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Ama Kanchana

Personal information
Full name	Kathira Arachchige Dona Ama Kanchana
Born	(1991-04-07) 7 April 1991 (age 33) Negombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 59)	15 October 2014 v South Africa
Last ODI	7 July 2022 v India
ODI shirt no.	97
T20I debut (cap 29)	3 March 2013 v West Indies
Last T20I	16 February 2023 v Australia
T20I shirt no.	97
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I Matches 33 39 Runs scored 345 182 Batting average 12.77 7.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 47* 17 Balls bowled 945 364 Wickets 25 13 Bowling average 34.92 37.76 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 3/26 3/22 Catches/stumpings 14/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 February 2023
Medal record Representing  Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Women's Asia Cup Winner 2024 Sri Lanka

Kathira Arachchige Dona Ama Kanchana (born 7 April 1991) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka's women's cricket team. She made her One Day International (ODI) debut against South Africa on 15 October 2014.

Along with Eshani Kaushalya, she holds the record for the highest eighth-wicket partnership in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I), with 39 runs.

In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. She was part of the Sri Lankan team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

References

1. "Ama Kanchana". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
2. "ICC Women's Championship, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka Women v South Africa Women at Colombo (SSC), Oct 15, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
3. "Records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
4. "3rd T20I: India Women v Sri Lanka Women at Ranchi, Feb 26, 2016 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
5. "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
6. "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
7. "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
8. "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
9. "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
10. "Sri Lanka squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

External links

• Ama Kanchana at ESPNcricinfo

Sri Lanka squads

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2016 Women's World Twenty20 14 Siriwardene (c) 58 Athapaththu 25 Hansika 97 Kanchana 36 Karunaratne 91 Kumari 3 Kaushalya 5 Manodara (wk) 23 Mendis 55 Prabodhani 86 Ranasinghe 18 Ranaweera 9 de Silva 87 Weerakkody v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup 1 Ranaweera (c) 2 Atapattu 3 Gunaratne 4 Hansika 5 Kanchana 6 Kaushalya 7 Samarawickrama 8 Manodara 9 Perera 10 Polgampola 11 Prabodhani 12 Ranasinghe 13 Siriwardene 14 P Weerakkody 15 S Weerakkody v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2018 Women's World Twenty20 1 Athapaththu (c) 2 Dilhari 3 Kanchana 4 Kaushalya 5 Kumari 6 Manodara (wk) 7 Mendis 8 Perera 9 Prabodhani 10 Priyadharshani 11 Ranasinghe 12 de Silva 13 Siriwardene 14 Vandort 15 Weerakkody v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2020 Women's T20 World Cup 1 Athapaththu (c) 2 Samarawickrama 3 Dilhari 4 Kanchana 5 Karunaratne 6 Kulasuriya 7 Kumari 8 Manodara (wk) 9 Perera 10 Prabodhani 11 Sandeepani 12 Sanjeewani 13 de Silva 14 Siriwardene 15 Thimashini v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2023 Women's T20 World Cup Athapaththu (c) de Silva Dilhari Gunaratne Kanchana Kulasuriya Kumari Nuthyangana Ranasinghe Ranaweera Samarawickrama Sandeepani Sanjeewani (wk) Sewwandi Shehani Coach: Ratnayake v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2024 Women's Asia Cup – Champions (1st title) Athapaththu (c) de Silva Dilhari Gimhani Gunaratne Kanchana Kavindi Kulasuriya Kumari Nisansala Priyadharshani Perera Prabodhani Sanjeewani (wk) Samarawickrama v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2024 Women's T20 World Cup 58 Chamari Athapaththu (c) 27 Nilakshi de Silva 6 Kavisha Dilhari 21 Shashini Gimhani 62 Vishmi Gunaratne 97 Ama Kanchana 22 Achini Kulasuriya 91 Sugandika Kumari 11 Sachini Nisansala 72 Hasini Perera 55 Udeshika Prabodhani 52 Inoshi Priyadharshani 18 Inoka Ranaweera 88 Harshitha Samarawickrama 17 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk) Coach: Rumesh Ratnayake Kaushini Nuthyangana as standby players for the team.

• 1991 births
• Living people
• People from Negombo
• Sri Lankan women cricketers
• Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers
• Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka
• Cricketers from Western Province, Sri Lanka