Sajeewa de Silva

Sajeewa de Silva
Personal information
Full name Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva
Born 11 January 1971
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 67) 14 March 1997 v New Zealand
Last Test 12 March 1999 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 88) 28 September 1996 v Kenya
Last ODI 5 June 2000 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 8 38 111 74
Runs scored 65 39 1,099 170
Batting average 9.28 6.50 11.94 8.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 27 13* 74 35
Balls bowled 1,585 1,619 15,412 2,859
Wickets 16 52 346 78
Bowling average 55.56 25.44 22.93 27.78
5 wickets in innings 1 0 19 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 5/85 3/18 7/73 3/18
Catches/stumpings 5/– 12/– 58/– 23/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 January 2015
Sajeewa de Silva should not be confused with another Sri Lankan cricketer, Sujeewa de Silva.

Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva (born January 11, 1971 in Kalutara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he played eight Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka between 1996 and 2000.