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Thilan Samaraweera

Thilan Samaraweera

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Thilan Samaraweera
Personal information
Full name Thilan Thusara Samaraweera
Born 21 September 1976 (1976-09-21) (age 34)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Role Batsman
Relations Dulip Samaraweera (brother)
International information
National side Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 86) 29 August 2001 v India
Last Test 2 December 2009 v India
ODI debut (cap 97) 6 November 1998 v India
Last ODI 5 january 2010 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
1998–present Sinhalese Sports Club
1996–98 Colts Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC List A
Matches 59 39 218 134
Runs scored 4024 705 12,037 2,126
Batting average 51.58 27.11 48.34 29.52
100s/50s 11/21 2/0 32/59 2/9
Top score 231 105* 231 105*
Balls bowled 1,291 690 17,458 4,636
Wickets 14 10 348 108
Bowling average 48.50 53.80 23.43 28.45
5 wickets in innings 0 0 15 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 2 n/a
Best bowling 4/49 3/34 6/55 7/30
Catches/stumpings 36/– 7/– 175/– 42/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 December 2009

Thilan Thusara Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan cricketer, born September 22, 1976 in Colombo. Samaraweera plays international cricket for Sri Lanka and is in the side primarily for his solid right-handed batting but is also a capable Off spinner.

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