Roy Silva

Roy Silva (born 9 May 1980) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut in the 2000–01 season. He now plays for the United States cricket team.[1]

Roy Silva
Personal information
Full nameKombu Roy Prasanga Silva
Born (1980-05-09) 9 May 1980
Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 9)15 March 2019 v UAE
Last T20I16 March 2019 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA
Matches 2 87 75
Runs scored 32 3176 721
Batting average 16.00 23.87 11.81
100s/50s 0/0 4/15 0/1
Top score 25 171 50
Balls bowled 12 4003 1621
Wickets 0 86 47
Bowling average – 29.33 25.93
5 wickets in innings – 3 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a
Best bowling – 7/41 4/40
Catches/stumpings 1/– 85/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 May 2019

In March 2017, he was called up to a selection camp with the potential of representing the United States at the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament.[2] In January 2018, he was named in the United States squad for the 2017–18 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[3] In August 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament in Morrisville, North Carolina.[4]

In October 2018, he was named in the United States' squads for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies and for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.[5][6]

In February 2019, he was named in the United States' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the United Arab Emirates.[7][8] The matches were the first T20I fixtures to be played by the United States cricket team.[9] He made his T20I debut for the United States against the United Arab Emirates on 15 March 2019,[10] scoring 25 runs from just seven balls.[11] In April 2019, he was named in the United States cricket team's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[12]

In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the United States cricket team, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda.[13]

References
  1. "Roy Silva". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  2. "Former Indian, SL, WI first-class players in USA selection camp". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. "Two former India U-19s, ex-WI batsman Marshall named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. "Team USA Squad Selected for ICC World T20 Americas' Qualifier". USA Cricket. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  5. "Khaleel sacked, Netravalkar named captain for USA's Super50 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  6. "Hayden Walsh Jr, Aaron Jones in USA squad for WCL Division Three". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  7. "Xavier Marshall recalled for USA's T20I tour of UAE". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  8. "Team USA squad announced for historic Dubai tour". USA Cricket. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  9. "USA name squad for first-ever T20I". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  10. "1st T20I, United States of America tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Mar 15 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  11. "Rain washes out USA Men's first ever T20I". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  12. "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  13. "Former SA pacer Rusty Theron named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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