Lanka de Silva

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Lanka de Silva
ලංකා ද සිල්වා
Personal information
Born (1975-07-29) 29 July 1975 (age 46)
Kurunegala
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 70)19 November 1997 v India
Last Test3 December 1997 v India
ODI debut (cap 90)18 July 1997 v India
Last ODI8 November 1997 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 3 11
Runs scored 36 161
Batting average 18.00 53.66
100s/50s -/- -/2
Top score 20* 57
Balls bowled - -
Wickets - -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 1/- 9/6
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2006

Sanjeewa Kumara Lanka De Silva (born July 29, 1975, Kurunegala), or Lanka De Silva, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 11 ODIs in 1997. He is also the current interim head coach of the Sri Lanka women's national cricket team.

Domestic career[]

He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[1]

International career[]

He was right-hand wicket-keeper batsman. de Silva is only the tenth player in Sri Lankan cricket history to pass 10,000 runs in first-class cricket after starting his career in 1991/92 season for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club.[2]

He played three Test for Sri Lanka all against Indian national cricket team when Sri Lanka toured to India in 1997 without any success and lost his place to Romesh Kaluwitharana.[3]

Coaching career[]

In 2015, de Silva was named as head coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team replacing Jeevantha Kulatunga along with physio .[4][5][6] In August 2020, he was appointed as the interim head coach of the Sri Lanka women's cricket team replacing Harsha de Silva.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ Unlucky nine for Colombo, again
  3. ^ Sri Lanka cricket should be free of politics
  4. ^ de Silva is new Sri Lanka Women's coach
  5. ^ Two equally matched teams points to another draw
  6. ^ SLC appoints new coach, physio to women’s team
  7. ^ "Lanka de Silva named Sri Lanka women interim head coach | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  8. ^ Aug 8, PTI /; 2020; Ist, 16:38. "Lanka de Silva appointed interim coach of Sri Lankan women's cricket team | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-08-20.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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