Amal Silva

Amal Silva
අමල් සිල්වා
Personal information
Full name	Sampathwaduge Amal Rohitha Silva
Born	December 12, 1960 (age 63); Moratuwa
Batting	Left-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1983-1988);
Test debut (cap 23)	11 March 1983 v New Zealand
Last Test	25 August 1988 v England
ODI debut (cap 39)	3 November 1984 v New Zealand
Last ODI	25 October 1985 v Pakistan
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2016

Sampathwaduge Amal Rohitha Silva (born December 12, 1960, in Moratuwa) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 20 ODIs from 1983 to 1988. He was a left-handed wicketkeeper batsman and opened the batting for Sri Lanka.

School times

Amal Silva is a past student of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa and St Peter's College, Colombo ^[1]

International career

From when he made his Test debut against New Zealand, Silva was in a battle with Guy de Alwis for first choice gloveman. Due to an injury to de Alwis in 1984, Silva toured England with Sri Lanka aiming to cement his spot in the side. In the 1st Test and Lord's he opened the batting and made an unbeaten 102 in the second innings. He was rewarded by being included in their next Test series, against India. After taking 9 catches in the 1st Test he took another 8 in the 2nd, as well as making a career best 111. He finished the series with 22 dismissals, a Sri Lankan record.