Sajeewa de Silva

Not to be confused with Sujeewa de Silva.

Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva (born 11 January 1971) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he played eight Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka between 1996 and 2000. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Burgher Recreation Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.^[1]

Sajeewa de Silva

Personal information
Full name	Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva
Born	(1971-01-11) 11 January 1971 (age 53) Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1996–2000)
Test debut (cap 67)	14 March 1997 v New Zealand
Last Test	12 March 1999 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 88)	28 September 1996 v Kenya
Last ODI	5 June 2000 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 8 38 111 74 Runs scored 65 39 1,099 170 Batting average 9.28 6.50 11.94 8.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0 Top score 27 13* 74 35 Balls bowled 1,585 1,619 15,412 2,859 Wickets 16 52 346 78 Bowling average 55.56 25.44 22.93 27.78 5 wickets in innings 1 0 19 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0 Best bowling 5/85 3/18 7/73 3/18 Catches/stumpings 5/– 12/– 58/– 23/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 January 2015

Trivia

Sajeewa de Silva along with Russel Arnold set the record for the highest 10th wicket runstand for Sri Lanka in ODI cricket with 51 runs.^[2][3]

References

1. "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
2. "2nd ODI: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Dec 12, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
3. "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka | One-Day Internationals | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2017.