somachandra de silva Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
somachandra de silva is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Dandeniyage Somachandra De Silva
Born
June 11, 1942, Galle
Age
81 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak Googly
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 12 | 41 | - | - |
Inn | 22 | 29 | - | - |
Runs | 406 | 371 | - | - |
Avg | 21.37 | 19.53 | - | - |
SR | 44.52 | 53.69 | - | - |
HS | 61 | 37 | - | - |
NO | 3 | 10 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 2 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 25 | 23 | - | - |
6s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 12 | 41 | - | - |
Inn | 19 | 40 | - | - |
Balls | 3031 | 2076 | - | - |
Runs | 1347 | 1557 | - | - |
Wkt | 37 | 32 | - | - |
BBI | 59 / 5 | 29 / 3 | - | - |
BBM | 162 / 9 | 29 / 3 | - | - |
Eco | 2.67 | 4.5 | - | - |
Avg | 36.41 | 48.66 | - | - |
5W | 1 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- DH de Silva
- Sri Lanka
- Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
- Shropshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
batsmen. During Sri Lanka's associate days, he spent a major time playing cricket around the globe for clubs.
With the bat, de Silva was no mug as he could pitch in with invaluable runs occasionally. He could dig in there and as his two Test fifties show, could hang on for a fair bit. De Silva also embraced temporary captaincy at one point when regular skipper Duleep Mendis was down with an injury. It was only for two Tests but he seemed to relish the role, more so with the bat as both the half centuries came as captain. A respected figure, de Silva spent a great deal of time in the administration of the game in Sri Lanka after his retirement days. Apart from being the cricket advisor to the country's President, he also served as a member of the interim committee that once ran Sri Lankan cricket.
Written by Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
One of Sri Lanka's finest legspinners, Somachandra De Silva was unfortunate that when Sri Lanka was granted full Test status he was at a stage when most players are well into retirement. He had been a fixture in the Sri Lanka team, and well
respected throughout cricketing circles around the world, having played minor county cricket for Linconshire and Shropshire. With his flighted legbreaks and well disguised wrong 'uns, de Silva was a consistent wicket-taker throughout the 70s. In Sri Lanka's inaugural Test he captured 3 for 54 and 0 for 38, his first Test wicket being that of David Gower caught at the wicket by Mahes Goonatilleke. de Silva distinguished himself on the following tour to Pakistan, taking seventeen wickets in three Tests, including the first five-wicket haul by a Sri Lankan when he took 5 for 59 at Faisalabad. When Duleep Mendis was injured early on the 1982-83 tour of New Zealand, de Silva was handed the honour of
leading Sri Lanka in two Tests. With the bat, he was more than useful making two half centuries, both as captain. He maintained his prominence within the game, later coaching Sri Lanka. He was later appointed cricket advisor by the Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa in December 2007 to promote the game in the country's war-hit northern areas. In 2009 De Silva was appointed chairman of a seven-member interim committee to run Sri Lanka Cricket by sports minister Gamini Lokuge.
Johann P Jayasekera (March 2009)