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Harshitha Samarawickrama

Madavi batting for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Personal information

Full name

Harshitha Madavi Dissanayake Samarawickrama

Born

29 June 1998 (age 26)
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Batting

Left-handed

Bowling

Right arm slow-medium

International information

National side

Sri Lanka

ODI debut (cap 68)

20 September 2016 v Australia

Last ODI

21 June 2024 v West Indies

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 42)

20 March 2016 v Ireland

Last T20I

13 August 2024 v Ireland

T20I shirt no.

Career statistics

Competition	WODI	WT20I
Matches	33	65
Runs scored	739	1,463
Batting average	26.39	31.12
100s/50s	1/1	0/8
Top score	105	86*
Balls bowled	24	0
Wickets	0	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	0	-
10 wickets in match	0	-
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	14/–	9/–

Source: Cricinfo, 16 September 2024

Medal record

Representing Sri Lanka

Women's Cricket
Asian Games
	2022 Hangzhou	Team
South Asian Games
	2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara	Team
Women's Asia Cup
Winner	2024 Sri Lanka

Harshitha Samarawickrama (born 29 June 1998) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka's national women's team.^[1]

International career

She made her Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Ireland in March 2016 and her One Day International (ODI) debut against Australia in September 2016.^[2]

In November 2019, she was named the captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the women's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.^[3] The Sri Lankan team won the silver medal, after losing to Bangladesh by two runs in the final.^[4] In January 2020, she was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.^[5]

In October 2021, she was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.^[6] In January 2022, she was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.^[7] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.^[8]

On July 28, 2024, in the final of the Women's Asia Cup against India, Harshitha scored an impressive 69* off 51 balls, leading Sri Lanka to their first-ever Women's Asia Cup victory and earning her the Player of the Match award.^[9]

On 11 August 11 2024, in the first T20I match against Ireland, Harshitha scored her 7th T20I half-century. She scored an unbeaten 86 runs from 45 balls hitting 15 boundaries and one six. Sri Lanka won the match by 7 wickets and Harshitha won the Player of the Match award for her performance.^[10] On 13 August 13 2024, in the second T20I match against Ireland, Harshitha scored her 8th T20I half-century. She scored 65 runs from 44 balls hitting nine boundaries and three sixes. Despite her efforts, Sri Lanka lost the match.^[11]

She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[12]

References

^ "Harshitha Samarawickrama". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^ "ICC Women's Championship, 2nd ODI: Sri Lanka Women v Australia Women at Dambulla, Sep 20, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "Sri Lanka pick cricket squads for South Asian Games". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ "Bangladesh women's cricket team clinch gold in SA games". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
^ "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "Chamari Athapaththu Harshitha Samarawickrama Star as Sri Lanka-Beat India to- Lift Womens Asia Cup Title". The Times of India. 28 July 2024.
^ "Harshitha Samarawickrama's 86* leads Sri Lanka to thumping win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ "IRE-W vs SL-W Cricket Scorecard, 2nd T20I at Dublin, August 13, 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Sri Lanka squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

External links

Media related to Harshitha Madavi at Wikimedia Commons

Harshitha Samarawickrama at ESPNcricinfo

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup
1 Ranaweera (c) 2 Atapattu 3 Gunaratne 4 Hansika 5 Kanchana 6 Kaushalya 7 Samarawickrama 8 Manodara 9 Perera 10 Polgampola 11 Prabodhani 12 Ranasinghe 13 Siriwardene 14 P Weerakkody 15 S Weerakkody

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2020 Women's T20 World Cup
1 Athapaththu (c) 2 Samarawickrama 3 Dilhari 4 Kanchana 5 Karunaratne 6 Kulasuriya 7 Kumari 8 Manodara (wk) 9 Perera 10 Prabodhani 11 Sandeepani 12 Sanjeewani 13 de Silva 14 Siriwardene 15 Thimashini

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2023 Women's T20 World Cup
Athapaththu (c) de Silva Dilhari Gunaratne Kanchana Kulasuriya Kumari Nuthyangana Ranasinghe Ranaweera Samarawickrama Sandeepani Sanjeewani (wk) Sewwandi Shehani Coach: Ratnayake

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2024 Women's Asia Cup – Champions (1st title)
Athapaththu (c) de Silva Dilhari Gimhani Gunaratne Kanchana Kavindi Kulasuriya Kumari Nisansala Priyadharshani Perera Prabodhani Sanjeewani (wk) Samarawickrama

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2024 Women's T20 World Cup
58 Chamari Athapaththu (c) 27 Nilakshi de Silva 6 Kavisha Dilhari 21 Shashini Gimhani 62 Vishmi Gunaratne 97 Ama Kanchana 22 Achini Kulasuriya 91 Sugandika Kumari 11 Sachini Nisansala 72 Hasini Perera 55 Udeshika Prabodhani 52 Inoshi Priyadharshani 18 Inoka Ranaweera 88 Harshitha Samarawickrama 17 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk) Coach: Rumesh Ratnayake
Kaushini Nuthyangana as standby players for the team.