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Full name Basnayake Shalith Malinda Warnapura
Born May 26, 1979, Colombo
Current age 29 years 60 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Basnahira South,Burgher Recreation Club,Colombo Cricket Club,Colts Cricket Club
Also known as Mali
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Uncle - B Warnapura
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
6
0
299
120
49.83
500
59.80
1
2
36
0
6
0
ODIs
1
1
0
5
5
5.00
14
35.71
0
0
1
0
0
0
First-class
124
186
19
6019
242
36.04
13
29
87
0
List A
92
77
13
1806
104*
28.21
2
6
34
0
Twenty20
10
10
1
111
53
12.33
117
94.87
0
1
8
4
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
124
6636
3090
115
6/22
26.86
2.79
57.7
4
0
List A
92
2006
1433
67
5/33
5/33
21.38
4.28
29.9
2
1
0
Twenty20
10
5
79
93
5
3/19
3/19
18.60
7.06
15.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), Jun 25-28, 2007 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 20, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1997/98
Last List A
Wayamba v Basnahira South at Colombo (RPS), Dec 29, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Colts Cricket Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Oct 8, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Basnahira South v Kandurata at Colombo (Burgher), Apr 24, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Despite his cricketing pedigree, Malinda Warnapura has taken his time to press forward his case for national recognition. Having begun his first-class career in 1998-99, it was not until 2006 that he really made his mark. The tour to India with Sri Lanka A to participate in the Duleep trophy saw this elegant left-hand middle-order batsman blossom. He finished the three-match tournament with an aggregate of 421 runs, at 105.25, which included two successive undefeated centuries at Eden Gardens. An unbeaten 111 steered his team to the final of the tournament. He then compiled 149 not out in the final against the eventual winners, North Zone.
Recognition did not follow immediately. He was overlooked for the tour of New Zealand that followed but continued to pile on the runs for Sri Lanka A. He was not at his best on the tour of the Caribbean when illness laid him low, but Warnapura was in outstanding form in the home series against Bangladesh A that followed. He scored a career best 243 in the first unofficial Test at his home ground at Colts and followed it up with an unbeaten 104 in the second unofficial ODI to confirm that he could score runs in both forms of the game. His first strides into Test cricket - during the home series against Bangladesh in 2007 - were hardly auspicious, as he was dismissed off his first ball. He returned admirably in his second Test, scoring 82. He followed it up with a century against West Indies in Providence the following year and later made it to the Champions Trophy probables.
