Lanka de Silva
Sanjeewa Kumara Lanka De Silva (born July 29, 1975, Kurunegala), or Lanka De Silva, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 11 ODIs in 1997.
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| Born | 29 July 1975 Kurunegala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 70) | 19 November 1997 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 3 December 1997 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 90) | 18 July 1997 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 8 November 1997 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3][4][5]
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