Samantha de Mel

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Samantha de Mel
Italy
Personal information
Full name Samantha Vidamelage de Mel
Born 12 December 1965 (1965-12-12) (age 42)
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

As of 29 October 2007
Source: Cricket Archive

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]

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