{"id":184610,"date":"2026-06-23T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=184610"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:29:00","slug":"sri-lankas-chamari-athapaththu-scores-maiden-womens-t20-world-cup-century-against-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=184610","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka\u2019s Chamari Athapaththu scores maiden Women\u2019s T20 World Cup century against Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71138866\">Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu notched up her maiden Women\u2019s T20 World Cup century on Tuesday against the Group-B fixture against Ireland in Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>The southpaw brought up her century in 58 balls. This ton was the second of this edition after England\u2019s Dani Wyatt-Hodge had done it in the tournament opener.<\/p>\n<p>Her ton contained 17 fours and two sixes, and was her fourth T20I ton. Incidentally, it is also at the same venue that she scored her iconic century against Australia in the 2017 ODI World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Athapaththu finished on 106 not out from 61 balls, giving her the highest individual score of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 23, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/chamari-athapaththu-century-sri-lanka-vs-ireland-women-t20-world-cup-2026-news-record\/article71138866.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu notched up her maiden Women\u2019s T20 World Cup century on Tuesday against the Group-B fixture against Ireland in Bristol. The southpaw brought up her century&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Britain_T2__World_Cup_Cricket_19713.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177158,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177158","url_meta":{"origin":184610,"position":0},"title":"Sri Lanka squad for Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 \u2014 Gimhani ruled out, Vimukthi called up as replacement","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Sri Lanka\u2019s ambidextrous wrist-spinner Shashini Gimhani has been ruled out of the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 with a lower-back injury, and right-arm seamer Chethana Vimukthi called up as her replacement. 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