Thusara Kodikara
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| Full name | Thusara Prabath Kodikara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
17 November 1969 Kandy, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1999 | Antonians Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Central Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Sri Lanka Board President's XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Central and North Western Combined XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 21 March 1991 Central Province v Western Province Suburbs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 19 February 1999 Antonians Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 13 January 1993 Antonians Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 20 December 1998 Antonians Sports Club v Singha Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 6 January 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thusara Prabath Kodikara is a Sri Lankan cricketer[2] who now plays for Malaysia.[3] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[4] he played first-class cricket in Sri Lanka between 1991 and 1999[5] and has played for Malaysia since 2004.[6]
Biography
Sri Lankan career
Born in Kandy in 1969,[4] Kodikara made his first-class debut for Central Province against Western Province Suburbs in March 1991. He played for a Central and North Western Combined XI against Pakistan A that August, and made his debut for Antonians Sports Club in a Saravanamuttu Trophy match against Kalutara Physical Culture Centre in October. In all, he played ten first-class matches that first year.[5]
He played five first-class matches in 1992, including a match for a Sri Lanka Board President's XI.[5] He made his List A debut in January 1993, playing for Antonians Sports Club against Colts Cricket Club,[7] a month in which he scored 236 not out against Rio Sports Club,[8] his highest first-class score.[4]
He played his last match for Central Province in March 1994, and continued to be a regular member of the Antonians Sports Club side in first-class cricket over the next few years,[5] rarely playing one-day cricket.[7] He played his last first-class match in Sri Lanka in February 1999.[5]
Malaysian career
After finishing his first-class career in Sri Lanka, Kodikara moved to Malaysia. He first played for the Malaysian national side in February 2004, playing in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series against Singapore. He played in the series again in 2005 and 2006, also playing in Dublin for the Dublin University Cricket Club in 2006.[6]
He played for Malaysia in the 2006 ACC Trophy, also playing ACC Premier League matches against Hong Kong and Nepal that year. He most recently represented Malaysia at the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup.[6]
Notes and references
- ↑ Full scores for some List A matches in Sri Lanka are not available, hence this figure is not known
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- ↑ Teams played for by Thusara Kodikara at CricketArchive
- 1 2 3 CricketArchive profile
- 1 2 3 4 5 First-class matches played by Thusara Kodikara at CricketArchive
- 1 2 3 Other matches played by Thusara Kodikara at CricketArchive
- 1 2 List A matches played by Thusara Kodikara at CricketArchive
- ↑ Scorecard of Antonians Sports Club v Rio Sports Club, 15 January 1993 at CricketArchive