Inoka Ranaweera

Inoka Ranaweera

Personal information
Born	(1986-02-18) 18 February 1986 (age 39) Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut(cap  52)	12 April 2012 v  India
Last ODI	7 July 2022 v  India
ODI shirt no.	18
T20I debut(cap  27)	26 September 2012 v  India
Last T20I	6 September 2023 v  England
T20I shirt no.	18
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I Matches 65 51 Runs scored 196 29 Batting average 8.52 3.22 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 32* 8* Balls bowled 3013 1046 Wickets 70 49 Bowling average 31.18 20.79 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 4/39 3/9 Catches/stumpings 13/– 6/–
Medal record Representing   Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Team
Source: Cricinfo, 12 February 2023

Inoka Ranaweera (born 18 February 1986) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and a former One Day International (ODI) captain of the women's national team. She has played at both ODI and Twenty20 International (T20I) level for Sri Lanka. ^[1] In an ODI against New Zealand in November 2015, she took three wickets off the last three balls of the innings, becoming the first Sri Lankan woman to take an ODI hat-trick. ^[2]

She has won the Sri Lanka Cricket award for the Women's ODI Bowler of the Year in 2016 and 2017. ^{[3] [4]} In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. ^[5] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. ^[6] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. ^[7] She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. ^[8]

See also

• List of women's international cricket hat-tricks

References

1. "Inoka Ranaweera". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
2. (4 November 2015). "Inoka Ranaweera sets record with first hat-trick" – Sri Lanka Mirror. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
3. "Dialog Cricket Awards 2016: List of award winners". Cricket Machan. 1 December 2016.
4. "Gunaratne wins big at SLC's annual awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
5. "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
6. "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
7. "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
8. "Sri Lanka squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.