Alankara Asanka Silva

Alankara Asanka Silva
Personal information
Full name
Alankara Asanka Sriyan Silva
Born (1985-04-04) 4 April 1985 (age 39)
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Badureliya Sports Club
Colts Cricket Club
Ragama Cricket Club
Saracens Sports Club
Sebastianites Club
Sri Lanka A
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 116 72 41
Runs scored 3,260 726 177
Batting average 21.44 17.70 11.80
100s/50s 4/15 0/1 0/0
Top score 151 57* 43
Balls bowled 16,451 2,814 776
Wickets 337 58 59
Bowling average 28.41 35.23 13.88
5 wickets in innings 19 9 0
10 wickets in match 3 0 0
Best bowling 7/73 4/27 4/13
Catches/stumpings 60/– 22/0 14/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 January 2016
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team

Alankara Asanka Silva (born 4 April 1985) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who plays for Saracens Sports Club.[1] He holds the record for the highest individual score when batting at number 11 in a Twenty20 match (26 not out).[2] He is a past pupil of Thissa Central College, Kalutara.

  1. ^ "Alankara Asanka Silva". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Twenty20 Highest Score by Batsman at Each Batting Position". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.