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- ↑ Full scores for some List A matches in Sri Lanka are not available, hence this figure is not known
- ↑ Teams played for by Thusara Kodikara at CricketArchive
- 1 2 3 CricketArchive profile
- 1 2 3 4 First-class matches played by Thusara Kodikara at CricketArchive
- 1 2 List A matches played by Thusara Kodikara at CricketArchive
- ↑ Scorecard of Antonians Sports Club v Rio Sports Club, 15 January 1993 at CricketArchive
- 1 2 Other matches played by Thusara Kodikara at CricketArchive
- ↑ "THUSHARA KODIKARA HEADS TO SARAWAK", Malaysian Cricket Association, 3 June 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2017.