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	Ashwell Prince (vc)

	Hashim Amla

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Ashley de Silva

Sri Lanka

Player profile

Full name Ashley Matthew de Silva
Born December 3, 1963, Colombo
Current age 44 years 217 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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)