Kawya Kavindi (born 30 October 2002) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka women's national team.[1] She bats right handed and bowls right-arm medium fast.
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| Born | 30 October 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium fast | ||||||||||||||
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| National side | |||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 77) | 29 April 2023 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 30 June 2023 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 53) | 9 May 2023 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 31 August 2023 v England | ||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 10 October 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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Recognition
editIn October 2021, Kavindi was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe,[2] one of three uncapped players in Sri Lanka's squad.[3] In January 2022, she was named as one of four reserve players in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia as a standby player.[4] In May 2022, her name was included as one of the reserve players in Sri Lanka's squad for their tour to Pakistan.[5] In April 2023, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their Bangladesh women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2023 and made her ODI debut in the first match of the series.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Kawya Kavindi". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Sri Lanka name three uncapped players in women's World Cup qualifier squad". ANI News. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Sri Lanka squad for Tour of Pakistan announced". The Papare. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Bangladesh Women tour of Sri Lanka-2023". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2023.