Marvan Atapattu
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He made just one run in his first six Test innings.
But from this shocking start Marvan Atapattu has, brick by brick, built
up an excellent record that has seen him average almost 40 with 16
hundreds. Most impressively he has got six double hundreds, more than
anyone else save Don Bradman, Wally Hammond and Brian Lara. His batting
is built around scientific principles, deep concentration, an
insatiable appetite for runs and an iron will to succeed based on grit
and determination. A batsman who has self-belief in abundance, Atapatu
is a picture of elegance at the crease as he exhibits all the strokes –
particularly pleasing is his cover drive - besides having a defensive
technique that is second to none. He is one of the hardest batsmen to
dismiss when set because he plays the percentage game admirably. In
ODIs he has been one of the bulwarks of the Sri Lankan batting forming
with Sanath Jayasuriya one of the best opening pairs in both forms of
the game. Possessing a shrewd cricketing brain it was no surprise when
Atapattu took over the captaincy of the one-day side in 2003 and the
Test team a year later. Under his leadership Sri Lankan fortunes took
an upward swing until an injury early in 2006 saw Jayawardene taking
over the captaincy. But in the top post or as a player, Atapattu still
has a lot to contribute to Sri Lankan cricket.
Profile DateLine: 20th February 2007 by CricketArchive
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1990/91-2007/08) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct |
| Sri Lanka | 90 | 156 | 15 | 5502 | 249 | 39.02
| 16 | 17 | 58 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1996/97-1997/98) |
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ |
| Sri Lanka | 48 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1-9 | 24.00
| 0 | 0 | 48.00
| 3.00
|
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1989-2007/08) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct |
| Overall | 228 | 348 | 49 | 14591 | 253* | 48.79
| 47 | 53 | 150 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1989-1998) |
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ |
| Overall | 1302 | 35 | 692 | 19 | 3-19 | 36.42
| 0 | 0 | 68.52
| 3.18
|
| One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1990/91-2006/07) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct |
| Sri Lanka | 268 | 259 | 32 | 8529 | 132* | 37.57
| 11 | 59 | 67.72
| 70 | |
| One-Day International Career Bowling (1990/91-1996/97) |
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ |
| Sri Lanka | 51 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0-4 | | | | | 4.82
|
| One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1990-2006/07) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct |
| Overall | 329 | 319 | 45 | 10802 | 132* | 39.42
| 18 | 71 | 91 | |
| One-Day Career Bowling (1990/91-1996/97) |
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ |
| Overall | 81 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 1-12 | 64.00
| 0 | 0 | 81.00
| 4.74
|
| International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00
| 0 | 0 | 62.50
| 0 | |
| Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2006/07) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct |
| Overall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00
| 0 | 0 | 62.50
| 1 | |
| Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1989/90) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct |
| Sri Lanka Under-19s | 3 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 54* | 47.00
| 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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