Niroshan Bandaratilleke
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Niroshan Bandaratilleke | ||||
Sri Lanka | ||||
Personal information | ||||
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Tests | ODIs | |||
Matches | 7 | 3 | ||
Runs scored | 93 | - | ||
Batting average | 11.62 | - | ||
100s/50s | -/- | -/- | ||
Top score | 25 | - | ||
Balls bowled | 1722 | 144 | ||
Wickets | 23 | 2 | ||
Bowling average | 30.34 | 55.50 | ||
5 wickets in innings | 1 | - | ||
10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
Best bowling | 5/36 | 2/34 | ||
Catches/stumpings | -/- | -/- | ||
As of 9 February 2006 |
Mapa Rallalage Chandima Niroshan Bandaratilleke (commonly known as Niroshan Bandaratilleke; born May 16, 1975 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. Immediately his bowling style was praised as a complement to Muttiah Muralitharan.
Niroshan Bandaratilleke generally takes good advantage of poor wickets, none more so than when he hit his career best bowling figures of 9/83. He has been generally ignored since 2001, but has played with Sri Lanka in the Asian Test Championship. In 2007 he was signed as a professional player for Stafford Cricket Club in England.