Vidanelage Samantha Pathmachandra de Mel (born 12 December 1964) is a former Italian cricketer of Sri Lankan origin.[1] A left-arm orthodox spinner,[2] he played for the Italy national cricket team between 1996 and 1998, having previously played first-class cricket for Burgher Recreation Club and Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club in his native Sri Lanka.[3]
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| Full name | Vidanelage Samantha Pathmachandra de Mel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 1965 Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, Western Province, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm orthodox spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Burgher Recreation Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 31 March 1989 Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 4 January 1991 Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club v Panadura Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 29 October 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Colombo, de Mel started his career playing in his native Sri Lanka, playing eight first-class matches for Burgher Recreation Club in 1989, and four for Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club during the 1990–91 season.[4]
He later moved to Italy, and first represented the national team there in the 1996 European Championship.[5] He played in the 1997 ICC Trophy for Italy,[6] and last played for them in the following years European Championship.
He was named in Italy's squad for the 2001 ICC Trophy,[7] but Italy withdrew from the tournament due to a dispute over the eligibility of four players.[8]
References
edit- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ CricketArchive profile
- ^ Teams played for by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
- ^ First-class matches played by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
- ^ Other matches played by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
- ^ ICC Trophy matches played by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
- ^ Scuderi included in Italian squad for ICC Trophy by Tony Munro, 25 April 2001 at Cricinfo
- ^ Italy Withdraws from ICC Trophy, ICC Media Release, 25 June 2001