Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu has been named the Player of the Tournament for the ninth edition of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) after she was ignored in the initial player draft.
Chamari Atapattu was not selected in the WBBL 09 Player Draft but she subsequently expressed her disappointment. Atapattu, who has been ignored in both the Women’s Hundred and the inaugural Women’s Premier League, took to social media after being disrespected by the WBBL.
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This happened soon after Sri Lanka Women defeated England Women in the second T20I of a trifecta at Chelmsford. Athapastu was named Player of the Match for the match as she scored 55 (31), 1 win and 11 losses in her 3 overs.
Fortunately, Athapastu was finally able to break out in the WBBL when Sydney Thunder brought her in from overseas as a substitute. With Marisanne Cupp unavailable for her first game, Athapastu went for it and she never looked back.
At the end of the league phase, Athapastu had scored 511 runs in 13 innings at an average of 42.58, a strike rate of almost 130, and five scores of 50 or more. Only Beth Mooney has scored more runs than her at this point.
That’s not all. Athapastu, besides being the second highest run-scorer, took nine wickets at 25.55 each and conceded only 6.79 runs per over.
Athapastu had an incredible performance in international cricket in 2023, leading Sri Lanka Women to their first series win over New Zealand Women in ODIs and first series win over England Women in T20Is > Led by Her Exclusion from the first WBBL player draft caused confusion.
To be fair, she wasn’t doing well until this season. In over 30 matches she averaged 18 and scored 95 runs, while she scored in T20Is (470 runs at 31.33, SR 131) and ODIs (415 runs at 69.16). , SR 125) Her record this year was too good to ignore.
Now she rightly got what she deserved. The Player of the Tournament award was decided by the WBBL 09 standing umpires, with Atapattu beating Adelaide Strikers opener Katy Mack by one vote.
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Sydney Thunder, who finished fourth in the points table at the end of the group stage, will face Brisbane Heat in an eliminator at the WACA Ground in Perth today (November 28).
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