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Full name Lindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva
Born December 14, 1979, Panadura
Current age 28 years 307 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Basnahira South,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Deccan Chargers,Panadura Sports Club,Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
11
17
1
537
152*
33.56
854
62.88
1
2
68
1
7
0
ODIs
55
48
4
1324
107*
30.09
1878
70.50
1
11
113
8
17
0
T20Is
7
6
1
82
38
16.40
80
102.50
0
0
8
2
2
0
First-class
112
189
12
6472
152*
36.56
13
38
88
0
List A
155
141
21
3620
107*
30.16
1
26
61
0
Twenty20
13
12
2
228
41
22.80
218
104.58
0
0
18
6
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
11
3
102
65
1
1/57
1/57
65.00
3.82
102.0
0
0
0
ODIs
55
1
24
21
1
1/21
1/21
21.00
5.25
24.0
0
0
0
T20Is
7
2
18
15
1
1/4
1/4
15.00
5.00
18.0
0
0
0
First-class
112
1855
1271
35
4/85
36.31
4.11
53.0
0
0
List A
155
263
242
6
1/1
1/1
40.33
5.52
43.8
0
0
0
Twenty20
13
3
24
36
1
1/4
1/4
36.00
9.00
24.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Dec 7-9, 2006 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 26, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 24, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia v Sri Lanka at Cape Town, Sep 20, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 24, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Hyderabad (Decc), May 25, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Chamara Silva first arrived on the scene as a slightly-built 19-year-old in 1999, a beneficiary of the youth policy adopted by Sidath Wettimuny, the chairman of the selectors at the time. He began with a promising 54 on his ODI debut against Australia. His mannerisms while batting - particularly bow-legged stance and the flamboyant cover drives - immediately attracted comparisons with the great Aravinda de Silva. But despite being prodigiously talented, he failed to nail down a regular place during tours to Sharjah (1999), Zimbabwe (1999), Pakistan (2000) and England (2002). After the England tour he dropped out of the selectors' radar and returned to domestic cricket where he captained Panadura Cricket Club. Over the next four years he was a prolific run-scorer, especially after a move to Sebastianites for the 2004-05 season. Eventually he caught the eye of Tom Moody, who could not understand why he was not in the national squad. A quick promotion back into the Sri Lanka A team followed and after a successful tour to India he won a long overdue international recall. Still just 27, he was a surprise selection for the New Zealand tour and was handed his maiden cap in the first Test at Christchurch. It was an inauspicious start as he bagged a pair and Sri Lanka lost by five wickets. Sri Lanka's team management, however, kept faith for the second Test in Wellington and he rewarded them handsomely, scoring 61 in the first innings and a magnificent unbeaten 152 in the second. His maiden one-day century followed in India, just three weeks before the World Cup. Charlie Austin February 2007
