Ajit de Silva

Ajit de Silva
Personal information
Full name
Ginigalgodage Ramba Ajit de Silva
Born12 December 1952 (1952-12-12) (age 71)
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 3)17 February 1982 v England
Last Test17 September 1982 v India
ODI debut (cap 13)14 June 1975 v Pakistan
Last ODI15 September 1982 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 6 53 15
Runs scored 41 9 317 20
Batting average 8.19 4.50 7.73 5.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 14 6* 75 10 *
Balls bowled 962 305 11,736 822
Wickets 7 9 161 19
Bowling average 55.00 29.11 27.44 27.21
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/38 3/41 6/30 3/41
Catches/stumpings 0/0 2/0 21/0 0/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 June 2020

Ginigalgodage Ramba Ajit de Silva (born 12 December 1952), or Ajit de Silva, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer, who played four Test matches and six One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka, bowling accurate slow left arm spin.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Nirgunan Tiruchelvam (14 August 2012). "The wasted talent that was Ajit de Silva". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Ajit de Silva". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. ^ Silva, Revata S. (6 November 2005). "Ajith de Silva – between Bishen Bedi and N.M. Perera". Sunday Island. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Ajith de Silva the best left-arm leg-spinner we ever had". Daily News. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2020.