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'''Warushavithana Upul Tharanga''' (born 2 February 1985 in ], commonly known as '''Upul Tharanga''') is a ]n ]er. He is a left-handed opening batsman and wicketkeeper. In 2011 Tharanga was banned from cricket for three months for violating anti-doping rules. '''Warushavithana Upul Tharanga''' (born 2 February 1985 in ], commonly known as '''Upul Tharanga''') is a ]n ]er. He is a left-handed opening batsman and wicketkeeper.


==Early life== ==Early life==

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Upul Tharanga
Personal information
Full nameWarushavithana Upul Tharanga
BattingLeft-handed
International information
National side
Test debut18 December 2005 v India
Last Test18 December 2007 v England
ODI debut2 August 2005 v West Indies
Last ODI6 February 2011 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000–01Singha Sports Club
2003–presentNondescripts Cricket Club
2007–presentRuhuna
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 15 120 82 187
Runs scored 713 3,896 4,720 5,804
Batting average 28.52 36.07 35.48 33.54
100s/50s 1/3 11/19 10/19 13/31
Top score 165 133 265* 173*
Balls bowled – – 18 –
Wickets – – 0 –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 –
10 wickets in match – – 0 –
Best bowling – – 0/4 –
Catches/stumpings 11/– 21/– 61/1 47/2
Source: Cricinfo, 7 February 2011

Warushavithana Upul Tharanga (born 2 February 1985 in Balapitiya, commonly known as Upul Tharanga) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman and wicketkeeper.

Early life

Upul Tharanga had his education at Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda. He started his cricket career as a teenager at his school. Having played for Nondescripts since the age of 15, he played for Sri Lanka's under-15, under-17 and under-19 squads. He had a successful under-19 World Cup in 2004 with successful innings of 117 and 61 in successive games. He was sent by the Sri Lankan cricketing board to play league cricket for Loughton Cricket Club in Essex.

Tharanga's Sri Lankan call-up in July 2005 made for a mixed 2005, after his family home was washed away by the Asian tsunami. His equipment, which was also washed away, was replaced by Kumar Sangakkara. Tharanga graduated to the "A" team and in July he was selected for the full squad.

International career

On the 2006 tour of England he really began to develop, particularly in the one-day game, scoring over 300 runs in Sri Lanka's 5-0 whitewash of the hosts. In addition, Tharanga is also well-known for taking part in a record-breaking first wicket partnership with Sanath Jayasuriya in the final match of this series. He finished off with 109 off 102 balls, and played a pivotal role in completing the whitewash against England.

Tharanga lost his form in the 2007 World Cup scoring only one half century (against New Zealand) he then continued his poor run of form in the home series against England in 2007 where he failed to contribute and often fell before the 10th over often resulting in a middle-order collapse. Subsequently he lost his ODI place to Malinda Warnapura and his test place to Michael Vandort but he remains within the squad.

However, in the 2011 World Cup, he is back to performing remarkably. In the semi-final game against England, his partnership with Dilshan could not be pierced. Together they wrapped up the game, each acquiring centuries. His strong form has returned him to the opening position in the strong Sri-Lankan batting line up.

He has also come in for special praise from Jayasuriya, one of the greats of cricket, saying that he could be the next captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team.

Drugs

A urine sample provided by Tharanga after the world cup semi-final against New Zealand on 29 March 2011 was found to have metabolites of two glucocorticosteroids - prednisone and prednisolone, which are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Tharanga initially claimed he had taken some medication for asthma and had no idea it was a banned drug.

An independent anti-doping tribunal was convened at which Tharanga pleaded guilty, claiming he had taken some herbal remedy to ease discomfort caused by a long-standing shoulder injury. The tribunal found Tharanga guilty of violating anti-doping rules and banned him from all cricket and cricket-related activities for a three months (9 May 2011 to 8 August 2011).

One Day International Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of ODI centuries scored by Upul Tharanga

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
  • The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career
One Day International Centuries of Upul Tharanga
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
105 5  Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium 2005
103 12  New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Jade Stadium 2006
120 23  England London, England Lord's Cricket Ground 2006
109 27  England Leeds, England Headingley 2006
105 31  Bangladesh Mohali, Chandigarh, India Punjab Cricket Association Stadium 2006
121 32  Zimbabwe Motera, Ahmedabad, India Sardar Patel Stadium 2006
118 86  India Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 2009
118* 90  Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh S.B National Stadium 2009
101* 111  West Indies Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2011
133 117  Zimbabwe Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011
102* 119  England Colombo, Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium 2011

References

  1. "Upul Tharanga found guilty of breaching ICC Anti-Doping Code". International Cricket Council. 24 June 2011.
  2. Pathirana, Saroj (8 June 2011). "Sri Lanka confirm Upul Tharanga dope test positive". BBC Sport.
  3. http://www.islandcricket.lk/news/srilankacricket/113290530/sri-lanka-ministry-confirms-tharanga-failed-dope-test
  4. "Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga banned for three months for doping violation". The Guardian. 24 June 2011.
  5. "Sri Lanka opener Tharanga banned for three months after positive drug test". Daily Mail. 24 June 2011.
  6. "Sri Lanka vs England, 4th Quarter-Final ICC World Cup 2011". {{cite web}}: Text "Cricket Archives" ignored (help)
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