Chamara Silva

Chamara Silva

Personal information
Full name	Lindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva
Born	14 December 1979 (1979-12-14) (age 31) Panadura, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg-spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut	7 December 2006 v New Zealand
Last Test	3 April 2008 v West Indies
ODI debut	26 August 1999 v Australia
Last ODI	7 November 2010 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
2005–07	Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club
2003–05	Sinhalese Sports Club
1996-03	Panadura Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	11	64	145	201
Runs scored	537	1,437	8,657	4,961
Batting average	33.56	30.57	37.63	32.00
100s/50s	1/2	1/11	19/50	2/34
Top score	152*	107*	152*	107*
Balls bowled	102	24	2,164	301
Wickets	1	1	46	6
Bowling average	65.00	21.00	32.73	47.33
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/57	1/21	4/24	1/1
Catches/stumpings	7/–	20/–	132/–	79/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 February 2011

Lindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva (Sinhala:ලිඳමලිලගේ ප්‍රගීත් චාමර සිල්වා) (born December 14, 1979 in Panadura,education at Royal College Panadura, commonly known as Chamara Silva) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler.

Having set a steady record for his club Panadura, he captained the team and secured a good record including a 54 on his One Day International debut against Australia. Since 1998 he has played List A cricket, and since 2004 Twenty20 cricket, with moderate success and steady averages. He made his Test debut in New Zealand and had the worst possible start being dismissed for a pair just like his teammate Marvan Atapattu was a decade earlier. He was given a second chance however and immediately justified his selection with an entertaining, if lucky at times, 61 in the first innings of the 2nd Test, enjoying a 121 run partnership with Kumar Sangakkara. In the second innings he improved further, making a very aggressive unbeaten 152, hitting 20 fours and batting right through with the tail (most notably Chaminda Vaas, putting on 88 runs together) before running out of partners.

Silva scored his first One Day International hundred against India just 3 weeks before the World Cup. His good form continued in the Cricket World Cup 2007, he managed to make 350 runs with an average of 43.75 with 4 half centuries and a highest score of 64. His success in the middle order has helped to give Sri Lanka a boost in their one day and test sides particularly after veteran middle order batsmen Russel Arnold announced his retirement at the end of the World Cup.

He has been compared with Aravinda de Silva due to his bow-legged stance.

Persondata
Name	Silva, Chamara
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	14 December 1979
Place of birth	Panadura
Date of death
Place of death

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