Kavisha Dilhari (born 24 January 2001) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team. She has played domestic cricket since the age of fifteen.[1][2][3] She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for Sri Lanka Women against Pakistan Women on 20 March 2018.[4]
.jpg) Dilhari batting for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Welikonthage Kavisha Dilhari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 2001 Rathgama, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 70) | 20 March 2018 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 July 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 45) | 19 September 2018 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 6 September 2023 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In September 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for the series against India.[5] She made her WT20I debut for Sri Lanka against India Women on 19 September 2018.[6]
In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[7] In November 2019, she was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the women's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[8] The Sri Lankan team won the silver medal, after losing to Bangladesh by two runs in the final.[9] In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[10] In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[11] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[12] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[13]
References edit
- ^ "Kavisha Dilhari". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "SL pick teenager Dilhari for ODIs; Atapattu returns as captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Dambulla, Mar 20 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Teenager Dilhari gets maiden T20I call-up after stunning India in ODI series ender". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "1st T20I, India Women tour of Sri Lanka at Katunayake, Sep 19 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Sri Lanka pick cricket squads for South Asian Games". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh women's cricket team clinch gold in SA games". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
External links edit
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