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Ashantha de Mel. Ashantha Lakdasa Francis de Mel (born 9 May 1959) is a former Sri Lankan Test and ODI cricketer and selector for the national team. He bowled Sri Lanka's first ball in a Test match. [1] He was one of few Sri Lanka bowlers in the 1980s above medium pace, and he was also said to have the ability to get the ball to swing out.
Ashantha de Mel (5) The Australian cricket team had a short tour of Sri Lanka during the 1982–83 season. The two countries played their first ever Test together, which Australia won. [ 1 ]
Ashantha de Mel was demised three runs later and, at that stage, Sri Lanka were 6 wickets for 158 runs. Mendis and Somachandra de Silva made seventh-wicket partnership of eight. Mendis was out for 33 and his dismissal brought Sri Lanka seven wickets for 166 runs, still trailing India by 103 runs. De Silva fell when Sri Lanka was on 175 runs.
In December 2020, he was also included in the seven member selection panel led by Ashantha de Mel. [20] [21] On 8 April 2021, he was appointed as the chairman of national selection committee by the Sri Lanka Cricket on the recommendation of sports minister Namal Rajapaksa replacing Ashantha de Mel. [22] [23] [24]
Sri Lanka - Y R Karunartne, Ashantha de Mel, Fritz Penera and Anton Selvananyagam. Tanzania - Mahen Gandhi, Sulemanji Girnary, Sajal Rakhit, Sajjad Salehebai and Satiss Soochak. Trinidad and Tobago - David Clarke, Trevor Hart, Roger Mapp, Mohan Seepersad and Dean Seeteram. Uganda - Joseph Almeida, Rajan Dixit, V Mohan, Bharti Popat and Suru Popat.
209/5 (39.2 overs) Ranjan Madugalle 60 (87) Richard Hadlee 5/25 (10.1 overs) Geoff Howarth 76 (79) Ashantha de Mel 2/30 (8 overs) New Zealand won by 5 wickets. County Ground, Bristol, England. Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd.
Dilip Vengsarkar (194) Most wickets. Rumesh Ratnayake (4) Chetan Sharma (5) Player of the series. Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind) The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 25 August to 22 September 1985. The tour consisted of three Test matches and three One Day Internationals (ODIs). Sri Lanka won the second Test of the series.
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