![]() De Silva batting for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nishanka Nilakshi Damayanthi de Silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Panadura, Sri Lanka | 27 September 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm slow-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 63) | 3 November 2015 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 3 July 2023 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 30) | 7 March 2013 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 6 September 2023 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nilakshi de Silva (born 27 September 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the women's national team.[1] She made her One Day International debut for Sri Lanka Women against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy on 3 November 2015.[2] A right-arm slow-medium bowler, she was the leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, with seven dismissals in five matches.[3]
In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[4] In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[5] In October 2021, she was included in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[6] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[7] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8] She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[9]