Nilakshi de Silva

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Nilakshi de Silva
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De Silva batting for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Nishanka Nilakshi Damayanthi de Silva
Born (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 35)
Panadura, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  63)3 November 2015 v  New Zealand
Last ODI3 July 2023 v  New Zealand
T20I debut(cap  30)7 March 2013 v  West Indies
Last T20I6 September 2023 v  England
T20I shirt no.27
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches3067
Runs scored520795
Batting average 22.6017.25
100s/50s0/00/1
Top score48* 63*
Balls bowled318217
Wickets 411
Bowling average 76.5021.63
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling1/273/13
Catches/stumpings 10/–30/–
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Incheon Team
Women's Asia Cup
Winner 2024 Sri Lanka
Source: Cricinfo, 3 July 2023

Nilakshi de Silva (born 27 September 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the women's national team. [1] She made her One Day International debut for Sri Lanka Women against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy on 3 November 2015. [2] A right-arm slow-medium bowler, she was the leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, with seven dismissals in five matches. [3]

In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. [4] In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [5] In October 2021, she was included in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. [6] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. [7] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [8] She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Nilakshi de Silva". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "ICC Women's Championship, 1st ODI: New Zealand Women v Sri Lanka Women at Lincoln, Nov 3, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2018, Sri Lanka Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Sri Lanka squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

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