Tisse Appuhamilage Milinda Siriwardana, commonly as Milinda Siriwardana was born on 4 December 1985 and is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for limited over formats.
13 Facts About Milinda Siriwardana
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Milinda Siriwardana is a left-hand batsman and a left-arm spinner.
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Milinda Siriwardana is playing Test, ODI, T20I for Sri Lanka and First class and List A in domestic arena.
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Milinda Siriwardana made his first-class debut for Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club in 2005.
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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.
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On 11 July 2015, Milinda Siriwardana made his One Day International debut at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in the ODI series against Pakistan.
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Milinda Siriwardana scored his first ODI fifty in the fifth ODI in Pakistan series, where he with skipper Angelo Mathews had an unbeaten partnership of 114 runs.
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Milinda Siriwardana made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 30 July 2015.
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Milinda Siriwardana was the highest run scorer for Sri Lanka in that match, where he had quick 35 runs, until he gets caught.
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Milinda Siriwardana made his Test debut on 14 October 2015, against the West Indies.
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Milinda Siriwardana 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.
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Milinda Siriwardana 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.
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Milinda Siriwardana was named back to the squad for the 3-T20I series against Australia in 2017.