Sujeewa de Silva

Sujeewa de Silva
Personal information
Full name Weddikkara Ruwan Sujeewa de Silva
Born 7 October 1979
Beruwala, Sri Lanka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 89) 21 July 2002 v Bangladesh
Last Test 11 July 2007 v Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC LA T20
Matches 3 113 73 17
Runs scored 10 935 162 6
Batting average 10.00 8.50 6.48 6.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 5* 47 21* 2*
Balls bowled 432 13,153 3,009 309
Wickets 11 339 108 25
Bowling average 19.00 23.96 22.29 14.88
5 wickets in innings 0 11 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/35 7/49 7/25 4/16
Catches/stumpings 1/– 38/– 14/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 January 2015
Sujeewa de Silva should not be confused with another Sri Lankan cricketer, Sajeewa de Silva

Weddikkara Ruwan Sujeewa de Silva (born October 7, 1979 in Beruwala)he studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya,he is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.

In 2000 he broke the record for the most wickets in the Premier Under-23 Trophy, but failed to attract the selectors until two tests against Bangladesh in 2002.

He has been involved in Twenty20 cricket since 2004.