Lanka de Silva


Sanjeewa Kumara Lanka De Silva, or Lanka De Silva, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 11 ODIs in 1997.

International career

He was right-hand wicket-keeper batsman. de Silva is only the tenth player in Sri Lankan cricket history to pass 10,000 runs in first-class cricket after starting his career in 1991/92 season for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club.
He played three Test for Sri Lanka all against Indian national cricket team when Sri Lanka toured to India in 1997 without any success and lost his place to Romesh Kaluwitharana.

Coaching career

In 2015, de Silva was named as head coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team replacing Jeevantha Kulatunga along with physio Neha Karnik.