Sachini nisansala: Cricket News & Match Updates

The update comes after Sri Lanka's clinical performance in the last and third ODI against Ireland Belfast which the visiting side won by eight wickets. Athapaththu dominated in the match with a well-compiled 48 with the bat and a three-wicket haul with the ball, helping the Sri Lanka all-rounder rise all three rankings categories.

Athapaththu gained six rating points to retain her position in fourth and close in on the No.1 ranked ODI batter in the world Nat Sciver-Brunt, while teammate Harshitha Samarawickrama improved fifteen places to rise to 29th spot and obtained a new career-best mark of her own following a score of 48* against Ireland.   Read More...