Niroshan Bandaratilleke
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.
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| Full name | Mapa Rallalage Chandima Niroshan Bandaratilleke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1975 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 72) | 27 May 1998 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 November 2001 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 96) | 21 June 1998 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 July 1998 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
Bandaratilleke played first-class cricket from 1994 to 2009 for Badureliya Sports Club.
International career
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.
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