Lanka de Silva
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| Born |
29 July 1975 Kurunegala |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 70) | 1997 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | December 3, 1997 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 90) | July 18, 1997 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | November 8, 1997 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: [1], 9 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sanjeewa Kumara Lanka De Silva (born July 29, 1975, Kurunegala) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 11 ODIs in 1997.
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.
He played three Test for Sri Lanka all against Indian national cricket team when Sri Lanka toured to India in 1997 with out any success and lost his place to Romesh Kaluwitharana.
In 2015, de Silva was named as head coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team replacing Jeevantha Kulatunga along with physio Neha Karnik.
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