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Marvan Atapattu : Statistics, Milestones, Articles, News, Pictures

Marvan AtapattuFull Name: Marvan Samson Atapattu
Born: 22 November 1970, Kalutara
Major Teams: Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Test Debut: Sri Lanka Vs India at Chandigarh, Only Test, 1990/91
ODI Debut: Sri Lanka Vs India at Nagpur, 1st ODI, 1990/91

Last Test: Australia Vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test at Bellerive Oval, Hobart, 2007/08

Last ODI: India Vs Sri Lanka, 4th ODI at ACA-VDCA Stadium, Vizag, 2006-07

 


                  
From the King of Zeroes to the King of the Lankan Heroes

- B.V.Swagath

From the King of Zeros to the King of the Lankan Heroes, Marvan Atapattu has seen all these transformations in his International Career, which began as early as 1990/91. We wouldn’t have seen the class act of Marvan Samson Atapattu today, had the then Sri Lankan Captain Arjuna Ranatunga and the Selectors hadn’t kept their faith in this man’s ability as a batsman. The story of Marvan Atapattu began almost 14 years back, and the story of his wasn’t any fairy tale but a horror story indeed!

Marvan got into International Cricket in November 1990, with the then 20 year old making his Test Debut against India in a one off Test at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh. Marvan Atapattu, who came in at No. 7 added yet another zero to make it a total of 5 zeros in the Sri Lankan first innings, Lanka were bowled out for a paltry 82. Indian left arm spinner, Venkatapathy Raju had bamboozled the Lankan batsmen with a six wicket haul. In the second innings, Marvan didn’t do anything better than the first innings and was out for another zero. In the same tour, Atapattu got to make his ODI debut as well at Nagpur, where he showed the world that he could make more than a zero with Atapattu scoring an unbeaten 8 in that innings. Read full article...

Statistics of Marvan Atapattu's Career  : 

Test Matches : Batting and Fielding 
 
      M    I   NO  Runs   HS    Ave   100  50   Ct  St
     90   156  15  5502  249   39.02   16  17   58   0
Test Matches : Bowling 

      O     M     R    W    Ave    BBI    5  10   SR   Econ
      8     0    24    1   24.00   1-9    0   0  48.0  3.00
One Day Internationals : Batting and Fielding 

      M    I   NO  Runs   HS     Ave    SR   100  50  Ct  St
     268  259  32  8529  132*  37.57  67.72   11  59  70   0
One Day Internationals : Bowling 

      O      M    R     W    Ave    BBI    4w  5w   SR   Econ
     8.3     0   41     0     -      -      0   0    -   4.82

M : Matches I : Innings NO : Not Out HS : Highest Score Ave : Average Ct : Catches St : Stumped O : Overs M : Maidens R : Runs W : Wickets BBI : Best bowling in an innings SR : Strike Rate Econ : Economy