Bowling style Right-arm off-spin National side Sri Lanka (2000–2006) | Role Bowler Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 2 November 1978 (age 38) ( 1978-11-02 ) Colombo, Sri Lanka ODI debut 1 Dec. 2000 v Australia women Last ODI 21 Dec. 2006 v India women | ||
Amathagodage Don Hiroshi Abeysinghe (born 2 November 1978) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who represented the Sri Lankan national team between 2000 and 2006. She played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off-spin.
Abeysinghe made her international debut at the 2000 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. She played in all seven of her team's matches, and made 186 runs to finish as Sri Lanka's leading run-scorer. Her highest score was 57 runs from 116 balls against England, while she also made 52 from 112 balls against Ireland. After the World Cup, Abeysinghe next played at One Day International (ODI) level in January 2002, in a series against Pakistan. She equalled her personal best in the first match of the series, making 57 runs from 65 balls, and in the fourth match made what was to be the highest score of her ODI career, 71 not out from 103 balls. Abeysinghe finished her international career after the 2006 Women's Asia Cup in India, having played 31 ODIs in total.