Inoka Ranaweera
Sri Lankan cricketer
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Inoka Ranaweera (born 18 February 1986) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and former One Day International (ODI) captain of the women's national team. She has played both ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for Sri Lanka.[1] In an ODI against New Zealand in November 2015, she took three wickets off the last three balls of the innings, becoming the first Sri Lankan woman to take an ODI hat-trick.[2]
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| Born | 18 February 1986 Balapitiya, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 52) | 12 April 2012 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 July 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 27) | 26 September 2012 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 6 September 2023 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She won the Sri Lanka Cricket award for the Women's ODI Bowler of the Year in 2016 and 2017.[3][4] In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[5] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[6] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[7] She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[8]