Marvan Atapattu Sri Lanka (SL)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Leg-break (LB)
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	88	268
Runs scored	5330	8529
Batting average	38.90	37.57
100s/50s	16/15	11/59
Top score	249	132*
Balls bowled	48	51
Wickets	1	-
Bowling average	24.00	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	1/9	-
Catches/stumpings	57/-	70/-
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Style and International Career

Marvan is a technically correct batsman, although he can occasionally show an initial tendency to chop an inswinging delivery back onto his stumps. Making his Test debut in November 1990 just after his 20th birthday, his first six innings yielded five ducks and a 1, but supporters insist that his debut-innings duck puts him in good company with batsmen such as Michael Atherton, Graham Gooch, Len Hutton, Saeed Anwar and Wasim Akram, who all made debut-innings ducks and went on to score at least 2500 Test runs. After this horror start in his first three matches, he didn't score above 29 in his next 11 innings, before hitting his first Test century in his 10th match, against India, 7 years after his debut. Partly as a result of his poor start, he has 22 Test-match career ducks and 4 pairs (two ducks in a single match), both records for a top-order batsman. Once settled, however, he is difficult to get out and has scored six double centuries, including a highest score of 249. Only three batsmen have made more Test double centuries: Wally Hammond with seven, Brian Lara with eight and Don Bradman with twelve. His game has improved steadily and his Test average is 38.90 and his one-day international average is 37.76 (both as of 11th August 2006). He is a skillful fielder with an accurate throw. A report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showed that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the second highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the seventh highest success rate.^[1] Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... An inswinger is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. ... In the sport of cricket, the term stump has three different meanings: 1. ... An innings, or inning, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. ... In cricket, a duck denotes a batsman getting out for a score of zero and usually used in the saying Out for a duck. Originally called a ducks egg because of the 0 shape in the scorebook. ... Michael Andrew Atherton (born March 23, 1968) is a broadcaster, journalist and retired cricket player. ... Graham Alan Gooch (born July 23, 1953) is a former cricket captain for Essex and England. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Saeed Anwar ([[]]: سعید انور) born. ... Wasim Akram (Urdu: وسیم اکرم) (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer. ... In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in the innings. ... A Test match in progress. ... Walter Reginald Hammond (June 19, 1903 - July 1, 1965), often known as Wally Hammond, was an English cricketer, who played for Gloucestershire and England, primarily as a batsman, in a career that straddled (and was disrupted by) the Second World War. ... Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed, The Prince of Port-of-Spain or simply The Prince) is a record-breaking cricketer who is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all-time. ... Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australias greatest popular heroes. ... It has been suggested that Fielding strategy (cricket) be merged into this article or section. ... Cricinfo is the largest cricket-related website and one of the largest websites in the world with more than 20 million users. ... The 1999 Cricket World Cup was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games. ...

Player Statistics

Career Performance

Marvan Atapattu's career performance graph.

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Test Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Marvan Atapattu.

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

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One Day International Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the ODI centuries scored by Marvan Atapattu.

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

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See also

• Ananda College

Ananda College, established November 1, 1886 by the Buddhist Theosophical Society, is one of Sri Lankas oldest schools. ...

External links

• Player Profile: Marvan Atapattu from Cricinfo

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