Ashley de Silva
Ashley Matthew de Silva (born 3 December 1963) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 4 ODIs from 1986 to 1993. He is, as of 2019, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket.
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| Full name | Ashley Matthew de Silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1963 (age 57) Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 55) | 13 March 1993 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 July 1993 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 44) | 2 March 1986 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 25 July 1993 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1982–1984 | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1996 | Colombo Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LA umpired | 1 (2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
De Silva was born in 1963 in Colombo into a Roman Catholic family. He attended Saint Joseph's College, Colombo, where he played in four of the annual Battle of the Saints against St. Peter's College, Colombo, the last—in 1982—as captain. He became the first former Saint Joseph's player to play Test cricket.[1][2][3]
De Silva began his domestic cricket career for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the Lakspray Trophy. He later moved to Colombo Cricket Club where he was playing when the competition attained First-class cricket status in 1989.[2][3][4]
After his playing career, de Silva became a referee as well as taking charge of one List A match as an umpire in 2011.[5][6][7]
In 2013, de Silva became acting CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, later taking on the role permanently.[1][8]
References
- Epasinghe, Premasara (30 March 2013). "Ashley de Silva New SLC CEO". Daily News. Colombo: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- Epasinghe, Premasara (14 March 2005). "Ashley de Silva - first Josephian Test player". Daily News. Colombo: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- "Miscellaneous Matches played by Ashley de Silva". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- "First-Class Matches played by Ashley de Silva". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- "Ashley de Silva as Referee in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- "Ashley de Silva as Referee in List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- "Ashley de Silva as Umpire in List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "Ashley de Silva appointed acting CEO of SLC". Daily FT. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2020.