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Marvan Atapattu Personal information Full name Marvan Samson Atapattu Born 22 November 1970
Kalutara, Sri LankaBatting 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]
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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
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
- ^ "Marvan Atapattu". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/48124.html. Retrieved July 04,2010.
- ^ "Atapattu to coach Singapore for 2010". http://www.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/445412.html. Retrieved July 04,2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Atapattu Announces International Retirement, Cricket World, Retrieved on 20 November 2007
- ^ "Most double hundreds in a career". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/230344.html. Retrieved July 04,2010.
External links
- Player Profile: Marvan Atapattu from ESPNcricinfo
- Player Profile: Marvan Atapattu from CricketArchive
Preceded by
Hashan TillakaratneSri Lankan Test captain
2003–2006Succeeded by
Mahela JayawardenePreceded by
Sanath JayasuriyaSri Lankan ODI cricket captain
2003–2006Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Ananda College
- Basnahira South cricketers
- Sinhalese Sports Club cricketers
- Sri Lankan cricket captains
- Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers
- Sri Lanka Test cricketers
- Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers
- Sri Lankan cricketers
- Delhi (Indian Cricket League) cricketers
- Alumni of Mahinda College
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