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What a player!


Aravinda De Silva's career at a glance

Mohandas Menon

  • Country: Sri Lanka
  • Known as: Aravinda deSilva
  • Born: Colombo, 17-10-1965
  • Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and right arm off-break bowler
  • Teams: Nondescripts Cricket Club (from 1988-1989), Kent (in 1995) & Auckland
  • First-class debut: 1983-84 (for Sri Lanka)

  • Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1984
  • Last Test: v Pakistan at Peshawar, 1999-00
  • Highest Test score: 267 v New Zealand at Wellington, 1990-91
  • Best Test bowling: 3-30 v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), 1997-98
  • Test captaincy record: (1991 to 1998-1999): P6, W0, L4, D2

    Career Statistics:

    TESTS

    Batting & Fielding
    MINORunsHSAve10050CtSt
    9315911636126742.972022430

    Bowling
    OMRWAveBBI510SREcon
    432.37712082941.653-300089.42.79

    ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS

    Batting & Fielding
    MINORunsHSAveSR10050CtSt
    28827830880314535.4981.191160880

    Bowling
    OMRWAveBBI4w5wSREcon
    754.52436639239.814-451049.24.85

    Against each team
    TeamMINORunsHS1HS2HS3Ave100500CtSt
    Australia12192803167857847.2416-4-
    England1119-7391521068838.8922-5-
    India19322125214814612641.7353-9-
    New Zealand1220-7852671239639.252427-
    Pakistan213831475168138*12742.1481310-
    South Africa713-46182776835.46-3-4-
    West Indies36122878534745.60-21--
    Zimbabwe7113412143*7541*51.501114-
    Bangladesh11-206206--206.001----
    TOTAL9315911636126720616842.982022743-

    Bowling: Has taken 29 wickets (average: 41.66)

    His batting dismissls
    TeamBWCtCwkCbStLbROOthNemeses
    Australia1921-4--CJ McDermott 3, SK Warne 3
    England-1061-11-DV Lawrence 2, AR Caddick 2
    India6162--51-A Kumble 7, Maninder Singh 3
    New Zealand-961-4--DL Vettori 4, DK Morrison 2
    Pakistan2138317-1Imran Khan 4, Waqar Younis 4
    South Africa-531121-BN Schultz 2, PL Symcox 2
    West Indies221-----WKM Benjamin 1, CEL Ambrose 1
    Zimbabwe2213----HH Streak 3, PA Strang 2
    Bangladesh-----1--Enamul Hoque 1
    TOTAL (148)1366291022431A Kumble 7, Imran Khan/DL Vettori 4


    Performance Analysis by Year
    (calculated for matches beginning in named year)

    Batting
    YearMInnsNO50s100s HS Runs Avg Ca St
    1984 1 2 0 0 0 16 19 9.50 0 0
    1985 6 11 1 1 2 122 418 41.80 1 0
    1986 5 9 1 0 0 37 160 20.00 4 0
    1987 1 2 0 0 0 21 29 14.50 0 0
    1988 2 4 0 0 0 18 34 8.50 3 0
    1989 2 3 0 2 1 167 314 104.67 1 0
    1990 1 2 0 0 0 7 12 6.00 2 0
    1991 6 9 0 1 2 267 603 67.00 4 0
    1992 6 8 0 3 0 85 301 37.63 3 0
    1993 8 14 1 5 1 148 656 50.46 2 0
    1994 8 15 1 0 1 127 326 23.29 1 0
    1995 6 12 0 1 1 105 282 23.50 2 0
    1996 3 4 0 0 0 35 73 18.25 1 0
    1997 11 19 3 2 7 168 1220 76.25 7 0
    1998 8 14 2 3 2 152 682 56.83 5 0
    1999 5 7 2 3 0 78 293 58.60 4 0
    2000 6 11 0 0 1 112 306 27.82 3 0
    2001 4 7 0 0 1 106 224 32.00 0 0
    2002 4 6 0 1 1 206 409 68.17 0 0
    Overall (19) 93 159 11 22 20 267 6361 42.98 43 0

    Bowling
    Year O M R W 5w 10w Best Avg S/R E/R
    Year O M R W 5w 10w Best Avg S/R E/R
    1985 5 0 22 0 0 0       4.40
    1988 1 0 2 0 0 0       2.00
    1989 33 3 110 3 0 0 2/65 36.67 66.00 3.33
    1991 14 0 86 0 0 0       6.14
    1992 4 2 8 0 0 0       2.00
    1993 42 5 106 5 0 0 3/39 21.20 50.40 2.52
    1994 31 5 79 3 0 0 3/50 26.33 62.00 2.55
    1995 61.3 7 192 6 0 0 2/29 32.00 61.50 3.13
    1996 9 2 18 0 0 0       2.00
    1997 9 2 23 0 0 0       2.55
    1998 104.2 26 258 7 0 0 3/30 36.86 89.43 2.48
    1999 33.2 2 108 2 0 0 2/59 54.00 100.00 3.25
    2000 38.5 12 79 1 0 0 1/49 79.00 233.00 2.05
    2001 8 4 12 0 0 0       1.50
    2002 38.3 8 105 2 0 0 1/63 52.50 115.50 2.74
    Overall (15) 432.3 78 1208 29 0 0 3/30 41.66 89.48 2.79

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