Sri Lankan women's cricket team
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The Sri Lankan women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Sri Lanka
in international women's cricket
matches.
, which they lost 2-1. This was part of their preparation for the World Cup
in India
the following month, in which they reached the quarter finals, losing to England
. The following year they hosted a tour by Pakistan
, winning the three ODIs as well as what was the first Test match for both countries. It remains Sri Lanka's sole Test match. The Netherlands toured Sri Lanka again in 1999, and this time the Sri Lankans were much more successful, winning all five ODIs.
the following year.
In 2004 they hosted the first ever Women's Asia Cup
, which was reduced to a series against India
after the withdrawal of Pakistan. They lost the series. The following year they again finished sixth in the World Cup. In 2005/06, they visited Pakistan
to take part in the second Asia Cup, finishing as runners up to India.
World Cup
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
in international women's cricket
Women's cricket
Women's cricket is the form of the team sport of cricket that is played by women.-History:The first recorded match of women's cricket was reported in The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745, a match contested "between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white." The...
matches.
1990s
Sri Lanka's international debut came in 1997 with a three match ODI series against The NetherlandsDutch women's cricket team
The Dutch women's cricket team is the team that represents the Netherlands in international women's cricket matches. Unlike their male counterparts, they currently have both Test and ODI status.-1980s:...
, which they lost 2-1. This was part of their preparation for the World Cup
Women's Cricket World Cup
The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is a Women's one-day international cricket competition. The first tournament was held in England in 1973, two years before the first men's ICC Cricket World Cup....
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
the following month, in which they reached the quarter finals, losing to England
English women's cricket team
The England women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they beat Australia 2–0 in a three-Test series. Their current captain is Charlotte Edwards, replacing Clare Connor after her five-year tenure, which she finished by leading England to their first Ashes series win since...
. The following year they hosted a tour by Pakistan
Pakistani women's cricket team
The Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:...
, winning the three ODIs as well as what was the first Test match for both countries. It remains Sri Lanka's sole Test match. The Netherlands toured Sri Lanka again in 1999, and this time the Sri Lankans were much more successful, winning all five ODIs.
2000s
Sri Lanka finished sixth in the 2000 World Cup, and their next international engagement was against Pakistan at home in 2002, winning all six ODIs. They also won all six ODIs in an away series against the West IndiesWest Indian women's cricket team
The West Indian women's cricket team is the team that represents the West Indies in international women's cricket matches.-Test history:The first Test series played by the West Indies was at home to Australia in 1975-76, when both the three day matches were drawn. In 1976-77 the same team then...
the following year.
In 2004 they hosted the first ever Women's Asia Cup
Women's Asia Cup
The ACC Women's Asia Cup is an international One Day International cricket tournament contested by women's cricket teams from Asia. It has been played four times to date.-2004:...
, which was reduced to a series against India
Indian women's cricket team
The Indian women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1976/1977, when they drew with the West Indies in a six-match series. They performed better than expected in the last Women's Cricket World Cup, reaching the finals but then losing to Australia. In 2005 they won their second Women's...
after the withdrawal of Pakistan. They lost the series. The following year they again finished sixth in the World Cup. In 2005/06, they visited Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to take part in the second Asia Cup, finishing as runners up to India.
World CupWomen's Cricket World CupThe ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is a Women's one-day international cricket competition. The first tournament was held in England in 1973, two years before the first men's ICC Cricket World Cup....
- 1973 to 1993: Did not participate
- 1997: Quarter finals
- 2000: 6th place
- 2005: 6th place
Test cricket
- Highest team total: 305/9 declared v PakistanPakistani women's cricket teamThe Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:...
, 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, ColomboColomboColombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the... - Highest individual score: 105 not out, Chamani SeneviratneChamani SeneviratneChamani Roshini Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan cricketer. She scored Sri Lanka's only century in Women's Test cricket, with an unbeaten 105 against Pakistan in April 1998. An all-rounder, she has played one Test and 47 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka.-External links:...
v PakistanPakistani women's cricket teamThe Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:...
, 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, ColomboColomboColombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the... - Best innings bowling: 5/31, Chamani SeneviratneChamani SeneviratneChamani Roshini Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan cricketer. She scored Sri Lanka's only century in Women's Test cricket, with an unbeaten 105 against Pakistan in April 1998. An all-rounder, she has played one Test and 47 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka.-External links:...
v PakistanPakistani women's cricket teamThe Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:...
, 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, ColomboColomboColombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the... - Best match bowling: 8/57, Rasanjali SilvaRasanjali SilvaSendapperuma Archchige Rasanjali Chandima Silva, born 26 November 1971 in Colombo, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played one women's test match and 22 women's one-day internationals including the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup in India and the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.-References:...
v PakistanPakistani women's cricket teamThe Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:...
, 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, ColomboColomboColombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
ODI cricket
- Highest team total: 240/8 v NetherlandsDutch women's cricket teamThe Dutch women's cricket team is the team that represents the Netherlands in international women's cricket matches. Unlike their male counterparts, they currently have both Test and ODI status.-1980s:...
, 29 March 1999 at R. Premadasa StadiumR. Premadasa StadiumR. Premadasa Stadium is a cricket stadium situated on Khettarama Road, Maligawatta, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The stadium was, prior to June 1994, known as the Khettarama Cricket Stadium and is today one of the main venues in which the Sri Lankan cricket team play...
, ColomboColomboColombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the... - Highest individual score: 88, Vasanthi Ratnayake v PakistanPakistani women's cricket teamThe Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:...
, 23 January 2002 at Moors Sports Club, ColomboColomboColombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the... - Best innings bowling: 5/2, Suthershini Sivanantham v PakistanPakistani women's cricket teamThe Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:...
, 22 January 2002 at Moors Sports Club, ColomboColomboColombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
Current squad
- 02. Dedunu Silva http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54746.html
- 03. Eshani Lokusooriya
- 04. Hiruka Fernando
- 05. Dilani Manodara (Wk.)http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/272623.html
- 07. Sripali Weerakkody http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54836.html
- 12. Rose Fernando
- 14. Shashikala SiriwardeneShashikala SiriwardeneHettimulla Appuhamilage Shashikala Dedunu Siriwardene in Colombo is the captain of the Sri Lankan women's cricket team. She made her ODI debut against West Indies at Kingstown, St. Vincent in March 2003. She took 2-20 and also scored a brisk 29 in that match, which was ultimately won by the Sri...
(Capt.)http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54850.html - 15. Randika Galhenage http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54821.html
- 16. Sumudu Fernando http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/224800.html
- 17. Inoka Galagedara http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54817.html
- 21. Chamari Polgampola http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54854.html
- 29. Hiroshi Abeysinghe http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54742.html
- 53. Chamani SeneviratneChamani SeneviratneChamani Roshini Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan cricketer. She scored Sri Lanka's only century in Women's Test cricket, with an unbeaten 105 against Pakistan in April 1998. An all-rounder, she has played one Test and 47 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka.-External links:...
- 55. Udeshika Prabodani
- 69. Lasanthi Madushani
- Sadamali DolawatteSadamali KumuduniSadamali Kumuduni Dolawatte is a Sri Lankan cricketer who has captained the Sri Lankan women's team in eight one-day internationals, six of them at the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup. She has batted in positions from opening to number 10, but her highest score in women's ODI cricket is still the...
(V.Capt.)http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54840.html - Swini De Alwis http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54778.html
- Nirosha Kumari http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/273301.html
- Sanduni Abeywickrama http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/272814.html
- Eshani Kaushalya http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/54750.html
- Gayathri Kariyawasam
- Deepika Rasangika
- Chandi Wickremasinghe
- Chamari Atapattu
- Chamika Bandara
- Dushyanthi Dedunu
- Shereena Faizer
- Chandima Gunerathna
- Ama Kanchana
- Dumila Ramma Waduge
- Maduri Samudika
- Prabha Udawatta
- Prasadini Weerakkody
See also
- Sri Lankan men's cricket teamSri Lankan cricket teamThe Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...