Background
He studied at S.Thomas" College Bandarawela initially as his father, who was employed at the Survey Department was transferred.
He studied at S.Thomas" College Bandarawela initially as his father, who was employed at the Survey Department was transferred.
He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, and is currently the vice-captain of the Sri Lanka One Day International and Test team Thirimanne began his cricketing career at South.Thomas" College, Bandarawela and played Under 11 cricket and his first coach was Sujeewa Gunarathne. After passing the grade 5 scholarship exam Lahiru joined Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa and played in the Under 13,15,17 and 19 team
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in early 2010.
He made his Test debut against England at the Rose Bowl in June 2011, coming into the side for the injured Tillakaratne Dilshan. In his first Test innings, he was dismissed for 10 runs caught behind off the bowling of James Anderson.
Thirimanne Scored his first ODI century against Australia at Adelaide Oval during second ODI of 2012-2013 Commonwealth Bank Series. During the 2014 Asia Cup in Bangladesh, he opened the batting with Kusal Perera, due to injury of Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was not included to the series.
He scored two magnificent hundreds against Pakistan, where he finally ended up being the highest run scorer in the tournament with 2 centuries with the average of 55.80.
Eventually, Sri Lanka became champions for the fifth time in Asia Cup history. On 23 January 2015, during the fifth ODI between New Zealand, he captained the Sri Lanka, due to slight injury of captain Angelo Mathews. However, his first match as a captain did not underway well, as they lost the match by 108 runs.
He also took 2 wickets at that match, and scored 45 runs as an opener.
However, Sri Lanka lost the series to 4-2 finally. Before the tournament, Sri Lankan opening pair was struggeled to pick up, but finally it was sealed between Thirimanne and Dilshan.
On 1 March 2015, he scored his 4th ODI century against England, where Sri Lanka chasing 309 runs. He was unbeaten 139 in the match.
Test centuries
One Day International centuries.