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Chamari Atapattu

Chamari Atapattu
Personal information
Full name Atapattu Mudiyanselage Chamari Jayangani
Born (1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 27)
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
Last ODI 25 September 2016 v Australia
T20I debut 15 June 2009 v India
Last T20I 27 September 2016 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009– Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Women
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 59 58
Runs scored 1675 1001
Batting average 28.38 18.20
100s/50s 2/11 0/1
Top score 111 52
Balls bowled 325 193
Wickets 11 8
Bowling average 33.75 37.40
5 wickets in innings 0 -
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/31 2/24
Catches/stumpings 12/- 9/-
Source: Cricinfo, 21 February 2017
Chamari Atapattu
Medal record
Women's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
Asian Games

Bronze medal

Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team

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.Chamari was the 10th captain for Sri Lanka women's national cricket team and only managed to win only an ODI and with 13 losses.

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 series against Pakistan Women.

She is also the only Sri Lankan woman cricketer to score an ODI century, doing this twice in her career. She holds the record for scoring the most number of ODI centuries and fifties for Sri Lanka in Women's cricket history. She also holds the record for the highest WODI score for Sri Lanka, with 111. She has the highest ODI average for Sri Lanka in Women's Cricket.She is also the only Sri Lankan woman cricketer to score an ODI hundred as well as having scored most runs in an innings at a strike rate of over 100.She was the third woman cricketer in the world to be dismissed for 99 in an ODI innings.

Atapattu's 111 is the highest Women's ODI score when batting at number 3 position for Sri Lanka.

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

Atapattu is the first Sri Lankan batswoman to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is and she is also the leading runscorer for Sri Lanka in both ODIs and T20Is.

Bronze medal


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