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Full name Ashley Matthew de Silva
Born December 3, 1963, Colombo
Current age 44 years 313 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Colombo Cricket Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
3
0
10
9
3.33
46
21.73
0
0
1
0
4
1
ODIs
4
2
0
12
8
6.00
24
50.00
0
0
0
0
4
2
First-class
61
89
11
2336
186
29.94
4
10
121
16
List A
18
15
3
346
87*
28.83
0
2
19
6
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
61
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
18
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Mar 13-18, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Jul 27-Aug 1, 1993 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Mar 2, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Jul 25, 1993 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984/85 - 1995/96
List A span
1984/85 - 1993/94
Profile
An experienced domestic player when selected to play for Sri
Lanka, de Silva's sojourn at international level was a brief one.
Making his first class debut in 1984 de Silva had been a steady
performer for the Colombo Cricket Club throughout the 80's and
early 90's. Sri Lanka's failure to develop a quality test
wicketkeeper saw de Silva receive an call up for the one off test
against England. Sri Lanka achieved their first test victory over
the English, de Silva contributing 9 runs, a catch and one
stumping. De Silva's batting failed to impress at international
level in his few outings, failing to reach double figures in any
innings, and was omitted from the side. His name added to the
ever expanding list of former Sri Lankan test wicketkeepers.
(Contributed by Johann P Jayasekera , Sep
1999)
