Eshani Kaushalya
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| Full name | Lokusuriyage Eshani Kaushalya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 June 1984 Panadura, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut | 22 March 2005 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 2 July 2017 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut | 12 June 2009 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 3 December 2016 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eshani Kaushalya (also known as Eshani Lokusuriyage, born 1 June 1984) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who has made over 80 appearances for the Sri Lanka national women's cricket team since her debut in 2005. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.[1]
Kaushalya made her debut for Sri Lanka during the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, scoring seven runs.[2] She collected her first international wicket later during the tournament, trapping West Indian Juliana Nero leg before wicket.[3] She batted well for Sri Lanka during the 2006 Women's Asia Cup, finishing top of the batting averages for her country, scoring 106 runs at 35.33, including her career high score of 57.[4] During the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup, she scored two half-centuries, against England and India,[2] and was named as part of the team of the tournament by the International Cricket Council.[5]
She along with Ama Kanchana holds the record for the highest 8th wicket partnership in WT20I history(39)[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Player Profile: Eshani Kaushalya". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- 1 2 "Statistics / Statsguru / LE Kaushalya / Women's One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "16th Match: Sri Lanka Women v West Indies Women at Benoni, Mar 28, 2005". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Records / Women's Asia Cup, 2006/07 - Sri Lanka Women / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "ICC names ICC Women’s World Cup India 2013 Team of the Tournament". International Cricket Council. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "3rd T20I: India Women v Sri Lanka Women at Ranchi, Feb 26, 2016 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
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Chamani Seneviratne was included in the original squad but withdrew due to injury; her place was taken by Sanduni Abeywickrama. | ||
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