Milinda Siriwardana

Milinda Siriwardana
Personal information
Full name	Tisse Appuhamilage Milinda Siriwardana
Born	4 December 1985 (age 38); Nagoda, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Miliya, Man with the golden arm
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left arm off spin
Role	Batting All rounder
International information
National side	Sri Lanka;
Test debut (cap 131)	14 October 2015 v West Indies
Last Test	10-14 December 2015 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 164)	11 July 2015 v Pakistan
Last ODI	5 January 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	57
T20I debut (cap 55)	1 August 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I	17 March 2016 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
	Basnahira South
	Chilaw Marians CC
	Sebastianites C&AC
2014	Kandurata Maroons
	Dhaka Division
	Sri Lanka A
	Victoria SC
2012	Ruhuna Royals
Career statistics
	Source: ESPNricinfo, 17 March 2016

Tisse Appuhamilage Milinda Siriwardana, or Milinda Siriwardana (born 4 December 1985) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-hand batsman and a left-arm spinner. He is playing Test, ODI, T20I for Sri Lanka and First class and List A in domestic arena. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He usually fields at short cover.

During the West Indies tour in 2015, international commentators Russell Arnold and Ian Bishop praised Siriwardena as the Man with a golden arm due to his wicket-taking ability in each time he started to ball in crucial times.

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club in 2005. He has also represented the Sri Lankan A squad. The closest he came to national recognition was when he was included in the 30-member provisional squad for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England, but he was left out of the final 15 squad. That call-up came close on the heels of his maiden first-class ton, 135 for Basnahira South against Ruhuna Royals in the SLC Inter-Provincial Tournament, a match in which he also claimed five wickets. In 2012, Milinda went over to England to become Bury CC's professional for the 2012 season but his stay was cut short as he was selected to play in the Sri Lanka Premier League.

International career

On 11 July 2015, Milinda made his One Day International (ODI) debut at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in the ODI series against Pakistan.^[1]

He scored his first ODI fifty in the fifth ODI in Pakistan series, where him with skipper Angelo Mathews had a unbeaten partnership of 114 runs. Sri Lanka posted their highest ever ODI total against Pakistan by scoring 368/4 in 50 overs.

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 30 July 2015. He was the highest run scorer for Sri Lanka in that match, where he had quick 35 runs, until he gets caught. Sri Lanka eventually lost the match at the end. His first T20 international wicket came on second match of the series, where he took the wicket of Shoaib Malik. ^[2]

Milinda made his Test debut on 14 October 2015, against the West Indies.^[3] Before gaining the Test cap, he scored a unbeaten century in the three-day practice match against the same side.^[4]

In the second match of the series, Milinda top scored valuable 68 runs where Sri Lanka were all out for 200 runs in first innings. He showed a good talent with the ball, where he took 2 wickets for 25 runs and with the help of pacer Dhammika Prasad, who got 4 wickets, Windies were all out for 163. In the second innings, Milinda again scored quick 42 runs, just lost his maiden Test fifty. As Sri Lanka only scored 206 runs, Windies only required 244 runs to win the match and level the series. They were at good position to win the game with 1 for 81 runs, Milinda strikes and broke the partnership. West Indies could not come back and Sri Lanka finally won the match by 72 runs and won the series as well. Milinda took his best bowling figures by getting 3 for 25 runs and due to his allround performance, he adjudged man of the match as well.^[5]

International records

Test Cricket – Man of the match awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	2nd Test – Sobers-Tissera Trophy Test Series	2015/16	1st Innings – 68 (11 balls, 6x4, 2x6) ; 10-2-26-2. 2nd Innings - 42 (60 balls, 3x4, 2x6) ; 1 ct, 13-1-25-3.	Sri Lanka Won by 72 runs.^[6]

References

^ "Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla, Jul 11, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^ "Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Jul 30, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ "West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Galle, Oct 14-18, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ "Sri Lanka vs West Indies first test: Milinda Siriwardana is set to debut". Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2015-16/content/story/933770.html
^ "Sobers/Tissera Trophy Test series 2015-16 – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

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[ODI-1] "Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla, Jul 11, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

[T20I-2] "Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Jul 30, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

[Test-3] "West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Galle, Oct 14-18, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[4] "Sri Lanka vs West Indies first test: Milinda Siriwardana is set to debut". Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[5] ttp://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2015-16/content/story/933770.html

[6] "Sobers/Tissera Trophy Test series 2015-16 – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

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