Tisse Appuhamilage Milinda Siriwardana, commonly as Milinda Siriwardana (born 4 December 1985) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for limited over formats. He is a left-hand batsman and a left-arm spinner. He is playing Test, ODI, T20I for Sri Lanka and First class and List A in domestic arena. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He usually fields at short cover.
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| Full name | Tisse Appuhamilage Milinda Siriwardana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1985 Nagoda, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batting all rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 131) | 14 October 2015 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 May 2016 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 164) | 11 July 2015 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 15 June 2019 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 55) | 1 August 2015 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 6 April 2017 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basnahira South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chilaw Marians CC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sebastianites C&AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Kandurata Maroons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dhaka Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Ruhuna Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Bhairahawa Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Galle Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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During the West Indies tour in 2015, international commentators Russell Arnold and Ian Bishop praised Siriwardena as the Man with a golden arm due to his wicket-taking ability in each time he started to ball in crucial times.[citation needed]
Domestic career
editHe made his first-class debut for Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club in 2005. He has also represented the Sri Lankan A squad. The closest he came to national recognition was when he was included in the 30-member provisional squad for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England, but he was left out of the final 15 squad. That call-up came close on the heels of his maiden first-class ton, 135 for Basnahira South against Ruhuna Royals in the SLC Inter-Provincial Tournament, a match in which he also claimed five wickets. In 2012, Milinda went over to England to become Bury CC's professional for the 2012 season but his stay was cut short as he was selected to play in the Sri Lanka Premier League.
In March 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[1][2] The following month, he was named as the vice-captain of Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[3] In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[4] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[5] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greys team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[6] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Kandy Warriors following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[7]
International career
editOn 11 July 2015, Milinda made his One Day International (ODI) debut at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in the ODI series against Pakistan.[8]
He scored his first ODI fifty in the fifth ODI in Pakistan series, where he with skipper Angelo Mathews had an unbeaten partnership of 114 runs. Sri Lanka posted their highest ever ODI total against Pakistan by scoring 368/4 in 50 overs.
He made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 30 July 2015. He was the highest run scorer for Sri Lanka in that match, where he had quick 35 runs, until he gets caught. Sri Lanka eventually lost the match at the end. His first T20 international wicket came on second match of the series, where he took the wicket of Shoaib Malik.[9]
Milinda made his Test debut on 14 October 2015, against the West Indies.[10] Before gaining the Test cap, he scored an unbeaten century in the three-day practice match against the same side.[11]
In the second match of the series, Milinda top scored valuable 68 runs where Sri Lanka were all out for 200 runs in first innings. He showed a good talent with the ball, where he took 2 wickets for 25 runs and with the help of pacer Dhammika Prasad, who got 4 wickets, Windies were all out for 163. In the second innings, Milinda again scored quick 42 runs, just lost his maiden Test fifty. As Sri Lanka only scored 206 runs, Windies only required 244 runs to win the match and level the series. They were at good position to win the game with 1 for 81 runs, Milinda strikes and broke the partnership. West Indies could not come back and Sri Lanka finally won the match by 72 runs and won the series as well. Milinda took his best bowling figures by getting 3 for 25 runs and due to his allround performance, he adjudged man of the match as well.[12]
After average performance in the Test series against England, Siriwardana was dropped from being named to 5-match ODI series.[13] He was named back to the squad for the 3-T20I series against Australia in 2017.
In April 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[14][15] The International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as one of the five surprise picks for the tournament.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla, Jul 11, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Jul 30, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Galle, Oct 14-18, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs West Indies first test: Milinda Siriwardana is set to debut". Indian Express. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "Herath and Siriwardana seal 2-0 series win | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo". Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Siriwardana dropped from ODI squad". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "Thirimanne, Siriwardana, Vandersay picked in World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Jeevan Mendis, Siriwardana, Vandersay make comebacks in Sri Lanka World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup 2019: Five surprise picks". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.