Ashley de Silva

Ashley de Silva
Personal information
Full name
Ashley Matthew de Silva
Born3 December 1963 (1963-12-03) (age 60)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 55)13 March 1993 v England
Last Test27 July 1993 v India
ODI debut (cap 44)2 March 1986 v Pakistan
Last ODI25 July 1993 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1982–1984Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
1986–1996Colombo Cricket Club
Umpiring information
LA umpired1 (2011)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 3 4
Runs scored 10 12
Batting average 3.33 6.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 9 8
Catches/stumpings 4/1 4/2
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2006

Ashley Matthew de Silva (born 3 December 1963) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in three Test matches and four One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1993. He is, as of 2019, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket.

De Silva was born in 1963 in Colombo into a Roman Catholic family. He attended Saint Joseph's College, Colombo, where he played in four of the annual Battle of the Saints against St. Peter's College, Colombo, the last—in 1982—as captain. He became the first former Saint Joseph's player to play Test cricket.[1][2][3]

De Silva began his domestic cricket career for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the Lakspray Trophy. He later moved to Colombo Cricket Club where he was playing when the competition attained First-class cricket status in 1989.[2][3][4]

After his playing career, de Silva became a referee as well as taking charge of one List A match as an umpire in 2011.[5][6][7]

In 2013, de Silva became acting CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, later taking on the role permanently.[1][8]

  1. ^ a b Epasinghe, Premasara (30 March 2013). "Ashley de Silva New SLC CEO". Daily News. Colombo: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Epasinghe, Premasara (14 March 2005). "Ashley de Silva - first Josephian Test player". Daily News. Colombo: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Miscellaneous Matches played by Ashley de Silva". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Ashley de Silva". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Ashley de Silva as Referee in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Ashley de Silva as Referee in List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Ashley de Silva as Umpire in List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Ashley de Silva appointed acting CEO of SLC". Daily FT. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2020.