Ama Kanchana

Kathira Arachchige Dona Ama Kanchana (born 7 April 1991) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka's women's cricket team.[1] She made her One Day International (ODI) debut against South Africa on 15 October 2014.[2]

Ama Kanchana
Personal information
Full nameKathira Arachchige Dona Ama Kanchana
Born (1991-04-07) 7 April 1991
Negombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 59)15 October 2014 v South Africa
Last ODI9 October 2019 v Australia
ODI shirt no.97
T20I debut (cap 29)3 March 2013 v West Indies
Last T20I24 January 2022 v Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 30 34
Runs scored 293 152
Batting average 11.72 6.90
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 34* 17
Balls bowled 845 310
Wickets 24 12
Bowling average 31.95 36.25
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/26 3/22
Catches/stumpings 13/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 January 2022

Along with Eshani Kaushalya, she holds the record for the highest eighth-wicket partnership in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I), with 39 runs.[3][4]

In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[5] In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[6] In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[7] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[8]

References
  1. "Ama Kanchana". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. "ICC Women's Championship, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka Women v South Africa Women at Colombo (SSC), Oct 15, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. "Records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. "3rd T20I: India Women v Sri Lanka Women at Ranchi, Feb 26, 2016 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  7. "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.


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