Elle Hennadige Shadeep Nadeeja Silva (born 18 August 1978), usually known as Shadeep Silva, is a Sri Lankan-born

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er who played for the

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.Shadeep Silva
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bowler, he played one

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(ODI) for the

in 2008.Shadeep Silva
at CricketArchive Earlier in his career he played first-class and

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for

Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club are a first-class cricket team based in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Their home ground is De Soysa Stadium. History The club's name derives from its close association with St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa, whose ...

in his native Sri Lanka.Teams played for by Shadeep Silva
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Biography

Born in

Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern ...

in 1978, Shadeep Silva's cricket career began with Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club. He played three List A matches for them in 2000List A matches played by Shadeep Silva
at CricketArchive and one first-class match in February 2001.First-class matches played by Shadeep Silva
at CricketArchive He also played four matches for their Under-23 side.
at CricketArchive He began playing for the UAE in 2006, first playing for them in the 2006

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. Later in the year he played

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matches against

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and

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in addition to an

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match against

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in what was his second first-class match almost six years after his first. He also played against

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in the 2006/07 tournament. In 2007, he toured Scotland and Canada with the UAE. He played a one-day match against a Scotland XI and an Intercontinental Cup match against

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on the Scottish leg of the tour, and an Intercontinental Cup match against

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and one-day matches against a Canadian Invitation XI and Ontario on the Canadian leg. Later in the year he played in the

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in Kuwait and returned to List A cricket when he played in Division Two of the

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in Namibia. He played an Intercontinental Cup match against

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between the two tournaments. He played for an Abu Dhabi XI against Ireland in early 2008, making his ODI debut later in the year when he played for the UAE against

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in the

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. He most recently represented his adopted country in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite tournament in Kuala Lumpur. Shadeep Silva is a Coach at Desert Cubs Cricket Academy which is based in Sharjah and Dubai.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Shadeep 1978 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Emirati cricketers United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers United Arab Emirates Twenty20 International cricketers Sri Lankan emigrants to the United Arab Emirates Sri Lankan expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Cricketers from Galle