Gayan Silva
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Hendahewage Sanjeewa Gayan Sameera Silva (born 14 January 1974), known as Gayan Silva, is a cricket
er for the United Arab Emirates
. A left-handed batsman and wicket keeper, and very occasional right-arm medium-fast bowler, Silva played club cricket
for the local Police Sports Club and particularly Singha Sports Club. He has scored over 3,200 first class runs, however has not yet scored higher than 95, and has also played a handful of one day games – including matches against Scotland.
. He then scored a second half-century, reaching 87. The match, however, ended in a draw. On 8 November 2007, UAE faced Bermuda, opening the batting and scoring 17 and four. Forming two solid opening partnerships, however UAE suffered batting collapses after his wicket was lost in both innings.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er for the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
. A left-handed batsman and wicket keeper, and very occasional right-arm medium-fast bowler, Silva played club cricket
Club cricket
Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal, form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening. There is a great deal of variation in game format although the Laws of Cricket are always observed...
for the local Police Sports Club and particularly Singha Sports Club. He has scored over 3,200 first class runs, however has not yet scored higher than 95, and has also played a handful of one day games – including matches against Scotland.
First class cricket
Silva made his debut in 1993 for Singha Sports Club, playing Moors Sports Club on 8 January. He would go on to play 74 matches for Singha Sports Club, averaging 21.41, scoring 2,656 runs with a best of 95. On 11 January 2007, Silva played a first class match for UAE against Scotland, scoring 60 in an 140 run partnership with Saqib AliSaqib Ali
Saqib Ali is a former State Delegate in the Maryland House of Delegates, having been elected in 2006 to represent the 39th District. Ali is an American of Pakistani descent.-Background:...
. He then scored a second half-century, reaching 87. The match, however, ended in a draw. On 8 November 2007, UAE faced Bermuda, opening the batting and scoring 17 and four. Forming two solid opening partnerships, however UAE suffered batting collapses after his wicket was lost in both innings.