Marvan Atapattu Explained

Honorific Prefix:Deshabandu
Marvan Atapattu
Country:Sri Lanka
Fullname:Marvan Samson Atapattu
Birth Date:22 November 1970
Birth Place:Kalutara, Ceylon
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm leg spin
Role:Opening batsman
International:true
Internationalspan:1990–2007
Testdebutdate:23 November
Testdebutyear:1990
Testdebutagainst:India
Testcap:46
Lasttestdate:16 November
Lasttestyear:2007
Lasttestagainst:Australia
Odidebutdate:1 December
Odidebutyear:1990
Odidebutagainst:India
Odicap:59
Lastodidate:17 February
Lastodiyear:2007
Lastodiagainst:India
Odishirt:46
Club1:Sinhalese Sports Club
Club2:Delhi Giants
Year2:2007–2008
Columns:4
Column1:Test
Matches1:90
Runs1:5,502
Bat Avg1:39.02
100S/50S1:16/17
Top Score1:249
Deliveries1:48
Wickets1:1
Bowl Avg1:24.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:1/9
Catches/Stumpings1:58/–
Column2:ODI
Matches2:268
Runs2:8,529
Bat Avg2:37.57
100S/50S2:11/59
Top Score2:132
Deliveries2:51
Wickets2:0
Bowl Avg2:
Fivefor2:
Tenfor2:
Best Bowling2:
Catches/Stumpings2:70/–
Column3:FC
Matches3:228
Runs3:14,591
Bat Avg3:48.79
100S/50S3:47/53
Top Score3:253
Deliveries3:1,302
Wickets3:19
Bowl Avg3:36.42
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:3/19
Catches/Stumpings3:150/–
Column4:LA
Matches4:329
Runs4:10,802
Bat Avg4:39.42
100S/50S4:18/71
Top Score4:132
Deliveries4:81
Wickets4:1
Bowl Avg4:64.00
Fivefor4:0
Tenfor4:0
Best Bowling4:1/12
Catches/Stumpings4:91/–
Date:27 September
Year:2008
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1978/1978.html CricketArchive

Deshabandu Marvan Samson Atapattu (born 22 November 1970) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who played for 17 years for Sri Lanka.[1] Considered one of the most technically sound batsman in his era, Atapattu has scored six double centuries in Test cricket for Sri Lanka, irrespective of five ducks in his first six innings. Atapattu also captained the Sri Lankan team which won the 2004 Asia Cup. He was a part of the Sri Lankan squad which won the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

He has previously coached the Canada and Singapore national cricket teams.[2] From April 2014 to September 2015, he was the head coach of Sri Lankan Cricket Team.[3]

Early life

Marvan Atapattu started his cricket career as a teenager at Mahinda College, Galle, where Major G. W. S. de Silva was his first cricket coach.[4] Then he moved to Ananda College, Colombo, where he was subsequently coached by P. W. Perera.[4]

International career

Making his Test debut in November 1990 just after his 20th birthday, Atapattu's first six innings yielded five ducks and a 1,[5] and he was the first Sri Lankan batsman to be dismissed for a pair on debut.[6] After this difficult start in his first three matches, he did not score above 29 in his next 11 innings, before hitting his first Test century in his 10th match, against India, seven years after his debut. He has 22 Test-match career ducks and four pairs (two ducks in a single Test), both records for a top-order batsman.

He made his One-Day International debut against India at Nagpur. He was appointed as captain of the one-day team in April 2003. He registered his highest Test score of 249 against Zimbabwe in 2004, sharing a 438-run partnership with Kumar Sangakkara for the second wicket. Atapattu scored a century in the first innings of the Second Test during his team's tour of Australia in 2004 in Cairns, Queensland. His third century in five innings, he made 133.[7] A "determin[ed]" Atapattu, ESPNcricinfo wrote, "pull[ed] authoritatively ... tuck[ed] in neatly behind the ball."[8] He finished the two-match series scoring 156 runs at an average of 39.00 and was the top-scorer for his side.[9]

Atapattu was a skilful fielder with an accurate throw. A report prepared by ESPNcricinfo in late 2005 showed that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the second highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the seventh-highest success rate.[10] He was controversially[11] left out of the squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and as a result, asked for his removal from the list of Sri Lanka contracted players. Atapattu was to miss the 2007–08 tour of Australia, but was added to the squad after the intervention of Sri Lankan Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge. Atapattu played solidly in the First Test, but subsequently angrily labelled the selectors: "A set of muppets, basically, headed by a joker," at a post-stumps press conference.

After Sri Lanka lost the series 2–0, Atapattu announced his international retirement after the second Test at Hobart.[12] He finished with 5,502 Test runs at an average of 39.02 in 90 Tests with a One-day International average of 37.57 after hitting 8,529 runs in 268 matches. Atapattu scored six double centuries and sixteen centuries in his Test cricket career.[13] He has scored centuries against all Test-playing nations.

International centuries

Atapattu scored his first test century in 1997, seven year after his debut, against India, and in that cricket match he made 108 runs as the match was played at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.[14]

His highest Test score of 249 came against Zimbabwe in 2004 at Bulawayo.[14] His score of 127 in 2005 against New Zealand was his last Test century.[14] As of August 2015, Atapattu is sixth in the list of most double hundreds scored in Test matches.[15]

Atapattu scored his first ODI century in 1997 when he scored 118 in 2-run victory against India at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.[16] At Lord's in 1998, Atapattu scored 132 not out against England, his highest score in this format of the game.[16] He also scored two centuries in the 2003 Cricket World Cup: against Zimbabwe he scored 103 not out and against South Africa, only the 19th tied ODI in cricket history, he made 124. He was selected as man of the match on both occasions.[17] His innings of 111 against Pakistan in 2004 was his last ODI century.[16]

Test centuries scored by Marvan Atapattu!No.!Score!Opponent!Venue!Date!Ref
1108Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh, India19 November 1997[18]
2223Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka7 January 1998[19]
3216 not outQueens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe18 November 1999[20]
4207 not outAsgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka28 June 2000[21]
5120Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka30 July 2000[22]
6201 not outGalle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka22 February 2001[23]
7108Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka29 August 2001[24]
8201Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka6 September 2001[25]
9100 not outGalle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka12 January 2002[26]
10185Lord's, London, England16 May 2002[27]
11118Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia20 June 2003[28]
12118Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka24 March 2004[29]
13170Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe6 May 2004[30]
14249Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe14 May 2004[31]
15113Cazalys Stadium, Cairns, Australia9 July 2004[32]
16127McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand4 April 2005[33]
ODI centuries scored by Marvan Atapattu!No.!Score!Opponent!Venue!Date!Ref
1118R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka17 August 1997[34]
2132 not outLord's, London, England20 August 1998[35]
3119 not outNational Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan13 February 2000[36]
4100Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh7 July 2000[37]
5102 not outSharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates27 October 2000[38]
6101R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka16 September 2002[39]
7123 not outWillowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa1 December 2002[40]
8101Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia9 January 2003[41]
9124Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa3 March 2003[42]
10103 not outBuffalo Park, East London, South Africa15 March 2003[43]
11111Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan14 October 2004[44]

Coaching career

In 2009, Atapattu had a coaching stint with the Fingara Cricket Academy, a coaching facility in Sri Lanka. He had a short stint as Canada's batting coach in early 2009,[45] subsequently helping them qualify for the 2011 World Cup. In 2010, he was named as head coach of the Singaporean cricket team for a one-year period, which was his first full-time assignment of a coach of a national side. His first task was World Cricket League Division 5 in Nepal where the team finished third in the group stage and remained in division 5 for 2012 World League.

In April 2011, after the World Cup, Atapattu was named as the batting coach of Sri Lankan national team and joined interim coach Stuart Law, Champaka Ramanayake and Ruwan Kalpage for the tour of England. Meanwhile, he was considered for the head coach job of the team, which eventually went to Paul Farbrace, in 2013. Atapattu was promoted to the post of an assistant coach. Following Farbrace's early unexpected exit in 2014, he was appointed as interim head coach of the team.[3] During this period, Sri Lanka won its first Test series in England in 16 years, with a 1–0 win in its 2014 tour.[46] He officially took over as head coach in September 2014, and was the team's first local coach in 15 years. A 5–2 ODI series win during England's 2014 tour of Sri Lanka was the only series win for Sri Lanka after he formally took over. After consecutive Test series defeats against India and Pakistan, he resigned in September 2015.[46]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marvan Atapattu. ESPNcricinfo. 4 July 2010.
  2. Web site: Atapattu to coach Singapore for 2010. 4 July 2010.
  3. Web site: Marvan Atapattu appointed head coach of Sri Lankan Cricket Team. Indo-Asian News Service. news.biharprabha.com. 25 April 2014.
  4. News: Marvan's bag of new one-day strategies, a marvel ! . Obeysekere . Sriyan . 27 April 2003 . 5 April 2012 . Sunday Observer . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924111905/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2003/04/27/spo07.html . 24 September 2015.
  5. News: The early developer . 24 November 2017 . ESPNcricinfo.
  6. Web site: Pair on debut. ESPNcricinfo. 3 March 2017.
  7. News: Ryan . Christian . Atapattu leads Sri Lankan riposte . 27 October 2019 . ESPNcricinfo . 11 July 2004 . en.
  8. News: Ryan . Christian . Atapattu and Sangakkara lead the chase to 517 . 27 October 2019 . ESPNcricinfo . 10 July 2004 . en.
  9. Web site: Records / Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 2004 / Most Runs . ESPNcricinfo . 27 October 2019.
  10. Web site: Statistics – Run outs in ODIs . Basevi. Trevor. 8 November 2005. 5 February 2007. ESPNcricinfo.
  11. News: Marvan not ready to throw in the towel yet . The Nation.
  12. News: Atapattu announces his retirement . 27 October 2019 . ESPNcricinfo . 20 November 2007 . en.
  13. Web site: Most double hundreds in a career. ESPNcricinfo. 4 July 2010.
  14. Web site: Test batting records of Marvan Atapattu. ESPNcricinfo. 4 March 2014.
  15. Web site: Most double hundreds. ESPNcricinfo. 23 August 2015.
  16. Web site: ODI Batting records of Marvan Atapattu. ESPNcricinfo. 4 March 2014.
  17. Web site: Career averages of Marvan Atapattu. ESPNcricinfo. 4 March 2014.
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  27. Web site: Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs England 1st Test 2002 - Score Report . 2021-03-16. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  28. Web site: Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs West Indies 1st Test 2003 - Score Report . 2021-03-16. ESPNcricinfo. en.
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  30. Web site: Full Scorecard of Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st Test 2004 - Score Report . 2021-03-16. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  31. Web site: Full Scorecard of Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test 2004 - Score Report . 2021-03-16. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  32. Web site: Full Scorecard of Australia vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test 2004 - Score Report . 2021-03-16. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  33. Web site: Full Scorecard of New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 1st Test 2004/05 - Score Report . 2021-03-16. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  34. Web site: Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs India 1st ODI 1997 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  35. Web site: Full Scorecard of England vs Sri Lanka Final 1998 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  36. Web site: Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 1st ODI 1999/00 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  37. Web site: Full Scorecard of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Final 2000 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  38. Web site: Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs India 6th Match 2000/01 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  39. Web site: Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs Netherlands 5th Match 2002/03 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  40. Web site: Full Scorecard of South Africa vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI 2002/03 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  41. Web site: Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs Australia 6th Match 2002/03 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  42. Web site: Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs South Africa 40th Match 2002/03 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  43. Web site: Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 8th Super 2002/03 - Score Report . 2021-03-17. ESPNcricinfo. en.
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  45. Web site: Where are Herath's team-mates from his 1999 Test debut? . ESPNcricinfo . 13 March 2019.
  46. Web site: Marvan Atapattu resigns as Sri Lanka coach. ESPNcricinfo. 3 September 2015.