Niroshan Bandaratilleke නිරෝෂන් බණ්ඩාරතිලක | |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Fullname: | Mapa Rallalage Chandima Niroshan Bandaratilleke |
Birth Date: | 16 May 1975 |
Birth Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
International: | true |
Internationalspan: | 1998–2002 |
Testdebutdate: | 27 May |
Testdebutyear: | 1998 |
Testdebutagainst: | New Zealand |
Testcap: | 72 |
Lasttestdate: | 29 November |
Lasttestyear: | 2001 |
Lasttestagainst: | West Indies |
Odidebutdate: | 21 June |
Odidebutyear: | 1998 |
Odidebutagainst: | New Zealand |
Odicap: | 96 |
Lastodidate: | 7 July |
Lastodiyear: | 1998 |
Lastodiagainst: | India |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Columns: | 2 |
Matches1: | 7 |
Runs1: | 93 |
Bat Avg1: | 11.62 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 25 |
Deliveries1: | 1,722 |
Wickets1: | 23 |
Bowl Avg1: | 30.34 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 5/36 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Matches2: | 3 |
Runs2: | – |
Bat Avg2: | – |
100S/50S2: | – |
Top Score2: | – |
Deliveries2: | 144 |
Wickets2: | 2 |
Bowl Avg2: | 55.50 |
Fivefor2: | 0 |
Tenfor2: | 0 |
Best Bowling2: | 2/34 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/– |
Date: | 9 February |
Year: | 2006 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/48298.html Cricinfo |
Mapa Rallalage Chandima Niroshan Bandaratilleke (born 16 May 1975) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played seven Test matches and three One Day Internationals for the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He played as a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler.
Bandaratilleke played first-class cricket from 1994 to 2009 for Badureliya Sports Club.
When he played for Sri Lanka his bowling style was praised as a complement to Muttiah Muralitharan. He generally took good advantage of poor wickets, none more so than when he took his career best bowling figures of 9/83 against New Zealand in his second Test of the career.