Kavisha Egodage

Kavisha K Egodage (born 23 April 2003) is a UAE women's cricketer.[1] Right-hand batswomen who bowls deathly right-arm off spin for the country. In July 2018, she was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[2] At the age of 11,[3] Kavisha became one of the youngest cricketers to be selected for the UAE women's team that participated in the Gulf Cup T20 Women's Championship held in Oman in 2014. She made her WT20I debut against Netherlands on 7 July 2018.

Kavisha Egodage
Personal information
Full nameKavisha Kumari Nanayakkarewasan Egodage
Born (2020-02-07) 7 February 2020
ABU Dubai, United Arab Emirates
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg spin
RoleAllrounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 4)7 July 2018 v Netherlands
Last T20I27 February 2019 v Thailand
Source: Cricinfo, 8 June 2020

She scored her maiden international half century against Malaysia 57* in the Thailand T20 Smash at the age of 15. She holds the record for the youngest player to score an International Fifty [4] She was named as the Best Female Cricketer of the year in the 2019 Shyam Bhatia Award.[5]

References
  1. "Kavisha Egodage". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  2. "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. Ousman, Allaam. "12 year-old Lankan lass carving a niche in UAE cricket history - Emirates24|7". www.emirates247.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. "Sachin Tendulkar's 30-year-old batting record broken by a 15-year-old". The National. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  5. "Bhatia cricket museum may be a tourist destination". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.


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