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Thilan Samaraweera (Thilan Thusara Samaraweera) was born on 21 September, 1976 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan cricketer. Discover Thilan Samaraweera's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?

Popular As Thilan Thusara Samaraweera
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Age 47 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 21 September 1976
Birthday 21 September
Birthplace Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri

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Thilan Samaraweera Height, Weight & Measurements

At 47 years old, Thilan Samaraweera height is 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) .

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1957

The previous Test record was held by an English pair—Peter May and Colin Cowdrey—who put on 411 against West Indies at Birmingham in May 1957.

1976

Thilan Thusara Samaraweera (තිලාන් සමරවීර; born 22 September 1976) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer.

Samaraweera played international cricket for Sri Lanka.

1984

He spearheaded the bowling attack of Ananda capturing 72 wickets in 1984 and 64 wickets in 1985 season.

He amassed 1000 runs in 1994 and 1995 seasons.

1993

His brother, Dulip Samaraweera, also played Test cricket, appearing in seven Tests from 1993 to 1995.

His brother-in-law Bathiya Perera has represented Sri Lanka A.

Thilan played school cricket for Ananda College and emerged as a prolific batsman in inter-school competitions.

He initially was a frontline spinner at school level.

1994

He won the Sri Lankan Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1994 and 1995.

1998

He managed a handful of ODI games in 1998 but did not play Test cricket until August 2001.

He made his ODI debut against India on 6 November 1998 but he was not given the opportunity to bat in the middle order on his ODI debut as he was listed as no 10 batsman.

In his next 2 ODI appearances, he batted at no 8 and in his fourth ODI match he batted as a tailender at no 11 position.

Having worked on his batting considerably with his shadow coach Chandika Hathurusingha he got due reward by scoring century on debut against a strong Indian side helping Sri Lanka to win the series 2–1.

He continued to star with the bat by scoring another two centuries in his next five Tests, all on his home ground, the SSC in Colombo.

This stunning start to international cricket cemented his spot in the middle order, a spot which had holes to fill with the retirements of Aravinda de Silva and Hashan Tillakaratne.

He emerged as a frontline batsman in international arena at a time when many Sri Lankan batsmen were nearing the end of their prime.

2005

However, he was in and out of Sri Lankan limited overs team as he made a comeback return to the ODI side in 2005 after two years.

His off-spin has been rarely called upon by his captain but when he comes on he has earned a reputation as a partnership breaker.

After a poor Test series in England in which he failed to reach double figures in any of his four innings, he was dropped from the side.

He was made captain of Sri Lanka A before earning a recall for the first Test against Australia in Brisbane.

He scored 13 and 20 and was promptly dropped when Kumar Sangakkara returned to the side for the second game in Hobart.

This was followed by his non-inclusion in the squad to play England in the first Test in Kandy.

2008

This series was conducted after the Indian team withdrew from a scheduled series in Pakistan, following the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Samaraweera started off the series in superb form, hitting consecutive double centuries – 231 in the first Test in Karachi and 214 in the second Test in Lahore.

He too has the record for the highest individual score for Sri Lanka when batting at number 5 position in tests when he scored 231 against Pakistan.

2009

Known as Sri Lanka's crisis man and for his slow strike rate, He is also nicknamed “Bullet Samaraweera" following his wounding during the 2009 terror attack on his national team bus in Pakistan. He retired after over 80 matches with a batting average over 48 in Test cricket.

Thilan Samaraweera born in Colombo and had his education at Ananda College, Colombo.

He is married to Erandathie Samaraweera and has two daughters: Osuni and Sidhya.

Samaraweera was included in the Sri Lankan team to play the Test series in Pakistan in February – March 2009.

Also, Thilan Samaraweera was the first ever Sri Lankan to score a test century at number 8 position and holds the record for the highest score for Sri Lanka jointly with Kithuruwan Vithanage at number 8 position in tests (103*) During the test tour of Pakistan in 2009, he was highlighted for his machine gun celebration after scoring a century and it was considered as a quite new celebration by a player in international cricket at that time although he did it on numerous occasions in domestic circuit.

In February 2009, he shared a record-breaking partnership of 437 with Mahela Jayawardene.

This is a world record for 4th wicket in Test cricket.

He ended the 2009 season on a high note with 1234 runs in 11 test matches at an average of 72.58.

In September 2009, he scored his maiden ODI century against New Zealand national cricket team at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, almost eleven years after his ODI debut.

2012

He was drafted to the Kandurata Warriors side ahead of the inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League in 2012.

2013

He signed with Worcestershire County Cricket Club for the 2013 County Championship.

Samaraweera started his career as an off-spinner who could bat a bit and could not find a way into the side due to the emergence of Muttiah Muralitharan.

He started his first-class career mainly as a frontline bowler and later improvised his batting in domestic circuit.

2015

The record stood for 6 years until surpassed on 11 December 2015 by two Aussies Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh with 449 for fourth wicket against West Indies.