Asoka de Silva
අශෝක ද සිල්වා

Personal information

Full name

Ellawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit de Silva

Born

28 March 1956 (age 67)
Kalutara, Sri Lanka

Batting

Left-handed

Bowling

Right arm leg break

Role

Umpire, Commentator

International information

National side

Sri Lanka (1985–1992)

Test debut (cap 29)

30 August 1985 v India

Last Test

1 March 1991 v New Zealand

ODI debut (cap 52)

24 December 1986 v India

Last ODI

5 September 1992 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1994–1996

Galle

1988–1997

Nondescripts

Umpiring information

Tests umpired

49 (2000–present)

ODIs umpired

122 (1999–present)

T20Is umpired

11 (2009–2012)

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	10	28	84	36
Runs scored	185	138	1900	174
Batting average	15.41	9.85	21.11	10.23
100s/50s	0/1	0/0	0/8	0/0
Top score	50	19*	82*	19*
Balls bowled	2328	1374	11723	1812
Wickets	8	17	186	26
Bowling average	129.00	56.88	24.46	47.88
5 wickets in innings	0	0	7	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	2/67	3/38	6/48	3/38
Catches/stumpings	4/–	6/–	48/–	6/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 April 2017

Ellawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit de Silva (born 28 March 1956) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and umpire who played in 10 Test matches and 28 One Day Internationals from 1985 to 1992. He was educated at Isipathana College, Colombo.^[1]

Umpiring career

De Silva was the first Sri Lankan umpire to be on the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. He served on the panel from 2002 to 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]