Sri Lanka women’s cricket captain Chamari Athapaththu swept the board at the Dialog Sri Lanka Cricket annual awards 2025 held at Cinnamon Life on Thursday evening to recognise and honour the outstanding performers on the cricket field.
Athapaththu won the prestigious Women’s Cricketer of the Year award in addition to bagging five other awards – Best Batter and Best All-rounder (in Women’s T20Is), Best Bowler and Best All-rounder (in Women’s ODIs), and Most Valuable Player (in Major Club Women’s 50-over).
Pathum Nissanka who won the celebrated Men’s Cricketer of the Year award collected two other awards as Best Batter in the Men’s T20I and Test Cricket categories.
Awards were presented to leading performers in the men’s and women’s cricket, while several distinguished individuals were also recognized for their longstanding contributions to Sri Lankan cricket and sports journalism.
At the prestigious awards night, Pathum Nissanka was crowned ‘Men’s Cricketer of the Year’,
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Sunil Kumara Gamage attended the event as the Chief Guest while Aruna Bandara, Secretary to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, Eran Wickramaratne, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee, along with Cricket Transformation Committee members Sidath Wettimuny and Roshan Mahanama, Ashley de Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, Supun Weerasinghe, Director and Group Chief Executive of Dialog Axiata PLC and Gihan de Silva, Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation were also present.
Domestic Cricket Awards
Major Club Women’s 50 Over Tournament
Best Bowler – Inoka Ranaweera, Best Batter – Harshitha Samarawickrama, Most Valuable Player – Chamari Athapaththu
Runner-Up – Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Champions – Navy Sports Club
Major Club Men’s T20 Tournament
Best Bowler – Sampath Nishshanka, Best Batter – Vishen Halambage, Best All-Rounder – Dushan Hemantha, Most Valuable Player – Vishen Halambage
Runner-Up – Panadura Sports Club, Champions – Colombo Cricket Club
Major Club Men’s 50 Over Tournament
Best Bowler – Movin Subasinghe, Best Batter – Sangeeth Cooray, Best All-Rounder – Thanuka Dabare, Most Valuable Player – Nishan Madushka
Runner-Up – Police Sports Club, Champions – Colombo Cricket Club
Major Club 3-Day Tournament
Best Bowler – Dilum Sudeera, Best Batter – Lahiru Udara, Most Valuable Player – Wanuja Sahan
Runner-Up – Ace Capital Cricket Club, Champions – Colts Cricket Club
Match Officials Award
Umpire of the Year – Ravindra Kottahachchi
+Lifetime Achievement Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism – Reemus Fernando, Kelum Srimal
Special Lifetime Achievement Award – Michael Tissera, Anura Tennekoon
International Cricket Awards
Women’s T20 International
Best Bowler – Kaveesha Dilhari, Best Batter – Chamari Athapaththu, Best All-Rounder – Chamari Athapaththu
Women’s One Day International
Best Bowler – Chamari Athapaththu, Best Batter – Harshitha Samarawickrama, Best All-Rounder – Chamari Athapaththu
Men’s T20 International
Best Bowler – Dushmantha Chameera, Best Batter – Pathum Nissanka, Best All-Rounder – Dasun Shanaka
Men’s One Day International
Best Bowler – Asitha Fernando, Best Batter – Charith Asalanka, Best All-Rounder – Wanindu Hasaranga
Test Cricket
Best Bowler – Prabath Jayasuriya, Best Batter – Pathum Nissanka, Best All-Rounder – Dhananjaya de Silva
Emerging Players of the Year
Women’s Emerging Player of the Year – Imesha Dulani, Men’s Emerging Player of the Year – Kamil Mishara
Cricketers of the Year
Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Chamari Athapaththu, Men’s Cricketer of the Year – Pathum Nissanka