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Aravinda de Silva

Personal information
Full namePinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva
Birth Date (Y-M-D)1965-10-17
Place of birthColombo
Country of birthSri Lanka
NicknameMad Max
Batting styleRight-handed
Bowling styleRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
CountrySri Lanka
Test Debut23 August 1984 v England
Last Test23 July 2002 v Bangladesh
ODI debut31 March 1984 v New Zealand
Last ODI18 March 2004 v Australia
Domestic team information
Nondescripts Cricket Club1989 - 2002
Kent1995
Auckland1996/1997

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Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva (born 17 October 1965 in Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who is considered one of the finest batsmen produced by the country. He is currently the head of the national selection committee.

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SRI LANKA CRICKET BOARD ( ARAVINDA DE SILVA) BATTING FOR INDIA AND GLORY! - Lankaweb Tweet this news
Lankaweb--Is -Aravinda de Silva- is trying to gain an international reputation, perhaps ear-marking a seat in the ICC with his powerful financial status and connections ... - Date : Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:29:09 GMT+00:00
Aravinda de Silva breaks his promise - Island Cricket (blog) Tweet this news
Island Cricket (blog)--When -Aravinda de Silva- was appointed Chairman of Selectors, he made an unusual promise; de Silva promised to talk to players and explain to them why they ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:15:53 GMT+00:00
Flat tracks are detrimental to the game - De Silva - Island Cricket (blog) Tweet this news
Island Cricket (blog)--August 15, 2010 (islandcricket.lk): -Aravinda de Silva- says that pitches today favour batsmen more than bowlers and he fears players won't take to fast ... - Date : Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:38:18 GMT+00:00
Lankan selectors spring a surprise - Deccan Herald Tweet this news
Deccan Herald--Instead, -Aravinda de Silva's- panel opted to blood what they believe is a more attacking option in Suraj Randiv, the offie who has made an excellent ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:07:55 GMT+00:00
Deputy Mahela taken aback - Calcutta Telegraph Tweet this news
Calcutta Telegraph--I'll have to speak to -Aravinda (de Silva-, the chief selector) and find out,” Mahela added, as he prepared to leave for a training session. ... - Date : Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:26:01 GMT+00:00
Enjoining Order issued on A & N Consulting - Daily Mirror Tweet this news
Daily Mirror--The plaintiff, who is a close friend of the second defendant -Aravinda de Silva-, came to an agreement with him and according to the terms of the agreement, ... - Date : Wed, 26 May 2010 18:49:14 GMT+00:00
Aravinda de Silva takes over as chief selector - Island Cricket (blog) Tweet this news
Island Cricket (blog)--Former Sri Lankan captain -Aravinda de Silva- has been named chairman of a new four-member national selection committee by sports minister Chandrasiri Bandara ... - Date : Wed, 26 May 2010 17:56:48 GMT+00:00
Sri Lanka Junior Tours Help - Sunday Leader (registration) Tweet this news
Sunday Leader (registration)--The -Aravinda de Silva- Cricket Foundation sponsored by Coca Cola Inc have conducted junior camps in all the districts in the country. ... - Date : Sun, 23 May 2010 01:38:47 GMT+00:00

Career statistics
CompetitionTestsODIFCLA
Matches93308220392
Runs636192841500012095
Batting average42.9734.9048.3836.32
100s/50s20/2211/6443/7117/77
Top score267145267158*
Balls bowled2595514890057377
Wickets29106129156
Bowling average41.6539.4029.1736.30
5 wickets in innings0080
10 wickets in match0n/a1n/a
Best bowling3/304/307/244/28
Catches/stumpings43/ -95/ -108/ -116/ -

1996 World Cup :
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 122 5 Pakistan Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1985
[2] 105 7 Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 1985
[3] 167 16 Australia Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground 1989
[4] 267 19 New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Basin reserve 1991
[5] 123 21 New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 1991
[6] 148 34 India Colombo, Sri Lanka P. Saravanamuttu Stadium 1993
[7] 127 42 Pakistan Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 1994
[8] 105 49 Pakistan Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1995
[9] 168 58 Pakistan Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 1997
[10] 138* 59 Pakistan Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 1997
[11] 103*
[12] 126 62 India Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 1997
[13] 146 63 India Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 1997
[14] 120
[15] 110* 64 India Chandigarh, India Punjab Cricket Association Stadium 1997
[16] 143* 68 Zimbabwe Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sport Club 1998
[17] 152 74 England London, England The Kennington Oval 1998
[18] 112 80 Pakistan Rawalpindi, Pakistan Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium 2000
[19] 107 87 England Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Cricket Stadium 2001
[20] 206 93 Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka P. Saravanamuttu Stadium 2002

1996 World Cup :
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 104* 77 India Nagpur, India Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground 1990
[2] 105 101 Australia Colombo, Sri Lanka P. Saravanamuttu Stadium 1999
[3] 107* 144 Zimbabwe Harare,Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 1994
[4] 145 178 Kenya Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 1996
[5] 107* 181 Australia Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1996
[6] 127* 189 Zimbabwe Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 1996
[7] 122 193 Pakistan Nairobi, Kenya Gymkhana Club Ground 1996
[8] 134 202 Pakistan Sharjah, UAE Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium 1997
[9] 104* 218 India Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sport Club 1997
[10] 102 220 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1997
[11] 105 238 India Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 1998

Man-of-the-match awards (Test matches) :
Date Opponent Ground Record/Scorecards
21 October 1985 Pakistan Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad 122 runs
11 November 1985 Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 13 & 105 runs
12 December 1989 Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 167 runs, 1 catch, 1/45
20 December 1989 Australia Bellerive Oval, Hobart 75 & 72 runs, 2/65
5 March 1991 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland 96 & 123 runs, 1 catch
30 April 1997 Pakistan Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 138* & 103* runs, 1 catch
13 August 1997 India Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 146 & 120 runs
23 November 1997 India Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali 33 & 110* runs
18 January 1998 Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 27 & 143*, 0/33 & 2/61, 1 catch
11 September 1999 Australia Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy 78 & 31* runs, 0/5, 2 catches
1 March 2000 Pakistan Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 112 & 21 runs, 0/10, catch

Man-of-the-series awards (Test match series) :
Date Opponent Record/Series link
October - November 1985 Pakistan 250 runs at an average of 50.00, 0/22 (three match series)
December 1989 Australia 314 runs at an average of 104.66, 3/110, 1 catch (two match series)
July - August 1993 India 266 runs at an average of 53.20, 0/17 (three match series)
April 1997 Pakistan 432 runs at an average of 216.00, 0/16, 1 catch (two match series)

Man-of-the-match awards (ODIs) :
Date Opponent Ground Record/Scorecards
3 November 1984 New Zealand Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 50* runs, 2 catches
23 October 1985 Pakistan Municipal Stadium, Gujranwala 86 runs, 1 catch
25 March 1988 India Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah 88 runs, 2/28
29 October 1988 India Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 69 runs, 1/36, 1 catch
25 October 1989 Australia Nehru Stadium, Margao 96 runs, 0/36
8 December 1990 India Nehru Stadium, Margao 63* runs, 1/9
15 August 1992 Australia Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 105 runs
20 March 1993 England Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa 75* runs, 1/22
4 September 1993 South Africa Khettarama Cricket Stadium, Colombo 61* runs
20 February 1994 India Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar 32* runs, 2/30
6 November 1994 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare 107* runs
20 October 1995 West Indies Sharjah C.A. Stadium, Sharjah 50 runs, 1 catch
21 February 1996 Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 91 runs, 1 catch
6 March 1996 Kenya Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy 145 runs
13 March 1996 India Eden Gardens, Calcutta 66 runs, 1/3, 1 catch
17 March 1996 Australia Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 107* runs, 3/42, 2 catches
30 August 1996 Australia R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 83* runs, 0/25
3 September 1996 Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 127* runs
7 September 1996 Australia R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 75* runs, 0/18
3 April 1997 Zimbabwe Sharjah C.A. Stadium 60 runs, 0/34
4 April 1997 Pakistan Sharjah C.A. Stadium 97 runs, 0/29
7 April 1997 Pakistan Sharjah C.A. Stadium 134 runs, 0/30
11 April 1997 Pakistan Sharjah C.A. Stadium 87 runs, 0/42, 1 catch
27 May 1997 Pakistan Eden Gardens, Calcutta 57 runs, 1/26, 1 catch
24 August 1997 India Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 104 runs
28 December 1997 India Nehru Stadium, Margao 82* runs, 0/14
1 July 1998 India Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 62 runs, 1/27, 1 catch
29 May 2000 Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 96* runs, 1/18, 1 catch
15 August 2002 South Africa National Cricket Stadium, Tangier 73* runs, 0/9
19 August 2002 South Africa National Cricket Stadium, Tangier 77* runs, 0/52
27 September 2002 Australia R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 2* runs, 1/16

Man-of-the-series awards (ODIs) :
Date Opponents Record/Series link
August - September 1996 Zimbabwe, India, Australia 334 runs (not out in all four matches), 0/67, 1 catch (four matches)
April 1997 Zimbabwe, Pakistan 410 runs at an average of 102.50, 0/135, 1 catch (five matches)
June - July 1998 India, New Zealand 368 runs at an average of 73.60, 1/59, 2 catches (five matches)

Sri Lanka squad 1987 Cricket World Cup

Mendis (c), Anurasiri, De Mel, De Silva, Dias, Garusinha, Jeganathan, John, Kuruppu (wk), Madugalle, Mahanama, Ranatunga, RJ Ratnayake, JR Ratnayeke
Coach :

Sri Lanka squad 1992 Cricket World Cup

De Silva (c), Anurasiri, Gurusinha, Hathurusingha, Jayasuriya, Kalpage, Mahanama, Ramanayake, Ranatunga, Ratnayake, Samarasekera, Tillakaratne (wk), Wickramasinghe, Wijegunawardene
Coach :

Sri Lanka squad 1996 Cricket World Cup (1st Title)

Ranatunga (c), Atapattu, Chandana, De Silva, Dharmasena, Gurusinha, Kaluwitharana (wk), Jayasuriya, Mahanama, Muralitharan, Pushpakumara, Tillakaratne, Vaas, Wickramasinghe
Coach : Whatmore

Sri Lanka squad 1999 Cricket World Cup

Ranatunga (c), Muralitharan, Atapattu, Jayawardene, Mahanama, Tillakaratne, Kaluwitharana (wk), Vaas, De Silva, Wickramasinghe, Kalpage, Chandana, Upashantha, Hathurusingha, Jayasuriya
Coach : Dias

Sri Lanka squad 2003 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists

Jayasuriya (c), Atapattu, Jayawardene, Sangakkara (wk), De Silva, Arnold, Mubarak, Tillakaratne, Muralitharan, Vaas, Fernando, Gunaratne, Gunawardene, Nissanka, Buddhika
Coach : Whatmore



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