Chamara Silva

Chamara Silva
Personal information
Full name
Lindamalilage Prageeth Chamara Silva
Born (1979-12-14) 14 December 1979 (age 44)
Panadura, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 105)7 December 2006 v New Zealand
Last Test3 April 2008 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 101)26 August 1999 v Australia
Last ODI23 November 2011 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 6)22 December 2006 v New Zealand
Last T20I25 November 2011 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
2005–2007Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club
2003–2005Sinhalese Sports Club
1996–2003Panadura Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 11 75 16
Runs scored 537 1,587 175
Batting average 33.56 28.85 13.46
100s/50s 1/2 1/13 0/0
Top score 152* 107* 38
Balls bowled 102 42 18
Wickets 1 1 1
Bowling average 65.00 33.00 15.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/57 1/21 1/4
Catches/stumpings 7/– 20/– 5/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2007 West-Indies
Runner-up 2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2009 England
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 February 2017

Lindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva (Sinhala: චාමර සිල්වා; born 14 December 1979) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all formats of the game for 12 years. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler.[1]

He has been compared with Aravinda de Silva due to his bow-legged stance. Silva was an important member of three World runner-up Sri Lanka teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011.

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