Sujeewa de Silva

Not to be confused with Sajeewa de Silva.

Sujeewa de Silva

Personal information
Full name	Weddikkara Ruwan Sujeewa de Silva
Born	(1979-10-07) 7 October 1979 (age 46) Beruwala, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2002–2007)
Test debut(cap  89)	21 July 2002 v  Bangladesh
Last Test	11 July 2007 v  Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 3 113 73 17 Runs scored 10 935 162 6 Batting average 10.00 8.50 6.48 6.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 5* 47 21* 2* Balls bowled 432 13,153 3,009 309 Wickets 11 339 108 25 Bowling average 19.00 23.96 22.29 14.88 5 wickets in innings 0 11 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/35 7/49 7/25 4/16 Catches/stumpings 1/– 38/– 14/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 January 2017

Weddikkara Ruwan Sujeewa de Silva (born 7 October 1979) is a Sri Lankan former international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He is a past student of Kalutara Vidyalaya.

Domestic career

In 2000 he broke the record for the most wickets in the Premier Under-23 Trophy, but failed to attract the selectors. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. ^[1]

International career

He made his Test debut on 21 July 2002 against Bangladesh as the Sri Lanka's 89th Test cap. In 2007, he was called up to the squad as cover for an injured Chanaka Welagedara, but did not play a match. ^[2]

References

1. "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
2. "Sri Lanka call up Sujeewa de Silva". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.