Chamara Silva

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	Tests	ODIs
Chamara Silva Sri Lanka (SL)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Legbreak
Matches	2	16
Runs scored	213	383
Batting average	71.00	38.30
100s/50s	1/1	1/3
Top score	152*	107*
Balls bowled	-	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	2/-	3/-
As of February 17, 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

Lindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva (born December 14, 1979 in 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 he has played 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 immediatly 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. He scored his first one day hundred against India just 3 weeks before the world cup and has since continued his good run of form, scoring fifties in each of Sri lanka's first round matches.

	Sri Lanka squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 Jayawardene \| 2 Atapattu \| 3 Jayasuriya \| 4 Tharanga \| 5 Sangakkara \| 6 Dilshan \| 7 Arnold \| 8 Silva \| 9 Maharoof \| 10 Vaas \| 11 Fernando \| 12 Malinga \| 13 Kulasekara \| 14 Muralitharan \| 15 Bandara \| Coach: Moody