Kavisha Dilhari

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Kavisha Dilhari
Dilhari batting for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Welikonthage Kavisha Dilhari
Born (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 23)
Rathgama, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 70)20 March 2018 v Pakistan
Last ODI7 July 2022 v India
T20I debut (cap 45)19 September 2018 v India
Last T20I6 September 2023 v England
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 10 19
Runs scored 184 127
Batting average 26.28 14.11
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 49* 47*
Balls bowled 422 325
Wickets 6 8
Bowling average 50.83 43.25
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/34 2/28
Catches/stumpings 0/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 February 2023
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Team

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Kavisha Dilhari". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. ^ "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. ^ "SL pick teenager Dilhari for ODIs; Atapattu returns as captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ^ "1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Dambulla, Mar 20 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Teenager Dilhari gets maiden T20I call-up after stunning India in ODI series ender". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  6. ^ "1st T20I, India Women tour of Sri Lanka at Katunayake, Sep 19 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Sri Lanka pick cricket squads for South Asian Games". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh women's cricket team clinch gold in SA games". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

External links[edit]

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