| Series | Countries | Live Scores | Fixtures | Results | News |
Features
|
Photos | Video & Audio | Blogs | Statistics | Archive | Games | Mobile | ||||||||||||||||||||
England v South Africa / Players / Ajit de Silva
Full name Ginigalgodage Ramba Ajit de Silva
Born December 12, 1952, Ambalangoda
Current age 60 years 158 days
Major teams Sri Lanka
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 4 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 8.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ODIs | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6* | 4.50 | 33 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| First-class | 53 | 68 | 27 | 317 | 75 | 7.73 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | |||
| List A | 15 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 10* | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 4 | 7 | 962 | 385 | 7 | 2/38 | 4/98 | 55.00 | 2.40 | 137.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 6 | 6 | 305 | 262 | 9 | 3/41 | 3/41 | 29.11 | 5.15 | 33.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 53 | 11736 | 4418 | 161 | 6/30 | 27.44 | 2.25 | 72.8 | 4 | 0 | |||
| List A | 15 | 822 | 517 | 19 | 3/41 | 3/41 | 27.21 | 3.77 | 43.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21, 1982 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Sep 17-22, 1982 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 14, 1975 scorecard |
| Last ODI | India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Sep 15, 1982 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1973-1983 |
| List A span | 1975-1983 |
Ajith de Silva was a highly rated left-arm orthodox spinner within his homeland. It was a great disappointment to his supporters when he failed to make a significant impact at the
highest level. De Silva was selected in the inaugural test team that played England at Colombo. He had a steady, though somewhat disappointing debut taking two wickets in each innings, bowling with admirable accuracy but failing to give the ball sufficient flight on what was a favorable wicket for spin bowling. It was expected that along with D.S. de Silva, he would form a spin combination that would hold Sri Lanka in good stead during its formative years in test cricket. However, this was not the case, his returns in three other Tests were below expectations. On the tour to Pakistan he bowled accurately at Karachi and Faisalabad but struggled to dismiss Test-quality batsman. He ended any
further chance of representing Sri Lanka when in 1982-83 he joined the tour to South Africa.
Johann P Jayasekera
- Sri Lanka come of age (Apr 1982)
Tour Results
England v South Africa at Chester-le-Street
- Sep 8, 2012
South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
England v South Africa at Nottingham
- Sep 5, 2012
South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 93 balls remaining)
More results »
South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 93 balls remaining)
Video / Audio
News and Analysis: England prepare to face South Africa without Pietersen
Sponsored Links
ICICI Bank M2I. Register Now and Get A Gift Offer.
Safe & simple online money transfer. Apply Now!
Buy Wisden 2013 & get a FREE Playfair
Available now at Cricshop