evidence: Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu created history by becoming the first Sri Lankan woman to top the ICC ODI rankings, emulating another trailblazing left-handed Sri Lankan opener, Sanath Jayasuriya. [...] Before Athapaththu, only two Sri Lankan women have reached the top of the ICC player rankings – Udeshika Prabodhani and Shashikala Siriwardene. Both topped the Women’s T20Is bowlers and all-rounders charts respectively for a brief period in 2014. Athapaththu’s ascension to the throne in Women’s ODIs, however, marks the very first occasion of a Sri Lanka woman reaching the top spot in the ODI format.