Chamara Silva      

Sri Lanka

Full name Lindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva

Born December 14, 1979, Panadura

Current age 30 years 296 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, Sri Lanka A

Playing role Batsman

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	61	52	7	1400	107*	31.11	1968	71.13	1	11	120	9	18	0
T20Is	15	14	2	171	38	14.25	169	101.18	0	0	19	3	5	0
First-class	145	244	14	8657	152*	37.63			19	50			132	0
List A	188	172	27	4514	107*	31.13			2	32			73	0
Twenty20	35	34	6	704	56	25.14	628	112.10	0	1	64	17	15	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	61	1	24	21	1	1/21	1/21	21.00	5.25	24.0	0	0	0
T20Is	15	2	18	15	1	1/4	1/4	15.00	5.00	18.0	0	0	0
First-class	145		2164	1506	46	4/24		32.73	4.17	47.0		0	0
List A	188		287	267	6	1/1	1/1	44.50	5.58	47.8	0	0	0
Twenty20	35	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	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 26, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Aug 28, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Jun 21, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Australia A v Sri Lanka A at Townsville, Jun 25-27, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Aug 28, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Australia A v Sri Lanka A at Townsville, Jul 2, 2010 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.thanks crickinfo.com
Charlie Austin February 2007