Sripali Shiromala Weerakkody (born 7 January 1986) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played in 89
Women's One Day International
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s and 58
Women's Twenty20 International
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s for her country. On 20 August 2007, she broke the record for the highest score in Women's List-A cricket, when she scored 271* for Kandyan Ladies Cricket Club against Pushpadana Ladies. She played as a medium-pace bowler.
Weerakkody was a member of Sri Lanka's 2014 Asian Games bronze medal-winning team.
In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the
2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20, hosted in the West Indies from 9 to 24 November 2018. It the second World Twenty20 hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition), and the West In ...
tournament in the West Indies.
In July 2020, she announced her retirement from international cricket.
References
1986 births
Living people
Asian Games medalists in cricket
Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Sri Lanka
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Sri Lankan women cricketers
Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers from Western Province, Sri Lanka
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