# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thilan-samaraweera
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:53:16.157Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thilan-samaraweera"
name: "Thilan Samaraweera"
slug: "thilan-samaraweera"
description: "Thilan Thusara Samaraweera is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer. Samaraweera played international cricket for Sri Lanka. Known as Sri Lanka's crisis man and for his slow strike rate, He is also nicknamed “Bullet Samaraweera\" following his wounding during the 2009 terror attack on his national team bus in Pakistan. He retired after over 80 matches with a batting average over 48 in Test cricket. He was a part of the Sri Lankan squad which finished as runners-up at the 2011 Cricket World Cup."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1976-09-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.569937369519833
  historical:           6.2234
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump