Lahiru Thirimanne

Full Name:	Lahiru Thirimanne
Birth date:	September 8, 1989
Age:	32 years
Hometown:	Moratuwa
City:	Moratuwa
Birth Country:	Sri Lanka
Batting Style:	Left Hand Batsman
Bowling Style:	Right Arm Medium Fast Bowler
Team :	Sri Lanka

Lahiru Thirimanne, a new face in Sri Lankan cricket team. A left-handed batsman born in 1989. He also represents his side being a right-arm medium fast bowler. Internationally, Lahiru played his first Test match in 2011 against England but couldn’t play well and went back to the pavilion after scoring just 10 runs. He has played 10 Test games so far and has added 530 runs in his score card with an average of 33 including 1 century and 2 half centuries. He scored his first Test ton in 2013 against Bangladesh and played a knock of 155(not out) and made this score as his best score. When it comes to ODI format, he made his debut in 2010 against India. He has given his contribution in nearly 40 ODI games to his team and has scored around 740 runs with an average of 21 which also includes 1 ton and 4 fifties. In 2013, against Australia, he smashed his maiden century of 102(not out) and this figure was set as his top score in ODI format.

Recent matches

Runs	Team	Opp	Match Date	Score
8, 0	Sri Lanka	India	2022-03-12	TEST
17, 0	Sri Lanka	India	2022-03-04	TEST
140, 2	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2021-04-29	TEST
58	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2021-04-21	TEST
55, 39	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2021-03-29	TEST
70, 76	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2021-03-21	TEST
43, 13	Sri Lanka	England	2021-01-22	TEST
4, 111	Sri Lanka	England	2021-01-14	TEST
17, 31	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2021-01-03	TEST
2, 0	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2019-08-22	TEST

Statistictics by year

Batting Statistics

	Mat	Inns	Out	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BP	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s	Ct
TEST	44	85	79	6	2088	155	26.43	5294	39.44	3	10	11	207	3	36
ODI	119	102	89	13	3089	139	34.71	4293	71.95	4	21	6	238	24	37
IT20	28	22	20	2	353	57	17.65	310	113.87	0	1	1	34	6	9

Bowling Statistics

	Mat	Inns	Overs	MO	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Eco	SR	Ext	BBI	BBM
TEST	44	5	14	1	51	0	-	3.64	-	1	0/0	0/0
ODI	120	4	17.2	0	94	3	31.33	5.72	34.4	3	2/36	2/36
IT20	29	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0/0	0/0

Awards

Player of the Match	Date
England vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI Match 2014	2014-06-03
Australia vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Match	2013-01-13

Last Series Played

India vs Sri Lanka Test Series 2022

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Test Series 2021

West Indies vs Sri Lanka Test Series 2021

Sri Lanka vs England Test Series 2021

South Africa vs Sri Lanka Test Series 2020-2021

Team Squad
Lahiru Madushanka	Maheesh Theekshana
Pathum Nissanka	Wanindu Hasaranga
Chamika Karunaratne	Niroshan Dickwella
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Jeffrey Vandersay
Nuwan Thushara	Danushka Gunathilaka