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Marvan Atapattu

Personal information
Full nameMarvan Samson Atapattu
Birth Date (Y-M-D)1970-11-22
Place of birthKalutara
Country of birthSri Lanka
Batting styleRight-handed
Bowling styleRight arm leg spin
RoleOpening batsman
CountrySri Lanka
Test Debut23 November 1990 v India
Last Test16 November 2007 v Australia
ODI debut1 December 1990 v India
Last ODI17 February 2007 v India
Domestic team information
Sinhalese Sports Club1990/91 - 2006/07
Delhi Giants2007/08 - present

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Marvan Samson Atapattu (born 22 November 1970 in Kalutara) was a Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. 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.

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Pakistan Daily Mail--“Take the example of former Sri Lankan captain -Marvan Atapattu-. His career got off to the worst possible start. But he was given time and he established ... - Date : Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:48:45 GMT+00:00

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

Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIFCList A
Matches90268228329
Runs5,5028,52914,59110,802
Batting average39.0237.5748.7939.42
100s/50s16/1711/5947/5318/71
Top score249132*253*132*
Balls bowled48511,30281
Wickets10191
Bowling average24.00-36.4264.00
5 wickets in innings0000
10 wickets in match0n/a0n/a
Best bowling1/90/43/191/12
Catches/stumpings58/ -70/ -150/ -91/ -

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

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


Sri Lanka squad 1996 Cricket World Cup (1st Title)

Ranatunga (c), Atapattu, Chandana, De Silva, Dharmasena, Gurusinha, Kaluwitharana (wk), Jayasuriya, Mahanama, Muralitharan, Pushpakumara, Tillakaratne, Vaas, Wickramasinghe
Coach : Whatmore

Sri Lanka squad 1999 Cricket World Cup

Ranatunga (c), Muralitharan, Atapattu, Jayawardene, Mahanama, Tillakaratne, Kaluwitharana (wk), Vaas, De Silva, Wickramasinghe, Kalpage, Chandana, Upashantha, Hathurusingha, Jayasuriya
Coach : Dias

Sri Lanka squad 2003 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists

Jayasuriya (c), Atapattu, Jayawardene, Sangakkara (wk), De Silva, Arnold, Mubarak, Tillakaratne, Muralitharan, Vaas, Fernando, Gunaratne, Gunawardene, Nissanka, Buddhika
Coach : Whatmore

Sri Lanka squad 2007 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up

Jayawardene (c), Atapattu, Jayasuriya, Tharanga, Sangakkara, Dilshan, Arnold, Silva, Maharoof, Vaas, Fernando, Malinga, Kulasekara, Muralitharan, Bandara
Coach : Moody



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