Harsha de Silva (coach)

Harsha de Silva (born 8 April 1972) is a former Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who played for Colts Cricket Club in 14 first-class cricket matches between 1991 and 1996. After his playing career, he had two spells as the coach of the Sri Lanka women's national cricket team, first between 2010 and 2013 and later from 2018 to 2020.[1]

For the Sri Lankan politician, see Harsha de Silva.

Harsha de Silva
Personal information
Born (1972-04-08) 8 April 1972
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1991–1996Colts Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 260
Batting average 16.25
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 56*
Balls bowled 767
Wickets 11
Bowling average 37.18
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/40
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 August 2018

Coaching career

After retiring from playing first-class cricket matches in 1996, he went onto become a cricket coach and a mentor to school boy cricketers in Sri Lanka as well as in Australia where he served as the coach of the Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club and the women cricketers at the Valley District Cricket Club. He was a junior level coach from 1996 to 2001 for his own school, Saint Joseph's College, Colombo, and became a professional school cricket coach for St. Joseph's College in 2001. He is also known for mentoring some of the current Sri Lankan international cricketers including Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera and Dimuth Karunaratne.[2]

He had a spell as head coach of the Sri Lanka women's team between 2010 and 2013. On 8 August 2018, after a five-year gap, he was reappointed as the head coach of the women's team by Sri Lanka Cricket,[3][4] after the resignation of previous coach Hemantha Devapriya.[5][6] In August 2020, he was sacked as the head coach of the Sri Lanka women's cricket team and was replaced by Lanka de Silva.[7][8]

References
  1. "Harsha De Silva". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. "Cricket coaching Brisbane". HDS Cricket. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. "Harsha de Silva named Sri Lanka women's head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. Releases, Press (8 August 2018). "Sri Lanka appoint Harsha De Silva as Head Coach of Women's Cricket team". Cricket Country. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. "Hemantha Devapriya resigns as Sri Lanka women coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  6. "Harsha de Silva reappointed as head coach of Sri Lanka Women's team - Cricbuzz". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  7. "Lanka de Silva named Sri Lanka women interim head coach | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  8. "Lanka de Silva appointed interim coach of Sri Lankan women's cricket team | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.


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