Chamari Atapattu
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Full name | Atapattu Mudiyanselage Chamari Jayangani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Gokarella, Sri Lanka | 9 February 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009– | Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ↑ "Chamari Atapattu". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ↑ "Atapattu leads SL to series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Dialog Cricket Awards 2016: List of award winners". Cricket Machan. 1 December 2016.
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