Chamani Roshini Seneviratne (born 14 November 1978) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who currently plays for the United Arab Emirates as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She previously played internationally for Sri Lanka between 1997 and 2013, appearing in one Test match, 80 One Day Internationals and 32 Twenty20 Internationals.
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| Full name | Chamani Roshini Seneviratne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 November 1978 Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 9) | 17 April 1998 Sri Lanka v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 9) | 25 November 1997 Sri Lanka v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 17 February 2009 Sri Lanka v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 15/10) | 21 April 2010 Sri Lanka v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 April 2021 UAE v Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007–2008/09 | Slimline Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009/10–2010/11 | Colts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13–2014 | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She scored Sri Lanka's only century in women's Test cricket, with 105* against Pakistan in April 1998.[1] She also became the eighth batter to score a Test hundred on debut, and achieved the record for the highest score made by a woman when batting at number 8 or lower in women's Tests.[2][3][4] Her 148 runs overall on debut was also the fifth-highest by a woman on Test debut.[5] She retired from Sri Lankan cricket in January 2014, with immediate effect after refusing to attend a practice session in December 2013.[6]
In May 2018, she was named in the United Arab Emirates squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[7] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for the UAE against the Netherlands in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018.[8]
On 19 February 2019, in the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia match against Kuwait, she took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[9] In June 2020, Seneviratne was stranded in the UAE, after losing her coaching job in Abu Dhabi due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Sri Lanka Women | High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Women v Pakistan Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Batting records | Hundred on debut | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in an innings (by batting position) | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in debut match | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Lankan cricketers Dolawatte, Seneviratne retire". hi INDiA. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "UAE women's cricket team for World Twenty20 Qualifier announced". The National. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "3rd Match, Group A, ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier at Utrecht, Jul 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "A great day for China while UAE make it two wins from two". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Former skipper Chamani Seneviratne stranded in the UAE". The Papare. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
edit- Chamani Seneviratne at ESPNcricinfo
- Chamani Seneviratne at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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