# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ashantha-de-mel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:18:45.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ashantha-de-mel"
name: "Ashantha de Mel"
slug: "ashantha-de-mel"
description: "Ashantha Lakdasa Francis de Mel is a former Sri Lankan Test and ODI cricketer and selector for the national team. He bowled Sri Lanka's first ball in a Test match. He was one of few Sri Lanka bowlers in the 1980s above medium pace, and he was also said to have the ability to get the ball to swing out."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1959-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.20648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "اسانتھا ڈی میل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "অশান্ত ডিমেল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "అశాంత డి మెల్"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump