Chamari Atapattu

Chamari Atapptu
Personal information
Full name Atapattu Mudiyanselage Chamari Jayangani
Born (1990-02-09) 9 February 1990
Gokarella, Sri Lanka
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batter
International information
National side
ODI debut 18 April 2010 v West Indies Women
Last ODI 25 September 2016 v Australia Women
T20I debut 15 June 2009 v India Women
Last T20I 27 September 2016 v Australia Women
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009– Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Women
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 50 55
Runs scored 1,439 922
Batting average 28.78 17.73
100s/50s 2/10 0/1
Top score 111 52
Balls bowled 325 193
Wickets 8 5
Bowling average 33.75 37.40
5 wickets in innings 0 -
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/31 1/12
Catches/stumpings 12/- 9/-
Source: Cricinfo, 25 October 2016

Atapattu Mudiyanselage Chamari Jayangani (born 9 February 1990) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and the current vice-captain of the women's team of Sri Lanka. She had a short stint as the captain of the Sri Lanka women's team, and was succeeded by the previous captain Shashikala Siriwardene.

She is known for aggressive batting in the top order. In the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup, Atapattu hit a quick fifty against England women, where the Sri Lanka women won the match. Under her capataincy, Sri Lanka women won the T20I tournament against Pakistan ladies.[1][2]

On 1 December 2016, she won the Sri Lanka Cricket award for the Women's ODI Batsman of the Year, 2016.[3]

References

  1. "Chamari Atapattu". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. "Atapattu leads SL to series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. "Dialog Cricket Awards 2016: List of award winners". Cricket Machan. 1 December 2016.
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