Personal information | ||||
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Full name | Basnayake Shalith Malinda Warnapura | |||
Born | 29 May 1979 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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Batting style | Left-handed | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
Role | Batsman | |||
Relations | Bandula Warnapura (uncle) | |||
International information | ||||
National side | Sri Lanka | |||
Test debut | 25 June 2007 v Bangladesh | |||
Last Test | 20 July 2009 v Pakistan | |||
ODI debut | 20 May 2007 v Pakistan | |||
Last ODI | 29 August 2008 v India | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | Tests | ODIs | FC | LA |
Matches | 14 | 3 | 149 | 111 |
Runs scored | 821 | 35 | 7,183 | 2,316 |
Batting average | 35.69 | 11.66 | 35.55 | 28.59 |
100s/50s | 2/7 | 0/0 | 16/36 | 3/8 |
Top score | 120 | 30 | 242 | 104* |
Balls bowled | 54 | – | 6,918 | 2,234 |
Wickets | 0 | – | 118 | 69 |
Bowling average | – | – | 27.72 | 23.15 |
5 wickets in innings | 0 | – | 4 | 1 |
10 wickets in match | 0 | – | 0 | n/a |
Best bowling | 0/40 | – | 6/22 | 5/33 |
Catches/stumpings | 14/– | 3/– | 100/– | 43/– |
Source: CricketArchive, 5 December 2009 |
Basnayake Shalith Malinda Warnapura (born 26 May 1979 in Colombo, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. Making his first class debut in 1998/99, Warnapura did not play international cricket for Sri Lanka until 2007. He had however previously represented them in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He made his highest first class score of 242 playing for Sri Lanka A against Bangladesh A in 2007.