Sendapperuma Archchige Rasanjali Chandima de Alwis (; born 26 November 1971) is a Sri Lankan former
cricket
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er who played as a left-handed
batter and right-arm
medium bowler. She appeared in one
Test match and 22
One Day Internationals for
Sri Lanka
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between 1997 and 2000. She was also part of the team that represented Sri Lanka at the
1997
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and
2000
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World Cups. She played domestic cricket for Slimline Sports Club.
Silva later married Sri Lankan cricketer
Guy de Alwis, becoming the second married couple to have both played Test cricket.
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1971 births
Living people
Sri Lankan women cricketers
Sri Lanka women Test cricketers
Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers
Slimline Sport Club women cricketers
Sri Lanka women cricket captains
Cricketers from Colombo
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