Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator,former professional cricketer,businessman,ICC Hall of Fame inductee,and the former president of Marylebone Cricket Club. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen and wicket-keeper in the history of the sport. He was officially rated in the top three current batsmen in the world in all three formats of the game at various stages of his international career. Sangakkara scored 28,016 runs in international cricket across all formats in a career that spanned 15 years. At retirement,he was the second-highest run-scorer in ODI cricket,next only to Sachin Tendulkar,and the sixth-highest run scorer in Test cricket.
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan,commonly known as Tillakaratne Dilshan is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. As the best rated Sri Lankan player in run-chases in ODI history,he is often regarded as one of the most innovative ODI batsmen of all time. Dilshan is considered to be a rare example of a cricketer with notable skills in all aspects of the game,who can bat,bowl,field and keep wicket. He is an aggressive right-hand batsman who invented the scoop,which has come to be known as the Dilscoop,a shot that hits the ball over the keeper. Apart from being an opening batsman,he is also a capable off-break bowler. Energetic in the field,he usually fields at the point region.
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 team is organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC),a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Suzannah Wilson "Suzie" Bates is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. She plays domestic cricket for the Otago Sparks,as well as playing for the White Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2013. Bates again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2015.
Hettimulla Appuhamilage Shashikala Dedunu Siriwardene,known as Shashikala Siriwardene,is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team in WODIs. She is the only woman cricketer to take 100 wickets in WODIs for Sri Lanka,and thus the only female Sri Lankan to combine this with 1000+ runs. She is also the all-time leading wicket taker for Sri Lanka in WT20I with 77 scalps. She played for Sri Lanka internationally from 2003 to 2020 in a career spanning about 17 years.
Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin is a Barbadian international cricketer and former track and field athlete. A right-handed batter and right-arm fast bowler,Dottin made her debut for the West Indies women's cricket team in June 2008. She plays as a hard-hitting lower-order batter,and scored the first century in a Women's Twenty20 International in 2010. She played in her 100th Women's One Day International (WODI) match,when the West Indies played India in the group stage of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup,on 29 June 2017. She plays domestic cricket for Barbados,and has previously played for Trinidad and Tobago,Lancashire Thunder,Perth Scorchers,Brisbane Heat and Trailblazers.
Stafanie Roxann Taylor,OD is a Jamaican cricketer who is current captain of the West Indies women's cricket team. She has represented them over 80 times since her debut in 2008. A right-handed batsman and off break bowler,Taylor was selected as the 2011 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year –the first West Indian to receive the accolade. She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for the West Indies. She plays domestic cricket for Jamaica and Adelaide Strikers,and has previously played for Auckland,Sydney Thunder,Western Storm,Southern Vipers and Trailblazers.
Punam Ganesh Raut,sometimes spelt Poonam Raut,is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team.
Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer of the Sri Lanka national cricket team and a former captain of all formats. A handy and agile right-handed batsman who sometimes plays as the wicket-keeper middle order batsman,Chandimal was the first captain to lead Sri Lanka in their first day-night Test match.
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont is an English cricketer. She opens the batting for Kent and England,and has previously kept wicket. She has also played for other domestic teams in both England and Australia.
Javeria Khan Wadood is a Pakistani cricketer from Karachi,Sindh. She has played international cricket for Pakistan as an all-rounder since 2008.
Meghann Moira Lanning is an Australian cricketer who currently captains the national women's team. She has been a member of five successful world championship campaigns,winning one Women's Cricket World Cup and four ICC Women's World Twenty20 titles. Lanning holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs. Domestically,she is the captain of Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League.
Deepti Bhagwan Sharma is an international cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national cricket team. She is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off break and is currently ranked 4th in the top all-rounders in the ICC Cricket Rankings. Deepti Sharma is also the current third highest individual scorer by a woman cricketer in ODIs.
Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando,commonly as Avishka Fernando,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer,who currently plays limited over internationals for Sri Lanka national team. He plays for Colts Cricket Club in domestic cricket,and he made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in August 2016. He had his education in St. Sebastian's College,Moratuwa.
Harshitha Madavi is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka's women's cricket team. She made her One Day International (ODI) debut against Australia on 20 September 2016.
Achini Kulasuriya is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka's women's cricket team. She made her One Day International (ODI) debut against New Zealand on 10 November 2015. In January 2020,she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. In October 2021,she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.
Kathira Arachchige Dona Ama Kanchana is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka's women's cricket team. She made her One Day International (ODI) debut against South Africa on 15 October 2014.
Kavisha Dilhari is a Sri Lankan cricketer. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for Sri Lanka Women against Pakistan Women on 20 March 2018. She has played domestic cricket since the age of fifteen.
The Sri Lanka women's cricket team played the Australia women's cricket team in September and October 2019. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs),which formed part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship,and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches. It was the first bilateral series played by Sri Lanka Women in Australia.
