Dandeniya Premachandra de Silva (also known as D. P. de Silva) is a former Ceylonesecricketer. He was a middle order batsman who represented Ceylon in first-class cricket from 1962 to 1968.[1]
He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle, where he started his cricket career.[2] He toured India in 1964-65 with the Ceylon team, playing in one of the three unofficial Tests. His highest first-class score was 60 when he opened the batting and top-scored for the Ceylon Board President's XI against Hyderabad Blues in 1966–67.[3]
He was a heavy scorer in domestic cricket in Ceylon. In a match in the Government Services league in July 1959 he scored 276 out of a team total of 925.[4] In 1967–68, playing for Nomads in the P Sara Trophy, he set a record for the highest run aggregate for a season.[5]
Premachandra is the second of four Dandeniya de Silva brothers. His elder brother Hemachandra was also a Ceylonese first class cricketer.[6] His younger brother Somachandra played Test cricket for Sri Lanka and later became the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket. After complaints by the match umpires, Premachandra and Hemachandra were suspended for 12 months in May 1965 for misbehaviour during a P Sara Trophy match.[7]
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