Personal

Name

Milinda Siriwardana
Full Name

Tisse Appuhamilge Milinda Siriwardana
Country

Sri Lanka
Gender

Male
Date of Birth

December 4, 1985

Sport Profile

Sport

Cricket
Discipline

Men's Cricket
Active/Retired

Active
Role

Batting all-rounder , Left-handed Batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox Bowler
Level

National, International
Teams

Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Chilaw Marians CC, Sebastianites C&AC, Kandurata Maroons, Dhaka Division, Sri Lanka A, Victoria SC, Ruhana Royals, Chittagong Division, Ragama Cricket Club, Saracens, Badureliya Sports Club, Rajshahi Division, Colts Cricket Club 
Profile

Milinda Siriwardana is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for the national cricket team of Sri Lanka since 2015. He used to play for all formats of the game but currently appears in limited over formats only. Milinda Siriwardana represents Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club in domestic cricket and Basnahira South in First-Class cricket.

He is an aggressive batting all-rounder, who plays as a left-handed batsman and a left-armed spinner in slow orthodox style. The best quality of Siriwardana is that he can sustain his consistency in every format of cricket adeptly. Currently, he was named in the squad of Sri Lanka for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)

(Profile Image from Facebook)
Career Information

Debut Test Match: at Galle International Stadium Vs West Indies on 14th of October in 2015

Last Test Match: at Riverside Ground Stadium Vs England on 27th of May in 2016

Debut ODI Match: at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Vs Pakistan on1th of July in 2015

Last ODI: at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Vs Pakistan on 23rd of October in 2017

Debut T20I Match: at R. Premadasa Stadium Vs Pakistan on 1st of August in 2015

Last T20I Match: at R. Premadasa Stadium Vs Bangladesh on 26th of April in 2017

Batting Career:

  • He has scored 298 runs in 5 matches in 1 year of Test career at an average of 33.11 and strike rate of 65.64 including 2 fifties (as on May 23, 2019)
  • He has scored 513 runs in 26 matches in 2 years of ODI career at an average of 23.32 and strike rate of 98.46 including 3 fifties (as on May 23, 2019)
  • He has scored 275 runs in 22 matches in 2 years of T20I career at an average of 17.19 and strike rate of 132.21 (as on May 23, 2019)

Bowling Career:

  • He has taken 11 wickets in 5 matches in 1 year of Test career at an average of 23.36 (as on May 23, 2019)
  • He has taken 9 wickets in 26 matches in 2 years of ODI career at an average of 58.89 (as on May 23, 2019)
  • He has taken 8 wickets in 22 matches in 2 years of T20I career at an average of 25.75 (as on May 10, 2019)
Achievements/Records Associated With
  • Considered ‘Man with a Golden Arm’ in world cricket for his performance in West Indies tour in 2015
  • Highest run scorer in his debut T20I match