Janakanthy Mala

Janakanthy Mala (born 30 August 1968) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who represented the Sri Lankan national team between 2000 and 2008. She played as a right-arm off-spin bowler.

Mala made her international debut at the 2000 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.[1] She played in six out of her team's seven matches, but failed to take wicket. She was aged 32 at the time, the oldest member of the Sri Lankan squad. [2] After the World Cup, Mala next played at One Day International (ODI) level in January 2002, when Pakistan toured.[1] In her first match of the series, which was the fifth overall, she took 4/3 from three overs, which were to be the best figures of her career.[3] At the 2005 World Cup in South Africa, Mala was again the oldest member of Sri Lanka's squad, and the sixth-oldest player overall. She appeared in all six of her team's matches, but took only two wickets, both of which came in the same game against South Africa.[4] Mala made her last international appearances at the 2008 Women's Asia Cup, both of which were against India.[1] She was 39 at the time of her last ODI, making her the oldest Sri Lankan woman to play at that level.[5]