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Full name Ginigalgodage Ramba Ajit de Silva
Born December 12, 1952, Ambalangoda
Current age 55 years 262 days
Major teams Sri Lanka
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
7
2
41
14
8.20
0
0
1
0
0
ODIs
6
4
2
9
6*
4.50
33
27.27
0
0
2
0
First-class
53
68
27
317
75
7.73
0
1
21
0
List A
15
7
3
20
10*
5.00
0
0
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
7
962
385
7
2/38
4/98
55.00
2.40
137.4
0
0
0
ODIs
6
6
305
262
9
3/41
3/41
29.11
5.15
33.8
0
0
0
First-class
53
4418
161
6/30
27.44
4
0
List A
15
822
517
19
3/41
3/41
27.21
3.77
43.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Sep 17-22, 1982 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 14, 1975 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Sep 15, 1982 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1973/74 - 1982/83
List A span
1975 - 1982/83
Profile
Ajith de Silva was a highly rated left arm orthodox spinner
within his homeland. It was a great disappointment to his
supporters when he failed to make a significant impact at the
highest level. De Silva was selected in the inaugural test team
that played England at Colombo. He had a steady, though somewhat
disappointing debut taking two wickets in each innings, bowling
with admirable accuracy but failing to give the ball sufficient
flight on what was a favorable wicket for spin bowling. It was
expected that along with D.S. de Silva, he would form a spin
combination that would hold Sri Lanka in good stead during its
formative years in test cricket. However, this was not the case,
his returns in three other tests were below expectations. On the
tour to Pakistan he bowled accurately at Karachi and Faisalabad
but struggled to dismiss test quality batsman. He ended any
further chance of representing Sri Lanka when in 1982/83 he
joined the tour to South Africa. (Contributed by Johann P
Jayasekera , Sep 1999)
