Lahiru Thirimanne

Sri Lanka · BAT · 2010 to 2019 · on scorecards: HDRL Thirimanne

BATTING

Matches: 127
Innings: 106
Runs: 3194
Average: 34.71
Strike rate: 72.27
High score: 139*
100s / 50s: 4 / 21

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 3
Average: 31.33
Economy: 5.42
Strike rate: 34.6
Best figures: 2/36
4w / 5w: 0 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 38 / 0
Run-outs effected: 4

CAREER IN BRIEF

Lahiru Thirimanne played 127 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 2010 to 2019. The first came against India at Shere Bangla National Stadium, with a score of 22, and the last against Pakistan at National Stadium in 2019.

The highest score in the archive is 139 not out from 143 balls against England at Wellington Regional Stadium in 2015, in a match Sri Lanka won. In all: 4 hundreds, 21 fifties. At home the average was 39.4 across 46 ODIs; away it was 29.1 across 49 ODIs, markedly stronger at home.

The most runs came against Pakistan: 699 runs at 38.8 in 21 ODIs. R Premadasa Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 20 ODIs and 584 runs at 44.9. Lahiru Thirimanne captained Sri Lanka in 5 ODIs, winning 1 and losing 4. The scorecards record 2 player-of-the-match awards. Sri Lanka won 62 of the ODIs Lahiru Thirimanne played and lost 58.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 127 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
139*	143	England	Wellington Regional Stadium	2015	Won
102*	134	Australia	Adelaide Oval	2013	Won
102	110	Pakistan	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium	2014	Won
101	108	Pakistan	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2014	Won
90	126	Pakistan	R Premadasa Stadium	2015	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
2/36	7	New Zealand	University Oval	2015	Lost
1/25	4.1	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2012	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
India	22	692	36.42	0/7	0	–
New Zealand	22	359	23.93	0/2	2	26.50
Pakistan	21	699	38.83	2/4	0	–
Australia	15	306	27.82	1/2	1	25.00
England	14	348	69.60	1/2	0	–
Bangladesh	10	201	40.20	0/1	0	–
South Africa	10	295	32.78	0/2	0	–
West Indies	6	193	48.25	0/1	0	–
Afghanistan	3	30	10.00	0/0	0	–
Scotland	2	48	48.00	0/0	0	–
Ireland	1	8	8.00	0/0	0	–
Zimbabwe	1	15	15.00	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	46	1,064	39.41	0/8	0	–
Away	49	1,075	29.05	1/7	3	31.33
Neutral	32	1,055	37.68	3/6	0	–

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Bowl avg
R Premadasa Stadium	20	584	44.92	0/5	–
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	13	294	49.00	0/2	–
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	11	140	23.33	0/1	–
Shere Bangla National Stadium	9	263	32.88	1/0	–
Hagley Oval	4	90	22.50	0/1	–
Kennington Oval	4	73	24.33	0/1	–

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v India, 2010 at Shere Bangla National Stadium
Latest in the archive: v Pakistan, 2019 at National Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 9 August 1989
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast
Balls faced (career): 4,419
Ducks: 7
Four-wicket hauls: 0
Most common batting position: 4th
Strike rate, overs 1 to 10: 58.5
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 72.8
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 102.4
Balls per dismissal against pace: 47.0
Balls per dismissal against spin: 62.3

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 4,361 balls faced in that period.

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