Lahiru Thirimanne

Lahiru Thirimanne
ළහිරු තිරිමාන්න
Personal information
Full name Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne
Born (1989-08-09) 9 August 1989
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Nickname Thiri
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role Batsman
Relations Thulanidu Thirimanne (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 116) 16 June 2011 v England
Last Test 14-18 Oct 2015 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 143) 5 January 2010 v India
Last ODI 5 January 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 66
T20I debut (cap 44) 1 June 2012 v Pakistan
Last T20I 17 March 2016 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–present Ragama
2008–09 Basnahira South
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 23 107 23 159
Runs scored 969 2,586 283 3,945
Batting average 24.84 34.48 18.86 33.43
100s/50s 1/4 4/16 0/0 4/29
Top score 155* 139* 44 139*
Balls bowled 84 104 – 120
Wickets 0 3 – 4
Bowling average – 31.33 – 29.00
5 wickets in innings – 0 – 0
10 wickets in match – 0 – 0
Best bowling – 2/36 – 2/36
Catches/stumpings 9/– 34/– 7/– 51/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 March 2016

Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne, known as Lahiru Thirimanne (Sinhalese: ළහිරු තිරිමාන්න; born 9 August 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, and is currently the vice-captain of the Sri Lanka One Day International and Test team.

School career

Thirimanne began his cricketing career at S.Thomas' College, Bandarawela and played Under 11 cricket and his first coach was Sujeewa Gunarathne. He studied at S.Thomas' College Bandarawela initially as his father, who was employed at the Survey Department was transferred. After passing the grade 5 scholarship exam Lahiru joined Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa and played in the Under 13,15,17 and 19 team.

International career

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in early 2010.[1] He made his Test debut against England at the Rose Bowl in June 2011,[2] coming into the side for the injured Tillakaratne Dilshan.[3] In his first Test innings, he was dismissed for 10 runs caught behind off the bowling of James Anderson.[4]

Thirimanne Scored his first ODI century against Australia at Adelaide Oval during second ODI of 2012–13 Commonwealth Bank Series.[5]

During the 2014 Asia Cup in Bangladesh, he opened the batting with Kusal Perera, due to injury of Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was not included to the series. He scored two magnificent hundreds against Pakistan, where he finally ended up being the highest run scorer in the tournament with 2 centuries with the average of 55.80. Eventually, Sri Lanka became champions for the fifth time in Asia Cup history.

Thirimanne captainced the cricket team for 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, where Sri Lanka won the gold medl by defeating Afghanistan in the final.

On 23 January 2015, during the fifth ODI between New Zealand, he captained the Sri Lanka, due to slight injury of captain Angelo Mathews. However, his first match as a captain did not underway well, as they lost the match by 108 runs. He also took 2 wickets at that match, and scored 45 runs as an opener.[6] He also captained the 6th and 7th ODIs of the series, where 6th ODI ended with a huge defeat, and 7th ODI was comfortably won under his captaincy. However, Sri Lanka lost the series to 4-2 finally.

During the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, Thirimanne started to open the batting with Tillakaratne Dilshan. Before the tournament, Sri Lankan opening pair was struggeled to pick up, but finally it was sealed between Thirimanne and Dilshan. On 1 March 2015, he scored his 4th ODI century against England, where Sri Lanka chasing 309 runs. He added 212* runs for the second wicket partnership with Kumar Sangakkara to win the match. He was unbeaten 139 in the match.[7]


Personal life

Thirimanne is married to his childhood sweetheart Rukshani Harischandra, a professional science teacher. The wedding was on 17 December 2014 at Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo.

Lahiru Thirimanne
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Competitor for  Sri Lanka
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Team

International centuries

Test centuries

Lahiru Thirimanne's Test centuries
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 155* 9  Bangladesh Sri Lanka Galle, Sri lanka Galle International Stadium 2013 Drawn

One Day International centuries

Lahiru Thirimanne's One Day International centuries
# Runs Match Against Venue Date Year Result
1 102* 33  Australia Adelaide Oval 13 January 2013 Won
2 102 58  Pakistan Fatullah Osmani Stadium 25 February 2014 Won
3 101 62  Pakistan Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium 8 March 2014 Won
4 139* 91  England Wellington Regional Stadium 1 March 2015 Won

Awards

One-Day International Cricket

Player of the series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 2014 Asia Cup in Bangladesh 2014 (5 Matches) 279 runs. Won by

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 13 January 2013 102* (134 balls: 12x4, 0x6)  Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.[8]
2 England Edgebaston, Birmingham 3 June 2014 60* (101 balls: 2x4, 1x6)  Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets.[9]

Notes

[10]

  1. ↑ "Lahiru Thirimanne to debut today against India". ColomboPage. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Sheringham, Sam (16 June 2011). "England put Sri Lanka under pressure at the Rose Bowl". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  3. ↑ McGlashan, Andrew (15 June 2011). "Hosts aim to expose Sri Lanka's problems". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Anderson removes Thirimanne before lunch". The Hindu (Rose Bowl, Southampton: AP). 16 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Thirimanne guides Sri Lanka to resounding win". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/749789.html
  7. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine//match/656441.html
  8. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/573015.html
  9. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/667897.html
  10. ↑ http://www.gossiplankanews.com/2014/12/lahiru-thirimannes-wedding.html

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