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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Kavisha Kumari Egodage |
| Born | (2003-04-23) 23 April 2003 (age 21) Dubai, UAE |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm off spin |
| Role | All-rounder |
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| National side | |
| T20I debut (cap 3) | 7 July 2018 v Netherlands |
| Last T20I | 13 September 2024 v Zimbabwe |
| Source: , 7 October 2024 | |
Kavisha Kumari Egodage (born 23 April 2003) is a women's cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national team.
Career
Kumari is a right-handed batswoman and a right-arm off spin bowler. At 11 years old she was selected for the UAE Women's Team in the 2014 Gulf Cup Championship in Oman. In 2018, she was named part of that year's ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament and made her WT20I debut against Netherlands on 7 July 2018. In 2019 Women's Emirates Cricket Board League, she scored her maiden Century for her team.
She took part in the inaugural Fairbreak 2022 Tournament which took place in the United Arab Emirates representing the Barmy Army.
Kavisha Kumari scored an International fifty in the Thailand T20 Smash against Malaysia. It made her the youngest player to do so, breaking the record which was previously held by Sachin Tendulkar. Kumari received the 2019 Shyam Bhatia Best Female Cricketer of the Year Award and joined the Middlesex university cricket team. She played in a Red Bull University Campus Tournament.
Kumari made her first century against a boys' team as part of one of UAE's oldest tournaments. Subsequently, for 2022, she attained the highest run-scorer for Women's T20Is.
She played during the Global Qualifiers 2022 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
In October 2022, she played in the UAE Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.
She was part of the second edition of the Fairbreak 2023 Tournament, playing for Team Barmy Army which took part in Hong Kong where she played in Women's International. After the Fairbreak tournament, she returned to National duty in the Victoria Series which took part in Uganda where she was named the Best batter of the tournament for scoring 112 in 3 matches with an average of 56.0.
During the ICC Women's Asia Region Qualifier 2023, in the round robin games, Kumari played for the UAE, reaching the finals. Kumari collected three wickets during the final, defeating Thailand to be named Asian Champion. She became the youngest female to cross 1500 runs in the recently completed in the Namibia Series.
In the ECB U-16 boys league, she scored her career third century and her 2nd against a boys team. As the end of 2023, she made the top 5 list for the Most Runs Scored for the year in International Women's T20 as well as being the top 5 best fielder for the year 2023.
References
- "Kavisha Egodage Profile - Cricket Player U.A.E. | Stats, Records, Video". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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- "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- Radley, Paul (29 April 2022). "Kavisha Kumari hoping FairBreak stardust will rub off on UAE cricket". The National. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- Kumar, Rupesh. "Getting the opportunity to open alongside Deandra Dottin is a dream come true: Kavisha Egodage". www.womenscriczone.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- Hart, Dominic (11 November 2019). "Sachin Tendulkar's 30-year-old batting record broken by a 15-year-old". The National. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- "Bhatia cricket museum may be a tourist destination". gulfnews.com. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- "Go girl! Meet the First Female to Take Part in Red Bull Campus Cricket, UAE". Red Bull. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- Radley, Paul (4 January 2022). "UAE women's team batter Kavisha Kumari hits historic ton against boys in Gulf Cup". The National. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- "Records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Batting records | Most runs in a calendar year | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- "Kavisha Kumari dedicates starring role in UAE's 'greatest win' to her recuperating mother". thenationalnews.com. 22 September 2022.
- FBadmin. "TEAMS LISTS – FAIRBREAK INVITATIONAL 2023". FairBreak Global. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "Victoria Series, 2023: Batting Records - Uganda Cricket Series". www.cricclubs.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier, 2023 averages batting bowling by team Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier, 2023 averages batting bowling by team Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "Victoria Series, 2023: Batting Records - Uganda Cricket Series". www.cricclubs.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "League: Be Spartans Blue U16 vs UAE Womens XI - Emirates Cricket Board". cricclubs.com. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
Further reading
- Kumar, Rupesh (15 May 2022). "Getting the opportunity to open alongside Deandra Dottin is a dream come true: Kavisha Egodage". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 14 October 2022.