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http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, saying that the all-rounder reminds him of the former South African great, Lance Klusener.
"The way he hit the ball the other day he reminded me very much of Lance," said Ford while speaking to the media reporters on Tuesday.
"He is a wonderful striker of the ball and he's got the same sort of power that Lance had. He is an all-round cricketer just like Lance and contributes in all areas,” he added further.
Thisara Perera, the 23-year-old Colombo born cricketer was remarkable with the ball in the recently concluded five-match One Day International series against Pakistan, and played a key role in his side’s 3-1 win in the series. The
gangling right-arm medium pace bowler claimed 11 wickets from 4 innings at an impressive average of 15.54 and an astounding economy rate of 5 an over. Perera claimed his career best figures of 6 for 44, and his maiden hat-trick during the series - leading
to the Player of the Series accolade.
Graham Ford, the 51-year-old former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 first-class cricketer predicted a prosperous future for the Sri Lankan all-rounder.
“He is only 23 and is going to develop and get better and more effective. The more times he handles situations the better he will be,” said the Sri Lankan coach.
"It's very exciting for Sri Lanka cricket to have a young man coming through the ranks and he should be around for a long time,” the South African insisted.
The Colombo-born all-rounder made his One Day International debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 at Kolkata on December 24, 2009, and has so far played 39 One Day Internationals claiming 59 wickets at an average of 23.28.
Startling performances in the one-day leg of the home series against Misbah and Men, earned Perera a spot in the opening Test of the three-match series against the same opposition, which gets underway in Galle from Friday, June 22.
Since making his Test debut in May 2011 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, Perera has so far played only five Test matches and has seven wickets in his name.
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