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Full name Sanjeewa Kumara Lanka De Silva
Born July 29, 1975, Kurunegala
Current age 33 years 24 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Burgher Recreation Club,Colombo Cricket Club,Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club,Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club,Wayamba
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
4
2
36
20*
18.00
153
23.52
0
0
3
0
1
0
ODIs
11
6
3
161
57
53.66
193
83.41
0
2
16
0
9
6
First-class
165
268
31
9947
213
41.97
20
59
282
39
List A
108
98
20
2405
101*
30.83
1
16
68
26
Twenty20
13
13
1
146
37
12.16
136
107.35
0
0
14
3
16
8
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
165
99
62
1
1/0
62.00
3.75
99.0
0
0
List A
108
2
4
0
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-
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12.00
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Sri Lanka at Mohali, Nov 19-23, 1997 scorecard
Last Test
India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai, Dec 3-7, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Jul 18, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Nov 8, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1991/92
Last First-class
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Mar 27-30, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1991/92
Last List A
Kandurata v Wayamba at Colombo (SSC), Jan 13, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Colombo Cricket Club v Panadura Sports Club at Colombo (Police), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Ruhuna v Wayamba at Kurunegala, May 1, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Lanka de Silva came into the Sri Lankan side in place of Romesh Kaluwitharana aged 22 with heavy expectations on his narrow shoulders. He proved up to the task in hand, and as well as being an excellent wicketkeeper, he showed a nifty touch with the bat. But competition for the wicketkeeper's place was tough, and de Silva lost his place when Kaluwitharana returned and has not received another chance since.
Treshad Sosa
