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Full name | Kalpana Harshani Liyanarachchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 4 June 1973|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Kalpi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test(cap 6) | 17 April 1998 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 12) | 29 November 1997 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 12 December 2000 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2000 | Slimline Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,8 December 2021 |
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