Lanka de Silva

Lanka de Silva
Personal information
Full name
Sanjeewa Kumara Lanka de Silva
Born (1975-07-29) 29 July 1975 (age 49)
Kurunegala
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 70)19 November 1997 v India
Last Test3 December 1997 v India
ODI debut (cap 90)18 July 1997 v India
Last ODI8 November 1997 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 3 11
Runs scored 36 161
Batting average 18.00 53.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/2
Top score 20* 57
Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/6
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2006

Lanka de Silva (born 29 July 1975) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in three Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals in 1997. He is also the current interim head coach of the Sri Lanka women's national cricket team.

Domestic career

He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[1]

International career

He was right-hand wicket-keeper batsman. de Silva is only the tenth player in Sri Lankan cricket history to pass 10,000 runs in first-class cricket after starting his career in 1991/92 season for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club.[2]

He played three Test for Sri Lanka all against Indian national cricket team when Sri Lanka toured to India in 1997 without any success and lost his place to Romesh Kaluwitharana.[3]

Coaching career

In 2015, de Silva was named as head coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team replacing Jeevantha Kulatunga along with physio Neha Karnik.[4][5][6] In August 2020, he was appointed as the interim head coach of the Sri Lanka women's cricket team replacing Harsha de Silva.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ Unlucky nine for Colombo, again
  3. ^ Sri Lanka cricket should be free of politics
  4. ^ de Silva is new Sri Lanka Women's coach
  5. ^ Two equally matched teams points to another draw
  6. ^ "SLC appoints new coach, physio to women's team". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Lanka de Silva named Sri Lanka women interim head coach | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Lanka de Silva appointed interim coach of Sri Lankan women's cricket team | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.


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