Marvan Atapattu captained the Sri Lankan team which won the 2004 Asia Cup.
20 Facts About Marvan Atapattu
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Marvan Atapattu has previously coached the Canada and Singapore national cricket teams.
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Marvan Atapattu has 22 Test-match career ducks and four pairs, both records for a top-order batsman.
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Marvan Atapattu made his One-Day International debut against India at Nagpur.
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Marvan Atapattu was appointed as captain of the one-day team in April 2003.
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Marvan Atapattu registered his highest Test score of 249 against Zimbabwe in 2004, sharing a 438-run partnership with Kumar Sangakkara for the second wicket.
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Marvan Atapattu scored a century in the first innings of the Second Test during his team's tour of Australia in 2004 in Cairns, Queensland.
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Marvan Atapattu 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.
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Marvan 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.
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Marvan Atapattu 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.
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Marvan Atapattu scored six double centuries and sixteen centuries in his Test cricket career.
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Marvan 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.
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At Lord's in 1998, Marvan Atapattu scored 132 not out against England, his highest score in this format of the game.
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Marvan Atapattu 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.
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Marvan Atapattu was selected as man of the match on both occasions.
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In 2009, Marvan Atapattu had a coaching stint with the Fingara Cricket Academy, a coaching facility in Sri Lanka.
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Marvan Atapattu had a short stint as Canada's batting coach in early 2009, subsequently helping them qualify for the 2011 World Cup.
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Marvan Atapattu was promoted to the post of an assistant coach.
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Marvan Atapattu officially took over as head coach in September 2014, and was the team's first local coach in 15 years.
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Marvan Atapattu is married to Neluni Marvan Atapattu, a Sri Lankan Chartered Accountant by profession.