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 name	Kathira Arachchige Dona Ama Kanchana
Born	(1991-04-07) 7 April 1991 (age 32) Negombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 59)	15 October 2014 v South Africa
Last ODI	7 July 2022 v India
ODI shirt no.	97
T20I debut (cap 29)	3 March 2013 v West Indies
Last T20I	16 February 2023 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I Matches 33 39 Runs scored 345 182 Batting average 12.77 7.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 47* 17 Balls bowled 945 364 Wickets 25 13 Bowling average 34.92 37.76 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 3/26 3/22 Catches/stumpings 14/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 February 2023

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] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.^[9]

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.
9. "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

External links

• Ama Kanchana at ESPNcricinfo