Dubai, May 5 (IANS) Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu has been richly rewarded for her outstanding recent performances, making notable gains in the latest ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings.Athapaththu was named Player of the Series in Sri Lanka’s dominant 3-0 clean sweep over Bangladesh, delivering an all-round performance that underlined her importance to the side. The experienced campaigner scored 115 runs across three innings and also picked up four wickets, showcasing her versatility …
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Dubai, May 4 (IANS) Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty has been handed an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third women’s T20I against Sri Lanka in Sylhet on Saturday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) stated that the Bangladesh skipper was found to have breached Article 2.2, which relates to the “abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during an international match”.The incident took place during…
Sylhet, April 28 (IANS) Bangladesh women’s cricket team suffered a 25-run defeat to Sri Lanka in the opening game of the three-match T20i series at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, despite a spirited knock from Shorna Akter.Chasing 162 for victory, Bangladesh Women finished on 136 for seven in 20 overs. Shorna was the standout performer with a well-crafted 60 off 45 balls, registering her maiden half-century in WT20Is. Her innings included four boundaries and two sixes, but she l…
Dubai, April 28 (IANS) South Africa’s captain Laura Wolvaardt has achieved a new career-high rating in the latest ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings, following her recent outstanding performances against India. Wolvaardt excelled against the reigning ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup champions, delivering a superb century in the third match of the five-game series. She also contributed three half-centuries, ending with a total of 330 runs and earning the Player of the Series award as South Africa secu…
Rajshahi, April 25 (IANS) Hasini Perera played a brilliant knock of 95 runs as Sri Lanka Women completed a strong comeback in the ODI series with a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the final match of the series played at the Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium on Saturday. With this, they have also clinched the series by 2-1. Coming to bat first after losing the toss, the Bangladesh team scored 213 runs after losing 8 wickets in 50 overs with the help of a brilliant innings from Sobhana Mo…
Dubai, April 25 (IANS) Bangladesh cricketers Nahida Akter and Sarmin Sultana have been fined 10 per cent of their match fees for separate Level 1 breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second ODI of the ICC Women’s Championship series against Sri Lanka. The sanctions were imposed following incidents during the match in Rajshahi, where both players were found to have committed offences under different articles of the Code. Nahida breached Article 2.5, which pertains to “using language…
Rajshahi, April 22 (IANS) Chamari Athapaththu produced a commanding all-round performance to help Sri Lanka level the ODI series against Bangladesh women’s in Rajshahi, as the visitors secured a four-wicket win by chasing down 165 in 45.5 overs.Playing her first game of the series after missing the opener due to a finger injury, Athapaththu made an immediate impact with the ball, claiming three crucial wickets to derail Bangladesh’s innings. She struck first in the 16th over, trapping Sharmin …
Colombo, April 17 (IANS) Sri Lanka Women’s captain Chamari Athapaththu has underlined the team’s focus on developing power-hitting under new head coach Jamie Siddons as they departed for Bangladesh on Friday for a crucial three-match ODI and T20 series, which will commence on April 20. Athapaththu stressed that the tour carries significant importance, with valuable points at stake that could help Sri Lanka avoid the uncertainty of going through the qualifying playoffs for the forthcoming ODI…
Dubai, Jan 6 (IANS) Annabel Sutherland has emerged as the biggest gainer in the latest ICC Women’s Rankings update, reclaiming the No.1 position in the T20I bowling rankings following India’s 15-run victory over Sri Lanka in the fifth and final T20I. The Australian bowler returned to the top spot after India’s Deepti Sharma dropped one place, with both players now tied on a rating of 736, the same rating Sutherland held when she first reached No.1 in August 2025.Sutherland, the fast-bowlin…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 30 (IANS) Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu lamented that they did not play their “best cricket” against India, picking that as the reason for their debacle as visitors lost the fifth and T20I by 15 runs in Thiruvananthapuram.The clean sweep also marked India Women’s third 5–0 victory in a bilateral T20I series, following similar results against West Indies in 2019 and Bangladesh in 2024.However, Athapaththu was confident in her young side to do better in the futu…