Sachini Nisansala Lakshitha (born 11 November 2001) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] She plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batter.
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| Full name | Sachini Nisansala Lakshitha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 2001 Rathgama, Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 73) | 3 June 2022 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 June 2024 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 50) | 18 January 2022 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 May 2022 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17–present | Seenigama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018/19 | Dambulla District | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20–present | Kandy District | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 June 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad ahead of the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier[2] but was yet to play a match before the tournament abruptly ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] She made her Women's Twenty20 International debut at the age of 20, in the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier against Scotland on 18 January 2022. She took two wickets and enacted a run-out in that match.[4] The captain Chamari Athapaththu won the Player of the Match award, however she handed it to the debutant Nisansala.[5] Nisansala took one further wicket in her remaining three matches of that tournament.[6]
She plays domestic cricket for Seenigama Women and Kandy District Women.[7][8] She was the fourth highest wicket taker in the 2021–22 Sri Lanka Women's Division One Tournament, with 16 wickets at an average of 10.44.[9] In May 2022, she was named in the ODI and T20I squads for the series against Pakistan.[10][11] She made her Women's One Day International debut in the second match of the series on 3 June 2022.[12] She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Sachini Nisansala profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Staff, Women's CricZone. "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Women's World Cup qualifier in Zimbabwe called off following concerns over new Covid-19 variant". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of SL Women vs Scot Women 2nd Match 2021/22 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Vasudevan, Estelle (18 January 2022). "Nisansala impresses on debut; Athapaththu flattens Scotland". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Bowling records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "SLC Womens Division One Tournament 2022 - Cricket live Scores, Matches, Fixtures, Teams, Result, Stats, Points Table and news - CricHeroes". cricheroes.in. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Player Profile: Sachini Nisansala". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "SLC Womens Division One Tournament 2022 - Cricket live Scores, Matches, Fixtures, Teams, Result, Stats, Points Table and news - CricHeroes". cricheroes.in. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Women's squad for tour of Pakistan". 11 May 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka announce 15-member squad for white-ball tour of Pakistan". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "2nd ODI, Karachi, June 03, 2022, Sri Lanka Women tour of Pakistan (Hansima Karunaratne 25*, Prasadani Weerakkody 8*, Ghulam Fatima 0/5) - Live, PAK-W vs SL-W, 2nd ODI, live score, 2022". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.