Kaushal Silva      

Full name Jayan Kaushal Silva

Born May 27, 1986, Colombo

Current age 27 years 22 days

Major teams Basnahira North, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s, St. Thomas College

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Jayan Kaushal Silva
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 3 6 0 84 39 14.00 230 36.52 0 0 6 0 5 1
First-class 125 193 26 7971 180 47.73 24 33 296 44
List A 115 96 21 2821 126 37.61 2 17 129 36
Twenty20 24 17 4 357 60* 27.46 311 114.79 0 2 40 0 12 13
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 125 36 25 1 1/11 1/11 25.00 4.16 36.0 0 0 0
List A 115 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Twenty20 24 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
Test debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dubai (DSC), Oct 26-29, 2011 scorecard
Last Test South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Dec 15-17, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut 2001/02
Last First-class West Indies A v Sri Lanka A at Kingstown, Jun 12-15, 2013 scorecard
List A debut 2002/03
Last List A Rest of Sri Lanka v Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI at Pallekele, May 20, 2013 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Colombo Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Oct 16, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Kandurata Warriors v Nagenahira Nagas at Colombo (RPS), Aug 13, 2012 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
119, 2c/0s Sri Lanka A v W. Indies A Kingstown 12 Jun 2013 FC
26, 0c/0s, 17 Sri Lanka A v W. Indies A Basseterre 5 Jun 2013 FC
1c/2s, 26 SLC Comb XI v Rest SL Pallekele 20 May 2013 LA
0c/2s, 58* SLC Comb XI v Sri Lanka A Pallekele 18 May 2013 LA
99, 0c/0s SLC Comb XI v Rest SL Pallekele 16 May 2013 LA
1c/2s, 24 SLC Comb XI v Sri Lanka A Pallekele 15 May 2013 LA
7, 2c/0s SLC Comb XI v Rest SL Pallekele 12 May 2013 LA
0c/1s, 171, 4c/0s, 88 Sinhalese v Moors Colombo (SSC) 5 Apr 2013 FC
180, 1/11 Sinhalese v Tamil Union Colombo (SSC) 30 Mar 2013 FC
1c/1s, 3c/1s Sinhalese v Galle CC Colombo (SSC) 25 Mar 2013 FC
Profile

Kaushal Silva is rated by Kumar Sangakkara as a highly talented wicketkeeper-batsman. In fact, Sangakkara once said that it was the presence of the world's current best Test wicketkeeper, Prasanna Jayawardene, that kept Silva on the sidelines. A right-hand middle order-batsman, Silva has been a prolific scorer for Sinhalese Sports Club in the domestic circuit and has built up, in a relatively short time, a reputation of being a calm, sensible batsman able to play under pressure.

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Dec 16, 2011

Kaushal Silva appeals for a run-out against Dale Steyn, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Centurion, 2nd day, December 16, 2011

Kaushal Silva appeals for a run-out against Dale Steyn

© Associated Press

Dec 14, 2011

Kaushal Silva prepares for the first Test, Centurion, December 14, 2011

Kaushal Silva prepares for the first Test

© Getty Images

Oct 29, 2011

Mohammad Hafeez hits out on his way to a half-century, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Dubai, 4th day, October 29, 2011

Mohammad Hafeez hits out on his way to a half-century

© AFP

Tour Results
Bangladesh v West Indies at Dhaka - Oct 29-Nov 2, 2011
West Indies won by 229 runs
Bangladesh v West Indies at Chittagong - Oct 21-25, 2011
Match drawn
Bangladesh v West Indies at Chittagong - Oct 18, 2011
Bangladesh won by 8 wickets (with 180 balls remaining)
Bangladesh v West Indies at Dhaka - Oct 15, 2011
West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)
Bangladesh v West Indies at Dhaka - Oct 13, 2011
West Indies won by 40 runs
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