D S de Silva - different strokes

D S de Silva whose entire life revolved around Sri Lanka Cricket will now embark on a new venture as Deputy Head of Mission/Minister, to the Sri Lanka Mission in Poland. His attributes to Sri Lanka Cricket are as follows-

All rounder and Leg spin ,Googly Bowler. Captained the National Team. Chairman Spinners Clinic. National Selector. Under 19 Coach. Analyst for the National Team. Director School Cricket Development. Cricket Advisor to his Excellency the President. Chairman Sri Lanka Cricket.

During his Cricketing era, he was a world class Leg spin and googly bowler who was feared by all batsman.

As a coach he produced many Cricketers to the National Team. He developed School Cricket taking cricket to the villages., from 312 schools playing cricket to 620 schools playing cricket today. He developed 2 school cricket grounds for the juniors while taking on the onerous task of building and developing 3 International Cricket stadiums for the county.

It was during his tenor as Chirman, under Kumar Sangakkar’s Captaicy that our National team was on a high being 2nd in the world ranking in the T20, 2nd in the rankings in the one day internationals (50 Overs) and 3rd in Test Cricket.

And most importantly, Sri Lanka was the runners up in the World cup 2011. DS’s records in his cricketing life speaks volumes and we have no doubt that he will go on to serve the county in the same way he served Cricket. We wish him all the best and success in his Diplomatic journey in Poland.