Harsha De Silva (coach)
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Harsha de Silva (born 8 April 1972) is a former Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who played for Colts Cricket Club in 14 first-class cricket matches between 1991 and 1996. After his playing career, he had two spells as the coach of the Sri Lanka women's national cricket team, first between 2010 and 2013 and later from 2018 to 2020.


Coaching career

After retiring from playing first-class cricket matches in 1996, he went onto become a cricket coach and a mentor to school boy cricketers in Sri Lanka as well as in Australia where he served as the coach of the Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club and the women cricketers at the Valley District Cricket Club. He was a junior level coach from 1996 to 2001 for his own school,
Saint Joseph's College, Colombo , motto_translation = In Knowledge and Virtue , location = T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10 , country = Sri Lanka , coordinates = , caption = School Facade , pushpin_m ...
, and became a professional school cricket coach for St. Joseph's College in 2001. He is also known for mentoring some of the current Sri Lankan international cricketers including Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera and Dimuth Karunaratne. He had a spell as head coach of the Sri Lanka women's team between 2010 and 2013. On 8 August 2018, after a five-year gap, he was reappointed as the head coach of the women's team by
Sri Lanka Cricket Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Sports as the Board of Cricket for Sri Lanka (BCCSL) on 30 June 1975 as a national spo ...
, after the resignation of previous coach
Hemantha Devapriya Hettiwatte Hemantha Devapriya (born 12 April 1958) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sri Lanka. In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their se ...
. In August 2020, he was sacked as the head coach of the
Sri Lanka women's cricket team The Sri Lanka women's national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of the sport), the team is organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), ...
and was replaced by Lanka de Silva.


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* 1972 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Colts Cricket Club cricketers Sportspeople from Colombo Coaches of the Sri Lanka women's national cricket team {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1970s-stub