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Niroshan Bandaratilleke
නිරෝෂන් බණ්ඩාරතිලක

Personal information

Full name

Mapa Rallalage Chandima Niroshan Bandaratilleke

Born

16 May 1975 (age 48)
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Slow left-arm orthodox

International information

National side

Sri Lanka (1998–2002)

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

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI
Matches	7	3
Runs scored	93	–
Batting average	11.62	–
100s/50s	0/0	–
Top score	25	–
Balls bowled	1,722	144
Wickets	23	2
Bowling average	30.34	55.50
5 wickets in innings	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	5/36	2/34
Catches/stumpings	0/–	0/–

Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2006

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.

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.