De Silva was the first ever Sri Lankan Umpire to be on the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. He served on the panel between 2002 and 2004 when he was dropped down to the International Panel, but was invited back to the Elite level in April 2008 when the panel was expanded to twelve members.[2]
He continued as a member of the International Panel in the interim period, being used by the ICC to support the Elite Panel during busy periods in the International cricket season. He umpired in the Cricket World Cup tournaments in 2003, 2007 and 2011. de Silva was moved to less crucial matches during the 2011 Cricket World Cup after a review of his performance.[3] He was not considered to the Elite Panel for the third time in his career after May 2011.[4]
asoka, silva, cricketer, ellawalakankanamge, asoka, ranjit, silva, born, march, 1956, lankan, cricketer, played, test, matches, internationals, from, 1985, 1992, asoka, educated, isipathana, college, colombo, later, became, umpire, asoka, silva, අශ, personal, . Ellawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit de Silva born 28 March 1956 is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 10 Test matches and 28 One Day Internationals from 1985 to 1992 Asoka was educated at Isipathana College Colombo He later became an umpire 1 Asoka de Silva අශ ක ද ස ල ව Personal informationFull nameEllawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit de SilvaBorn 1956 03 28 28 March 1956 age 66 Kalutara Sri LankaBattingLeft handedBowlingRight arm leg breakRoleUmpire CommentatorInternational informationNational sideSri Lanka 1985 1992 Test debut cap 29 30 August 1985 v IndiaLast Test1 March 1991 v New ZealandODI debut cap 52 24 December 1986 v IndiaLast ODI5 September 1992 v AustraliaDomestic team informationYearsTeam1994 1996Galle1988 1997NondescriptsUmpiring informationTests umpired49 2000 present ODIs umpired122 1999 present T20Is umpired11 2009 2012 Career statisticsCompetition Test ODI FC LAMatches 10 28 84 36Runs scored 185 138 1900 174Batting average 15 41 9 85 21 11 10 23100s 50s 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0Top score 50 19 82 19 Balls bowled 2328 1374 11723 1812Wickets 8 17 186 26Bowling average 129 00 56 88 24 46 47 885 wickets in innings 0 0 7 010 wickets in match 0 0 0 0Best bowling 2 67 3 38 6 48 3 38Catches stumpings 4 6 48 6 Source ESPNcricinfo 1 April 2017 Contents 1 Umpiring career 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksUmpiring career EditDe Silva was the first ever Sri Lankan Umpire to be on the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires He served on the panel between 2002 and 2004 when he was dropped down to the International Panel but was invited back to the Elite level in April 2008 when the panel was expanded to twelve members 2 He continued as a member of the International Panel in the interim period being used by the ICC to support the Elite Panel during busy periods in the International cricket season He umpired in the Cricket World Cup tournaments in 2003 2007 and 2011 de Silva was moved to less crucial matches during the 2011 Cricket World Cup after a review of his performance 3 He was not considered to the Elite Panel for the third time in his career after May 2011 4 See also EditList of Test cricket umpires List of One Day International cricket umpires List of Twenty20 International cricket umpiresReferences Edit International cricketers turned umpires International Cricket Council Retrieved 7 April 2018 Cricinfo Asoka de Silva and Steve Davis promoted to Elite Panel Archived from the original on 28 April 2008 Retrieved 23 April 2008 http www sport360 com cricket news 63881 icc world cup umpire de silva dropped permanent dead link Harper de Silva removed from Elite Panel External links EditAsoka de Silva at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Asoka de Silva cricketer amp oldid 1125202513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
