Lindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva ( si, චාමර සිල්වා) (born 14 December 1979) is a former Sri Lankan

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er, who played all formats of the game for 12 years. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. After poor performances, Silva was dropped from the squad, but continued to play in domestic seasons for

Panadura Sports Club Panadura Sports Club is a first-class cricket team based in Panadura, Sri Lanka. Their home ground is the Panadura Public Ground History Panadura Sports Club has been in existence since 1924. The team has played first-class cricket since 1988– ...

. He has been compared with Aravinda de Silva due to his bow-legged stance. Silva was an important member of three World runner-up Sri Lanka teams in

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and

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Early and domestic career

He was educated at the

Panadura Royal College Panadura Royal College ( si, පානදුර රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය; also known as Royal College Panadura and Royal Maha Vidyalaya, Panadura) is a provincial school in Panadura, Sri Lanka. School backgrounds The schoo ...

. Having set a steady record for his club

Panadura Panadura ( si, පානදුර, translit=Pānadura; ta, பாணந்துறை, translit=Pāṇantuṟai) is a city in Kalutara District, Western Province in Sri Lanka. It is located approximately south of Colombo and is surrounded on a ...

, he captained the team and secured a good record including a 54 on his

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debut against

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. Since 1998, he has played List A cricket and since 2004, Twenty20 cricket with moderate success and steady averages. He made his

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debut on 17 August 2004, for

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in the

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. In March 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the

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. The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the

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. In March 2019, he was named in Colombo's squad for the

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International career

He made his Test debut in New Zealand and had the worst possible start being dismissed for a pair just like his teammate

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. He was given a second chance however and immediately justified his selection with an entertaining 61 in the first innings of the 2nd Test, enjoying a 121 run partnership with

Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...

. In the second innings he improved further, making a very aggressive unbeaten 152, hitting 20 fours and batting right through with the tail (most notably

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, putting on 88 runs together) before running out of partners. Silva scored his first

hundred against India just 3 weeks before the World Cup. His good form continued in the Cricket World Cup 2007, he managed to make 350 runs with an average of 43.75 with 4 half centuries and a highest score of 64. His success in the middle order has helped to give Sri Lanka a boost in their one-day and test sides particularly after veteran middle order batsmen

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announced his retirement at the end of the World Cup.

Fixing allegations

Chamara Silva has been banned from all forms of cricket from September 2017 for two years due to the alleged misconduct during a domestic first class cricket match between Panadura Cricket Club and Kalutara Physical Culture Club along with

Manoj Deshapriya Ambegoda Liyanage Don Manoj Deshapriya (born 7 September 1981) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who generally plays in First class and List A cricket matches. He has played in 27 first class cricket matches and in 6 List A matches. Fixing allegatio ...

. Chamara Silva, the captain of the

Panadura Cricket Club Panadura Sports Club is a first-class cricket team based in Panadura, Sri Lanka. Their home ground is the Panadura Public Ground History Panadura Sports Club has been in existence since 1924. The team has played first-class cricket since 1988� ...

was found guilty for match-fixing allegations after the unusual scoring rate by Panadura side in a first class cricket match in January 2017.

References

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