# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lanka-de-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:48:22.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lanka-de-silva"
name: "Lanka de Silva"
slug: "lanka-de-silva"
description: "Lanka de Silva is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played in three Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals in 1997. He is also the current interim head coach of the Sri Lanka women's national cricket team."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1975-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.13322632423756
  historical:           6.203384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "লঙ্কা ডি সিলভা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lanka de Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "लंका डिसिल्व्हा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ලංකා ද සිල්වා"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "லங்கா டி சில்வா"
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  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%95_%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "లంక డిసిల్వా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump