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s for her country. On 20 August 2007, she broke the record for the highest score in Women's List-A cricket, when she scored 271* for Kandyan Ladies Cricket Club against Pushpadana Ladies. She played as a medium-pace bowler. Weerakkody was a member of Sri Lanka's 2014 Asian Games bronze medal-winning team. In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. In July 2020, she announced her retirement from international cricket.

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1986 births Living people Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Sri Lanka Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sri Lankan women cricketers Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Western Province, Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1980s-stub