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Chamari Athapaththu smashes hapless Malaysia to lead Sri Lanka to a comprehensive win. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE.  (eLanka Sports Editor) Chamari Athapaththu has chosen her method of walking away from the game she loves by ensuring her memory will be indelible.  The Sri Lankan superstar and skipper smashed a hapless Malaysia attack in a merciless display of aggressive strokeplay to end up with 119 not out off only 69 balls with 7 sixers and 14 fours balls to complete a single-handed demolition of one of Asia’s minnows.  The world ranked number one batter and captain of the ICC world eleven showed her master-class in an unforgiving onslaught that steered Sri Lanka to a comfortable victory in their second foray before their last match against Thailand at the group stage before the semi finals.  Thailand found their chase suffocating as a makeshift Sri Lanka attack choked them with clever ...