Thilan Samaraweera Profile, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka -
Batter
Full Name: Thilan Samaraweera
Birth Date: September 22, 1976 (49 Years)
Birth Place:
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Role: Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Teams: Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Cricket XI, Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI, Sri Lanka Board XI, Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI
Batting Statistics
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | BF | NO | HS | AVG | S/R | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 81 | 132 | 5462 | 11641 | 20 | 231 | 48.76 | 46.92 | 14 | 30 | 633 | 7 |
| ODI | 53 | 42 | 862 | 1244 | 11 | 105 | 27.8 | 69.29 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| T20 (Domestic) | 29 | 28 | 692 | 507 | 2 | 71 | 26.61 | 136.48 | 0 | 6 | 87 | 13 |
| List A | 194 | 148 | 3568 | 0 | 39 | 105 | 32.73 | - | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 271 | 389 | 15501 | 0 | 70 | 231 | 48.59 | - | 43 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Performance
| Format | M | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 81 | 35 | - | 689 | 15 | 6/67 | 45.93 | 3.11 | - | 0 |
| ODI | 53 | 17 | - | 542 | 11 | 3/34 | 49.27 | 4.63 | - | 0 |
| T20 (Domestic) | 29 | 4 | - | 66 | 3 | 3/17 | 22 | 6.38 | - | 0 |
| List A | 194 | 0 | - | 3178 | 110 | 7/30 | 28.89 | 3.99 | - | 2 |
| First Class | 271 | 0 | - | 8366 | 357 | - | 23.43 | 2.79 | - | 15 |
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Thilan Samaraweera – Stats, Records, Biography, Age & ICC Ranking
Thilan Samaraweera plays cricket for the Sri Lanka cricket team in International cricket. Thilan Samaraweera was born on September 22, 1976. He is 49 as a Right Hand Bat.
If we talk about Thilan Samaraweera’s Test career, he has played 81 Test matches and scored 5,462 runs, with an average of 48.76. TT Samaraweera has hammered 633 fours and 7 sixes in the Test format. Thilan Samaraweera’s highest individual score in Test cricket is 231. He played his recent Test Match at the Sydney Cricket Ground against Australia in January 2013, where he scored 12 runs in the first innings and runs in the 2nd innings of the Test match.
In the One-day International career of Thilan Samaraweera, he has played 53 ODI matches for the Sri Lanka cricket team with 862 runs with an average of 27.8. TT Samaraweera has smashed 76 fours and 0 big sixes in the ODI format. He played his recent ODI match against India in April 2011. TT Samaraweera’s highest score in an ODI format is 105.