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Full name Kelaniyage Jayantha Silva
Born June 2, 1973, Kalutara
Current age 35 years 127 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Kalutara Physical Culture Club,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
7
4
1
6
6*
2.00
28
21.42
0
0
1
0
1
0
ODIs
1
1
1
1
1*
-
1
100.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
65
61
23
177
22
4.65
0
0
33
0
List A
7
4
3
6
3
6.00
0
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
7
11
1533
647
20
4/16
7/35
32.35
2.53
76.6
2
0
0
ODIs
1
1
48
55
0
-
-
-
6.87
-
0
0
0
First-class
65
11844
5199
232
6/7
22.40
2.63
51.0
17
2
List A
7
306
221
11
4/36
4/36
20.09
4.33
27.8
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 1995 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Kandy, Jan 7-11, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 26, 1995 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1991/92 - 1998/99
List A span
1994/95 - 1996/97
Profile
A left-arm spinner, Jayantha Silva's seven-Test career split into two distinct segments. Serve up Zimbabwean prey and he was lethal: in three Tests against them he took 16 wickets at an average of 10.12, including a couple of match-winning performances in Colombo in 1996-97. But in four Tests against India, Australia and Pakistan, Silva was managed only four wickets at an average of 121.25. With a plethora of left-armers in domestic circles, Silva's time had passed and he disappeared from the first-class game before he was 28.
Martin Williamson
