Samantha de Mel
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| Samantha de Mel | ||||
 Italy |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Samantha Vidamelage de Mel | |||
| Born | 12 December 1965 | |||
| Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| Batting style | Not known | |||
| Bowling style | Left-arm orthodox spin | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1990-1991 | Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club | |||
| 1989 | Burgher Recreation Club | |||
| First-class debut | 31 March 1989: Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club | |||
| Last First-class | 4 January 1991: Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club v Panadura Sports Club | |||
| ICC Trophy debut | 26 March 1997: Italy v Papua New Guinea | |||
| Last ICC Trophy | 2 April 1997: Italy v East and Central Africa | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| First-class | ICC Trophy | |||
| Matches | 12 | 4 | ||
| Runs scored | 294 | 57 | ||
| Batting average | 19.60 | 19.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 43 | 25 | ||
| Balls bowled | 936 | 240 | ||
| Wickets | 9 | 7 | ||
| Bowling average | 54.22 | 20.85 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 3/31 | 3/40 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 5/0 | 2/0 | ||
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As of 29 October 2007 |
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Samantha Vidamelage de Mel (born 12 December 1965 in Colombo, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan born Italian former cricketer.[1] A left-arm orthodox spin bowler,[2] he played for the Italy national cricket team between 1996 and 1998, having previously played first-class cricket for Burgher Recreation Club and Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club in his native Sri Lanka.[3]
[edit] Career
De Mel started his career playing in his native Sri Lanka, playing eight first-class matches for Burgher Recreation Club in 1989, and four for Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club in 1990/91.[4]
He later moved to Italy, and first represented the national team there in the 1996 European Championship.[5] He played in the 1997 ICC Trophy for Italy,[6] and last played for them in the following years European Championship.
He was named in Italy's squad for the 2001 ICC Trophy,[7] but Italy withdrew from the tournament due to a dispute over the eligibility of four players.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ CricketArchive profile
- ^ Teams played for by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
- ^ First-class matches played by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
- ^ Other matches played by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
- ^ ICC Trophy matches played by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
- ^ Scuderi included in Italian squad for ICC Trophy by Tony Munro, 25 April 2001 at Cricinfo
- ^ Italy Withdraws from ICC Trophy, ICC Media Release, 25 June 2001
