Aravinda de Silva
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| Personal Information | |
| Full Name: | Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva |
| Nickname: | Mad Max |
| Born: | 17/10/1965 |
| Colombo, Sri Lanka | |
| Height: | ? m |
| Role: | Middle order batsman |
| Batting Style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling Style: | Right-arm offbreak |
| Tests: | 93 |
| Test Runs: | 6361 at 42.97 with 20 hundreds |
| Test Wickets: | 29 at 41.65 |
| ODIs: | 308 |
| ODI Runs: | 9284 at 34.90 with 11 hundreds |
| ODI Wickets: | 106 at 39.40 |
Aravinda de Silva (born October 17, 1965 in Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan Test and ODI cricketer.
Aravinda was an attacking batsman, particularly strong at hooking and cutting the ball. He is best known for his match winning unbeaten 107 which was made chasing Australia's total of 241 in the 1996 World Cup final against Australia, having also contributed 3 for 42 with the ball. Largely due to this effort he was one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1996. Other career highlights include captaining Sri Lanka in 6 Tests and 18 ODIs, a Test debut at Lords, an innings of 267 in a Test against New Zealand at Basin Reserve and another double century against Bangladesh in what was his final Test innings.
In Sri Lanka he played his domestic cricket with Nodescripts and in 1995 he spent a season with English county club Kent, making 1661 runs at 59.32. He finished his career with exactly 15000 first class runs.
