Sajeewa de Silva

Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva (born 11 January 1971) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he played eight Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka between 1996 and 2000. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Burgher Recreation Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[1]

Sajeewa de Silva
Personal information
Full name
Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva
Born (1971-01-11) 11 January 1971 (age 53)
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 67)14 March 1997 v New Zealand
Last Test12 March 1999 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 88)28 September 1996 v Kenya
Last ODI5 June 2000 v Pakistan
Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIFCLA
Matches83811174
Runs scored65391,099170
Batting average9.286.5011.948.50
100s/50s0/00/00/20/0
Top score2713*7435
Balls bowled1,5851,61915,4122,859
Wickets165234678
Bowling average55.5625.4422.9327.78
5 wickets in innings10190
10 wickets in match0020
Best bowling5/853/187/733/18
Catches/stumpings5/–12/–58/–23/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 January 2015

Trivia

Sajeewa de Silva along with Russel Arnold set the record for the highest 10th wicket runstand for Sri Lanka in ODI cricket with 51 runs.[2][3]

References

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