Chamari Athapaththu shatters records with historic Asia Cup seven

Chamari Athapaththu shatters records with historic Asia Cup seven-wicket haul

Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu’s historic seven-wicket haul broke a number of records in the Women’s Asia Cup.

Chamari Athapaththu now has the best batting and bowling figures for Sri Lanka in women’s T20Is
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Chamari Athapaththu breathed fire with the ball against Indonesia as she helped Sri Lanka register a thumping 75-run win in their Women’s Asia Cup group B encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Nilakshika Silva’s timely 35-ball 50 helped Sri Lanka post 124/7 after some early stutters after which the Lankan skipper blew Indonesia away with her imperious spell. She gave away just five runs, claiming seven wickets which included a historic hattrick.

Sri Lanka is the defending champion in this edition. This victory over debutant Indonesia helps them sit pretty at the top of group B standings with four points and an impressive net run rate of +4.129. Only India has a better NRR (+4.700) but is drawn in Group A.

Here are the list of records she broke with her stellar performance.

• This is Athapaththu’s first career fifer
• This is the first hattrick registered by a Sri Lankan woman in T20Is
• Athapaththu now has the best batting and bowling figures for Sri Lanka in women’s T20Is
• Athapaththu’s 7/5 are now the best bowling figures among full member nations in the format and the fifth best bowling figures overall.
• These are also the best bowling figures in Women’s Asia Cup history.

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