Angelo Mathews on January 05
Muttiah Muralitharan achieved his Best bowling figures in Tests
In 05th of January 2002, Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan achieved his best bowling figures in an Innings. He claimed 9 wickets for 51 runs against Zimbabwe in Kandy and its ranked at 5th place in best bowling figures in an Innings list.
Lahiru Thirimanne made his debut in ODI matches
Lahiru Thirimanne drives behind square
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In 05th of January 2010, Sri Lankan top order batsman Lahiru Thirimanne made his debut in ODI matches at Dhaka. He played his debut match against India in Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh and scored 22 runs in 24 balls. Lahiru Thirimanne and Upul Tharanga started the Sri Lankan innings and both added 48 runs for the first wicket and Sri Lanka won the match by 5 wickets
Thilan Samaraweera made his second Hundred in ODI matches
Thilan Samaraweera brings up a classy century, India v Sri Lanka, Tri-series, 2nd ODI, Mirpur, January 5, 2010
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In 05th of January 2010, Sri Lankan middle order batsman Thilan Samaraweera made his 2nd hundred in ODI matches. He scored an unbeaten 105 runs in 106 balls against India and it helped Sri Lanka to beat india by 5 wickets.
Chanaka Welagedara achieved his first five wickets haul in ODIs
In 05th of January 2010, Sri Lankan Left-arm fast-medium bowler Chanaka Welagedara achieved his first and only five wickets haul in ODI matches. He claimed 5 wickets for 66 runs in his 10 overs with one maiden over against India.
Angelo Mathews passed 4000 ODI runs
In 05th of January 2016, Sri Lankan all rounder passed 4000 runs in ODI matches. He achieved this milestone in 140 innings.
