets
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