malinda warnapura Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
malinda warnapura is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Basnayake Shalith Malinda Warnapura
Born
May 26, 1979, Colombo
Age
44 years old
Also Known As
Mali
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Height
5ft 6in
Education
St. Peter's College, Colombo
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 14 | 3 | - | - |
Inn | 24 | 3 | - | - |
Runs | 821 | 35 | - | - |
Avg | 35.7 | 11.67 | - | - |
SR | 58.14 | 46.05 | - | - |
HS | 120 | 30 | - | - |
NO | 1 | 0 | - | - |
100s | 2 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 7 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 98 | 5 | - | - |
6s | 2 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 14 | 3 | - | - |
Inn | 1 | - | - | - |
Balls | 54 | - | - | - |
Runs | 40 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 40 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 40 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 4.44 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- B Warnapura
- U Warnapura
- MS Warnapura
- Sri Lanka
- Basnahira South
- Burgher Recreation Club
- Colombo Cricket Club
- Colts Cricket Club
- Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity
- Sri Lanka A
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Despite the obvious skill levels, it took a while for him to get his maiden national call up, despite piling on the runs in domestic cricket and with Sri Lanka A. Although his Test career started inauspiciously with a duck, he bounced back with a bang - conjuring five fifty-plus knocks in his next seven innings, two of which were converted into centuries. Malinda did have a problem starting off an innings, as evident from the five ducks in the 24 hits that he had at Test level but once set, he could bat for long periods without any fuss.
He never got to face stronger bowling attacks like Australia or South Africa as he got dumped after a minor slump in 2009. Considering his promise, he deserved a longer rope but that wasn’t to be, as he got axed from the side. Malinda did play a handful of ODIs but neither did he succeed, nor did he appear suited to the format. His methods worked best for the longer format and if he had more fortune, Malinda could have ended up as a very successful Test batsman.
Written by Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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.