Kavisha Egodage

Kavisha Egodage
Personal information
Full name	Kavisha Kumari Nanayakkarewasan Egodage
Born	23 April 2003 (age 18); Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg spin
Role	Allrounder
International information
National side	United Arab Emirates;
T20I debut (cap 3)	7 July 2018 v Netherlands
Last T20I	23 November 2021 v Hong Kong
	Source: Cricinfo, 23 November 2021

Kavisha K Egodage (born 23 April 2003) is an Emirati women's cricketer.^[1] She is a right-hand batswomen who bowls right-arm off spin for the national team. In July 2018, she was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.^[2] At the age of 11,^[3] Kavisha became one of the youngest cricketers to be selected for the UAE women's team that participated in the Gulf Cup T20 Women's Championship held in Oman in 2014. She made her WT20I debut against Netherlands on 7 July 2018.

She scored her maiden international half century against Malaysia 57 in the Thailand T20 Smash at the age of 15. She holds the record for the youngest player to score an International Fifty ^[4] She was named as the Best Female Cricketer of the year in the 2019 Shyam Bhatia Award.^[5]

References[]

^ "Kavisha Egodage". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^ "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ Ousman, Allaam. "12 year-old Lankan lass carving a niche in UAE cricket history - Emirates24|7". www.emirates247.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Sachin Tendulkar's 30-year-old batting record broken by a 15-year-old". The National. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Bhatia cricket museum may be a tourist destination". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

External links[]

Kavisha Egodage at ESPNcricinfo

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[Bio-1] "Kavisha Egodage". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[WT20Squads-2] "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[3] Ousman, Allaam. "12 year-old Lankan lass carving a niche in UAE cricket history - Emirates24|7". www.emirates247.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[4] "Sachin Tendulkar's 30-year-old batting record broken by a 15-year-old". The National. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[5] "Bhatia cricket museum may be a tourist destination". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

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