Marvan Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu

Personal information
Full name	Marvan Samson Atapattu
Born	22 November 1970 (1970-11-22) (age 40) Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm leg spin
Role	Opening batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 46)	23 November 1990 v India
Last Test	16 November 2007 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 59)	1 December 1990 v India
Last ODI	17 February 2007 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990/91–2006/07	Sinhalese Sports Club
2007/08–present	Delhi Giants
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	90	268	228	329
Runs scored	5,502	8,529	14,591	10,802
Batting average	39.02	37.57	48.79	39.42
100s/50s	16/17	11/59	47/53	18/71
Top score	249	132*	253*	132*
Balls bowled	48	51	1,302	81
Wickets	1	0	19	1
Bowling average	24.00	–	36.42	64.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/9	0/4	3/19	1/12
Catches/stumpings	58/–	70/–	150/–	91/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 September 2008

Marvan Samson Atapattu (born 22 November 1970 in Kalutara) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain.^[1] Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants. He is the current coach of Singapore national cricket team.^[2]

Style and international career

Marvan Atapattu is one of the most technically correct batsmen that Sri Lanka has ever produced. Making his Test debut in November 1990 just after his 20th birthday, his first six innings yielded five ducks and a 1, but supporters insist that his debut-innings duck puts him in good company with batsmen such as Michael Atherton, Graham Gooch, Len Hutton, Saeed Anwar and Wasim Akram, who all made debut-innings ducks and went on to score at least 2500 Test runs.^{[citation needed]} After this difficult start in his first three matches, he didn't score above 29 in his next 11 innings, before hitting his first Test century in his 10th match, against India, seven years after his debut. He has 22 Test-match career ducks and 4 pairs (two ducks in a single match), both records for a top-order batsman. He made his one-Day International debut against India at Nagpur.He was appointed as captain of the one-day team on April 2003. He registered his highest Test score of 249 against Zimbabwe in 2004, sharing a 438-run partnership with Kumar Sangakkara for the second wicket.

Atapattu is a skilful fielder with an accurate throw. A report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showed that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the second highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the seventh highest success rate.^[3] He was controversially^{[citation needed]} left out of the squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and as a result, asked for his removal from the list of Sri Lanka contracted players. Atapattu was to miss the 2007-08 tour of Australia, but was added to the squad after the intervention of Sri Lankan Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge. Atapattu played solidly in the First Test, but subsequently angrily labelled the selectors: "A set of Muppets, basically, headed by a joker," at a post-stumps press conference.

After Sri Lanka lost the series 2-0, Atapattu announced his international retirement after the second Test at Hobart.^[4] He finished with 5,502 Test runs at an average of 39.02 in 90 Tests with a One-day International average of 37.57 after hitting 8,529 runs in 268 matches. Atapattu scored six double centuries and sixteen centuries in his Test cricket career.^[5] He has scored centuries against all Test-playing nations.

Player Statistics

Career Performance

Marvan Atapattu's career performance graph.

Test Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Marvan Atapattu.

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Centuries of Marvan Atapattu
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	108	10	India	Mohali, India	Punjab C.A. Stadium	1997
2	223	13	Zimbabwe	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	1998
3	216*	27	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	1999
4	207*	35	Pakistan	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	2000
5	120	37	South Africa	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	2000
6	201*	42	England	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle Stadium	2001
7	108	47	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2001
8	201	48	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2001
9	100*	54	Zimbabwe	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle Stadium	2002
10	185	56	England	London, England	Lord’s	2002
11	118	64	West Indies	Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	2003
12	118	71	Australia	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2004
13	170	72	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2004
14	249	73	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2004
15	133	75	Australia	Cairns, Australia	Bundaberg Rum Stadium	2004
16	127	80	New Zealand	Napier, New Zealand	McLean Park	2005

One Day International Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the ODI centuries scored by Marvan Atapattu.

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

One Day International Centuries of Marvan Atapattu
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	118	27	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R.Premadasa Stadium	1997
2	132*	50	England	London, England	Lord's	1998
3	119*	90	Pakistan	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	2000
4	100	96	Pakistan	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium	2000
5	102*	107	India	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah C.A. Stadium	2000
6	101	164	Netherlands	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R.Premadasa Stadium	2002
7	123*	170	South Africa	Benoni, South Africa	Willowmoore Park	2002
8	101	176	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2003
9	124	186	South Africa	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead	2003
10	103*	189	Zimbabwe	East London, South Africa	Buffalo Park	2003
11	111	223	Pakistan	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	2004

Personal life

Marvan Atapattu had his education at Mahinda College, Galle and Ananda College, Colombo. He is married to Neluni Atapattu, an accountant by profession. Marvan and Neluni have two daughters.

See also

• Ananda College
• List of Sri Lanka national cricket captains
• Ananda-Nalanda

References

1. ^ "Marvan Atapattu". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/48124.html. Retrieved July 04,2010. 
2. ^ "Atapattu to coach Singapore for 2010". http://www.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/445412.html. Retrieved July 04,2010. 
3. ^ Basevi, Trevor (2005-11-08). "Statistics - Run outs in ODIs". Cricinfo. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/224487.html. Retrieved 2007-02-05. 
4. ^ Atapattu Announces International Retirement, Cricket World, Retrieved on 20 November 2007
5. ^ "Most double hundreds in a career". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/230344.html. Retrieved July 04,2010. 

• ACCA Graduation

External links

• Player Profile: Marvan Atapattu from ESPNcricinfo
• Player Profile: Marvan Atapattu from CricketArchive

Preceded by Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lankan Test captain 2003–2006	Succeeded by Mahela Jayawardene
Preceded by Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lankan ODI cricket captain 2003–2006

Marvan Atapattu at the Cricket World Cup

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Name	Atapattu, Marvan
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Date of birth	22 November 1970
Place of birth	Kalutara
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