Personal Information

Full NameMagina Thilan Thushara Mirando
BornMarch 1, 1981 Balapitiya
Age43 Years, 0 Months, 27 Days
National SideSri Lanka
Batting StyleLeft Handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast medium
SportCricket

Ranking

TestODIT20
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Man of the Match

TestODIT20World CupCL
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Career Information

Teams PlayedSri Lanka, Badureliya Sports Club, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo Cricket Club, Colts Cricket Club, Kandurata, Moors Sports Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Singha Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Academy, Sri Lankan Invitation XI, Sinhalese Sports Club, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Western Province (SL), Chennai Super Kings, Wayamba, Sri Lanka Under-19, Basnahira, Basnahira Cricket Dundee, Cricket Coaching School, Hambantota Troopers, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lankan Legends, Mahiyanganaya Unilions
Career Span

Magina Thilan Thushara Mirando Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

MIN/ORHS100s50s4s6sAVGS/RCTSTDucksR/O
Test
101439415* v PAK001308.5446.7630
ODI
3827639254* v IND0132918.6692.4540
T20I
62043 v PAK00002.0050.0020
IPL
642128 v DCH00006.0066.6630

Bowling Performance

IOMRWBest3s5sAVGE/RS/RMtc
Test
18278351040285/83 v PAK1137.143.7459.57
ODI
38279.2171393505/47 v IND4127.864.9833.52
T20I
622017972/37 v PAK0025.578.1318.85
IPL
622.3016182/16 v MI0020.127.1516.87

Magina Thilan Thushara Mirando Profile

When Thilan Thushara made his ODI debut against the West Indies in 2008, many assumed him to be a newcomer making his mark in international cricket. However few cease to remember the year 2003 when a teenage Thushara had made his Test debut against the same opponents.

The left armer who made his first-class debut in the 1998-99 season impressed selectors during his stints at Sri Lanka’s premier fast bowling academy and was consequently selected for the tours of South Africa and West Indies against whom him he made his Test debut, but apparently with little success. Left in the wilderness thereafter, in the following years Thushara struggled in the domestic arena but a fine run in the 2007-08 ‘Inter-Provincial Limited Overs Tournament’ where he helped club Kandurata finish as podium winners, once again brought him into national reckoning. However this time around, “Mirando” as he is lovingly called, took to the stage with much more self belief and it showed in his performances as he prized a memorable fiver in an ODI against the Indians and also excelled in the Test arena against the likes of Pakistan and New Zealand.

With an enviable height, Thushara is capable of generating disconcerting bounce and is also a handy hitter lower down the order. However, Sri Lanka’s problem of plenty has meant that Thushara has to continue performing consistently over a longer period to impress the captain and selectors to grant him a place in the starting eleven on a regular basis.