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Lanka de Silva

Sri Lanka

Player profile

Full name Sanjeewa Kumara Lanka De Silva
Born July 29, 1975, Kurunegala
Current age 33 years 112 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	-	-	-	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