Thisara Perera

Thisara Perera
Perera playing for Sri Lanka in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera
Born (1989-04-03) 3 April 1989 (age 35)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NicknamePanda, TP
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Role
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 115)26 May 2011 v England
Last Test8 July 2012 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 141)24 December 2009 v India
Last ODI14 March 2021 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.1
T20I debut (cap 36)3 May 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I7 March 2021 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.1
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–2013/14Colts Cricket Club[a]
2014–2015Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 1)
2014/15–2018/19Sinhalese Sports Club
2015, 2017Rangpur Riders (squad no. 16)
2017–2018Quetta Gladiators (squad no. 16)
2017–2018Gloucestershire
2019/20–presentSri Lanka Army Sports Club
2020–2023Jaffna Kings
2022Khulna Tigers
2023–presentSylhet Strikers
2024Colombo Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I T20
Matches 6 166 84 350
Runs scored 203 2,338 1,204 4,400
Batting average 20.30 19.98 23.15 21.35
100s/50s 0/1 1/10 0/3 0/12
Top score 75 140 61 97*
Balls bowled 954 5,900 1,102 5,106
Wickets 11 175 51 275
Bowling average 59.36 32.80 33.66 26.63
5 wickets in innings 0 4 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/151 6/44 3/24 5/26
Catches/stumpings 1/– 62/– 30/– 148/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner 2014 Bangladesh
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dhaka Team
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 March 2023

Narangoda Liyanaarachchige Thisara Chirantha Perera (Sinhala: තිසර පෙරේරා; born 3 April 1989), popularly as Thisara Perera, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats for the national team. He also captained the team in limited-overs formats.[1] Domestically he plays for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the Premier Trophy and Premier Limited-Overs Tournament, and the Jaffna Stallions in the Lanka Premier League. Perera has played franchise T20 cricket all around the world for numerous leagues. Primarily a bowling all-rounder, he is an aggressive left-handed batsman who can hit big sixes in death overs and is a useful right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Perera was a part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, and scored the winning boundary in the final.[2] On 12 February 2016, Perera became the second player (after Australian Brett Lee) to take a hat-trick in both ODI & T20I.[3] In Australia he is known by his nickname "panda", which was bestowed upon him by George Bailey during his stint in the BBL with the Brisbane Heat, although he prefers "TP".[4]

On 26 July 2013 against South Africa, Perera hit Robin Peterson for 35 runs in one over (6, Wd, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6), which is recorded as the second most expensive over in ODI History. On 28 March 2021 Perera became the first Sri Lankan to hit six sixes in an over, doing so for the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club against Bloomfield. The bowler on the receiving end was part-time off-spinner Dilhan Cooray.

On 3 May 2021, Perera announced his retirement from international cricket,[5][6] however he confirmed that he would continue to play domestic and franchise cricket.[7]


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  1. ^ "Thisara Perera named captain for ODIs, T20Is against India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Thisara Perera: Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Thisara Perera becomes only the second cricketer after Brett Lee to take hat-trick in both ODIs and T20Is". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Shikhar Dhawan's ton wins; Thisara Perera's one over heroics in vain".
  5. ^ "Thisara Perera announces retirement from International Cricket". Sri Lanka Cricket. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka all-rounder Thisara Perera announces international retirement". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Thisara Perera retires from international cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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