Shashikala Siriwardene

Hettimulla Appuhamilage Shashikala Dedunu Siriwardene (born 14 February 1985) in Colombo, known as Shashikala Siriwardene, is a Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lankan women's cricket team in WODIs. She is the only woman cricketer to take 100 ODI wickets in WODIs for Sri Lanka.[1] Also she is the only woman cricketer to take 100+ wickets as well as to score 1000+ runs in WODI for Sri Lanka. She is a former student of President's College, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.

Shashikala Siriwardene

Shashikala Siriwardene bowling for Sri Lanka against New Zealand during their 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup match at the WACA Ground in Perth
Personal information
Full name	Hettimulla Appuhamilage Shashikala Dedunu Siriwardene
Born	14 February 1985 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off spin
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Namal Seneviratne ​ (m. 2013)​
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 27)	13 March 2003 v West Indies
Last ODI	9 October 2019 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	14
T20I debut (cap 17)	21 April 2010 v West Indies
Last T20I	2 March 2020 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–	Slimline Sport Club Women
2010–	Marians Ladies
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I Matches 118 81 Runs scored 2029 1097 Batting average 18.44 17.14 100s/50s 0/7 0/1 Top score 68 52 Balls bowled 5449 1653 Wickets 124 77 Bowling average 28.84 20.75 5 wickets in innings 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 4/11 4/16 Catches/stumpings 41/- 16/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 March 2020
Medal record Representing  Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team

International career

Siriwardene 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 Lankans.

Her best bowling figures of 4–11 was recorded against Pakistan in the 2005–06 Women's Asia Cup in Karachi. Other notable performances include her 4–34 also against Pakistan in the 2006–07 Women's Asia Cup. She was ranked World's top women all-rounder in 2014.

Siriwardene has captained Sri Lanka Women in 49 WODI matches with 18 wins, 29 losses and 2 no results, and she is the Sri Lankan Women cricketer to captained internationally in most number of times.[2] Instead of her 38.29% winning percentage as captain, she is regarded as the best Women cricketer to play the game for Sri Lanka.

Currently, Shashikala is the second highest WODI run scorer for Sri Lanka with 1,554 runs in 87 matches. This includes 7 WODI fifties as well, but yet to get a century.[3] She is the highest WODI wicket taker for Sri Lanka as well, with 101 wickets including 6 four-wicket hauls. With this feat, Siriwardene is the first and only Sri Lankan women cricketer to get 100 wickets in WODI history.[4]

In Women T20 Internationals, Siriwardene is second only to former captain Chamari Atapattu in most runs for Sri Lanka Women. She has scored 663 runs in 45 matches with highest score of unbeaten 52 runs. In bowling department, there is no one to match her, where she is top ranked with 44 WT20I wickets with an average of 19.29.[5] Siriwardene has captained T20I side as well with record of 31 matches. Sri Lanka have won 9 of them and lost 20 however with winning percentage of 31.03%.[6]

On 1 December 2016, she won the Sri Lanka Cricket awards for the Women’s ODI All Rounder of the Year 2016.[7] During the 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup she set the milestone for becoming the first woman cricketer to play in 100 WODI matches for Sri Lanka.[8][9]

In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[10] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch.[11] She was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in the tournament, with four dismissals in three matches.[12] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[13]

In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[14] On 2 March 2020, she announced that she would be retiring from international cricket following the T20 World Cup.[15][16] She was the leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in the tournament, with seven dismissals in four matches.[17]

Personal life

She married Sri Lankan first-class cricketer Namal Seneviratne in 2013.[18]

References

1. "Leading Ladies: First to 100 ODI wickets from each team". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. "Cricket Records - Sri Lanka Women - / - Records - Women's One-Day Internationals - Most matches as captain - ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 15 October 2017.
3. "Cricket Records | Sri Lanka Women | Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
4. "Cricket Records - Sri Lanka Women - / - Records - Women's One-Day Internationals - Most wickets - ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 15 October 2017.
5. "Cricket Records - Sri Lanka Women - / - Records - Women's Twenty20 Internationals - Most wickets - ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 15 October 2017.
6. "Cricket Records - Sri Lanka Women - / - Records - Women's Twenty20 Internationals - Most matches as captain - ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 15 October 2017.
7. "Dialog Cricket Awards 2016: List of award winners". Cricket Machan. 1 December 2016.
8. "28th Match: Pakistan Women v Sri Lanka Women at Leicester, Jul 15, 2017 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
9. "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka Women | Women's One-Day Internationals | Most matches | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
10. "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
11. "Players to watch in ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
12. "ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - Sri Lanka Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
13. "#WT20 report card: Sri Lanka". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
14. "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
15. "Shashikala Siriwardene to retire from International Cricket". The Papare. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
16. "A match-winning show and 17 years of memories - Shashikala Siriwardene signs off". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
17. "ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2019/20 - Sri Lanka Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
18. "How Shashikala Siriwardene's marriage almost cost and then made her career". CricBuzz. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

External links

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