Nilakshi de Silva

Nilakshi de Silva (born 27 September 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] She made her One Day International debut for Sri Lanka Women against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy on 3 November 2015.[2] She was the leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, with seven dismissals in five matches.[3]

Nilakshi de Silva
De Silva batting for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Nishanka Nilakshi Damayanthi de Silva
Born (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989
Panadura, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 63)3 November 2015 v New Zealand
Last ODI3 July 2023 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 30)7 March 2013 v West Indies
Last T20I6 September 2023 v England
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 30 67
Runs scored 520 795
Batting average 22.60 17.25
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 48* 63*
Balls bowled 318 217
Wickets 4 11
Bowling average 76.50 21.63
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/27 3/13
Catches/stumpings 10/– 30/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 July 2023
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 IncheonTeam

In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[4] In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[5] In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[6] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[7] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8]

References
  1. "Nilakshi de Silva". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. "ICC Women's Championship, 1st ODI: New Zealand Women v Sri Lanka Women at Lincoln, Nov 3, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. "Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2018, Sri Lanka Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  4. "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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