Seven wickets for five runs, a hat-trick to finish it. Sri Lanka’s captain keeps rewriting the record book.

Ms. Chamari Athapaththu, captain of Sri Lanka’s women’s team, took 7 for 5, including a hat-trick, against Indonesia at the Women’s Asia Cup on 2 September 2026. Three weeks later she was Sri Lanka’s leading run-scorer as they won silver at the Asian Games in Japan, their second in a row. The ICC shortlisted her for its Player of the Month award.