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Marvan Atapattu (Marvan Samson Atapattu) was born on 22 November, 1970 in Kalutara, Ceylon, is a Sri Lankan cricketer. Discover Marvan Atapattu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

Popular As Marvan Samson Atapattu
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Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 22 November 1970
Birthday 22 November
Birthplace Kalutara, Ceylon
Nationality Sri Lanka

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1929

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.

1970

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.

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.

1990

Making his Test debut in November 1990 just after his 20th birthday, Atapattu's first six innings yielded five ducks and a 1, and he was the first Sri Lankan batsman to be dismissed for a pair on debut.

1997

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.

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.

1998

At Lord's in 1998, Atapattu scored 132 not out against England, his highest score in this format of the game.

2003

He was appointed as captain of the one-day team in April 2003.

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.

2004

Atapattu also captained the Sri Lankan team which won the 2004 Asia Cup.

He has previously coached the Canada and Singapore national cricket teams.

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.

A "determin[ed]" Atapattu, ESPNcricinfo wrote, "pull[ed] authoritatively ... tuck[ed] in neatly behind the ball."

He finished the two-match series scoring 156 runs at an average of 39.00 and was the top-scorer for his side.

Atapattu was a skilful fielder with an accurate throw.

His highest Test score of 249 came against Zimbabwe in 2004 at Bulawayo.

His innings of 111 against Pakistan in 2004 was his last ODI century.

2005

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.

His score of 127 in 2005 against New Zealand was his last Test century.

2007

He was controversially 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.

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.

He has scored centuries against all Test-playing nations.

2009

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, subsequently helping them qualify for the 2011 World Cup.

2010

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.

2011

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.

2012

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.

2014

From April 2014 to September 2015, he was the head coach of Sri Lankan Cricket Team.

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.

Then he moved to Ananda College, Colombo, where he was subsequently coached by P. W. Perera.

2015

As of August 2015, Atapattu is sixth in the list of most double hundreds scored in Test matches.