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Sripali Shiromala Weerakkody (born 7 January 1986) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played in 89 Women's One Day Internationals and 58 Women's Twenty20 Internationals for her country.[1] 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.[2] She played as a medium-pace bowler.[3] Weerakkody was a member of Sri Lanka's 2014 Asian Games bronze medal-winning team.[4]

In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[5] In July 2020, she announced her retirement from international cricket.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka's Sripali Weerakkody retires from international cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ Bandarupalli, Sampath. "Jagadeesan's 277 shatters world records in List A cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Sripali Weerakkody". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Sripali Weerakkody bids adieu to international cricket". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Sripali Weerakkody retires from international cricket". CricBuzz. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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