Niroshan Bandaratilleke
Mapa Rallalage Chandima Niroshan Bandaratilleke (born May 16, 1975 in Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played seven Tests and three ODIs. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler.
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Full name | Mapa Rallalage Chandima Niroshan Bandaratilleke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 16 May 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 72) | 27 May 1998 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 29 November 2001 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 96) | 21 June 1998 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 7 July 1998 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2006 |
Domestic career
Bandaratilleke played first-class cricket from 1994 to 2009 for Badureliya Sports Club.
International career
When he played for Sri Lanka his bowling style was praised as a complement to Muttiah Muralitharan. He generally took good advantage of poor wickets, none more so than when he took his career best bowling figures of 9/83 against New Zealand in his second Test of the career.
International record
Test 5-Wicket hauls
# | Figures | Match | Opponent | Venue | City | Country | Year |
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1 | 5/36 | 2 | Galle International Stadium | Galle | Sri Lanka | 1998 |
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