Personal Information

Full Name Marvan Samson Atapattu
Born November 22, 1970 Kalutara
Age 54 Years, 0 Months, 0 Days
National Side Sri Lanka
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Leg break
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting - - -
Bowling - - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
3 20 0 3 -

Career Information

Teams Played Sri Lanka, Delhi Giants, ICL World, Southern Districts, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lankan Invitation XI, Southern Province, Sinhalese Sports Club, Western Prov City, Western Prov South, Youth XI, Young Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Under-19, Sri Lankan Legends
Career Span

Marvan Samson Atapattu Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
90 156 15 5502 249 v ZIM 16 17 685 4 39.02 44.42 58 0
ODI
268 259 32 8529 132* v ENG 11 59 734 15 37.57 67.72 70 0
World Cup
15 15 3 521 124 v SA 2 3 62 0 43.41 79.29 3 0
T20I
2 1 0 5 5 v NZ 0 0 0 0 5.00 62.50 - -

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
5 8 0 24 1 1/9 v PAK 0 0 24.00 3.00 48.00
ODI
2 8.3 0 41 0 0/4 v IND 0 0 - 4.82 -

Marvan Samson Atapattu Profile

One of the most technically gifted batsmen Sri Lanka has ever produced, Marvan Atapattu started off his career as a teenager at Mahindra College before moving to Ananda College, Colombo. He began his international career when the glorious era of the nineties was about to begin.

Atapattu was considered as an understudy for three years before being appointed captain of the ODI side in April 2003. In early 2004 with the Sri Lankan side facing a rough patch he was appointed captain of the Test side as well and he created an immediate impact as he prevented the Lankans from slipping any further. He had the backing of the dressing room and was an on-the-face captain. By mid 2004 he brought the Lankans back on track leading them to an Asia Cup win and a series whitewash over South Africa. His career was hampered due to a back injury that forced him out of the squad. He slowly forced his way back into the side but his issues with the selectors forced him to retire from all forms of the game.

In a career spanning almost two decades, Atapattu averaged 38.90 with 16 centuries, including six doubles in his Test Career and 37.57 in ODI's with 11 centuries. Following his retirement, the veteran was appointed batting coach of Sri Lanka in 2011, and in 2012 he was named coach of the Singapore national side. A year later, Atapattu was promoted to the post of assistant coach of Sri Lanka.