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Italian cricketer

Samantha de Mel
Personal information
Full nameVidanelage Samantha Pathmachandra de Mel
Born (1965-12-12) 12 December 1965 (age 59)
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, Western Province, Sri Lanka
BowlingLeft-arm orthodox spin
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989Burgher Recreation Club
1990–1991Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club
FC debut31 March 1989 Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club
Last FC4 January 1991 Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club v Panadura Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class ICC Trophy
Matches 12 4
Runs scored 294 57
Batting average 19.60 19.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 43 25
Balls bowled 936 240
Wickets 9 7
Bowling average 54.22 20.85
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/31 3/40
Catches/stumpings 5/0 2/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 29 October 2007

Vidanelage Samantha Pathmachandra de Mel (born 12 December 1964) is a former Italian cricketer of Sri Lankan origin. A left-arm orthodox spinner, 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.

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.

He later moved to Italy, and first represented the national team there in the 1996 European Championship. He played in the 1997 ICC Trophy for Italy, and last played for them in the following years European Championship.

He was named in Italy's squad for the 2001 ICC Trophy, but Italy withdrew from the tournament due to a dispute over the eligibility of four players.

References

  1. Cricinfo profile
  2. CricketArchive profile
  3. Teams played for by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
  4. First-class matches played by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
  5. Other matches played by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
  6. ICC Trophy matches played by Samantha de Mel at CricketArchive
  7. Scuderi included in Italian squad for ICC Trophy by Tony Munro, 25 April 2001 at Cricinfo
  8. Italy Withdraws from ICC Trophy, ICC Media Release, 25 June 2001
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