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Nilakshi de Silva

Nilakshi de Silva

Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1989)

Nilakshi de Silva (born 27 September 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the women's national team.[1] She made her One Day International debut for Sri Lanka Women against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy on 3 November 2015.[2] A right-arm slow-medium bowler, she was the leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, with seven dismissals in five matches.[3]

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In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[4] In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[5] In October 2021, she was included in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[6] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[7] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8]

References

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    "Nilakshi de Silva". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
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    "ICC Women's Championship, 1st ODI: New Zealand Women v Sri Lanka Women at Lincoln, Nov 3, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
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    "Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2018, Sri Lanka Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
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    "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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    "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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    "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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    "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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    "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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