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Lanka de Silva

Sri Lanka

Full name Sanjeewa Kumara Lanka De Silva

Born July 29, 1975, Kurunegala

Current age 36 years 198 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	181	295	34	10719	213	41.06			21	64			301	40
List A	118	107	20	2553	101*	29.34			1	16			72	26
Twenty20	18	16	1	184	37	12.26	177	103.95	0	0	19	3	20	9

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	181		105	67	1	1/0		67.00	3.82	105.0		0	0
List A	118		3	8	0	-	-	-	16.00	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Kurunegala, Feb 5-7, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	1991/92
Last List A	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (RPS), Mar 17, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colombo Cricket Club v Panadura Sports Club at Colombo (Police), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Basnahira South v Wayamba at Colombo (SSC), Apr 5, 2009 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
43, 79	Kurunegala Y	v SL Air SC	Kurunegala	5 Feb 2012	First-class
29, 13	Kurunegala Y	v SL Navy	Welisara	27 Jan 2012	First-class
0c/0s	Wayamba	v Basnahira S	Colombo (SSC)	5 Apr 2009	Twenty20
0c/0s	Wayamba	v Ruhuna	Colombo (SSC)	4 Apr 2009	Twenty20
3c/0s, 18	Wayamba	v Kandurata	Colombo (SSC)	31 Mar 2009	Twenty20
16, 1c/0s	Wayamba	v Basnahira N	Colombo (Colts)	29 Mar 2009	Twenty20
0c/1s, 4	Wayamba	v Ruhuna	Colombo (SSC)	28 Mar 2009	Twenty20
3, 2c/0s, 7, 0c/0s	Wayamba	v Basnahira N	Colombo (RPS)	19 Mar 2009	First-class
0c/0s, 37	Tamil Union	v Bloomfield	Colombo (RPS)	17 Mar 2009	List A
49, 15	Wayamba	v Kandurata	Dambulla	12 Mar 2009	First-class

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