Dilani Manodara will lead Sri Lanka women cricketers against West
Indies
by Upananda JAYASUNDERA - Kandy Sports Spl Corr.
WOMEN’S CRICKET: Dilani Manodara an old girl of Bereverts College,
Ampitiya will lead Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Team at the forthcoming
tour of West Indies by the National Ladies Cricket Team. She started her
cricket career from her school and later joined the Kandy Ladies Cricket
Team.
Dilani had the privilege of joining the Shimline Company and from
there she was selected to the Sri Lanka side as a
wicket-keeper-batswoman at the Asia Cup Tournament held in Sri Lanka in
the year 2006.
From there onwards she was the permanent wicket-keeper to date at the
Sri Lanka Ladies team. Dilani joined the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Team
at the World Cup held in Australia in the year 2009 and had the
privilege of touring England in 2009 for T20 World Cup and West Indies
in 2010 for the same tournament.She led the Sri Lanka side at the World
Cup qualifying matches in Bangladesh held in 2011. The other girl who
was selected to the Sri Lanka Cricket Team from Kandy is Sripali
Weerakkody.
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