Shashikala Siriwardene
Shashikala Siriwardene bowling for Sri Lanka against New Zealand during their 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup match at the WACA Ground in Perth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hettimulla Appuhamilage Shashikala Dedunu Siriwardene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1985 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 27) | 13 March 2003 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 9 October 2019 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 17) | 21 April 2010 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 2 March 2020 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003– | Slimline Sport Club Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Marians Ladies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Sri Lanka Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Supernovas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 June 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hettimulla Appuhamilage Shashikala Dedunu Siriwardene (born 14 February 1985 in Colombo, Sri Lanka), known as Shashikala Siriwardene, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team in WODIs. She is the only woman cricketer to take 100 wickets in WODIs for Sri Lanka, and the only female Sri Lankan to combine this with 1,000+ runs. She is also the all-time leading wicket taker for Sri Lanka in WT20I with 77 scalps. She played for Sri Lanka internationally in a career spanning 17 years, from 2003 to 2020.
She is also the longest serving member of the Sri Lankan women's cricket team and is also widely regarded as the mother figure of Sri Lankan women's cricket. She has captained Sri Lanka in two Women's Cricket World Cup campaigns, in 2009 and in 2013. She is a former student of President's College, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte. Injury concerns kept her sidelined from international cricket towards the end of her career. In addition to her cricketing career, she has also worked as a human resource assistant for clothing firm Slimline. She is also attached with Sri Lanka Navy since 2011 and also represents Sri Lanka Navy in domestic circuit.