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Can the Sri Lankan team qualify for the Super 12?

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3 years ago

October 19, 2022

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The Sri Lankan team still has the possibility of entering the Super 12 round. It is with the result of the decisive match against the Netherlands team that will be held tomorrow.

The Netherlands, Namibia and Sri Lanka still have a chance to make it to the Super-12 from Group A. Tomorrow will not be a day of decisive matches. Sri Lanka has to win the first match between Sri Lanka and the Netherlands by a big margin. The second match will be between the Namibia team and the United Arab Emirates and it is also a crucial match for the Namibia team. In order for them to be selected for the Super 12 round, they must win by a big margin.

Sri Lanka – 2 points, NRR +0.6
Sri Lanka was expected to make it to the Super 12 round with ease, but a 55-run loss to Namibia in the tournament opener made qualifying for the Super 12 a bit complicated. However, the Sri Lankan team came back into the tournament very strong and the situation was somewhat restored with a 79-run victory over the United Arab Emirates.

The Sri Lankan team must definitely beat the Netherlands. If they do, Namibia vs UAE result won’t matter to them because of their strong NRR. And if the remaining two matches of Group A end without results due to rain or any other reason, Sri Lanka will not be able to enter the next round.

Group Stage A statistics chart is as follows

#	Teams	Matches	Win	Lost	NRR	Point
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0.149	4
2	Namibia	2	1	1	1.277	2
3	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0.600	2
4	UAE	2	0	2	-2.028	0

ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට සුපිරි 12 වටයට පිවිසිය හැකිද?

ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට තව දුරතත් සුපිරි 12 වටයට පිවිසීමේ හැකියාව පවතී. ඒ හෙට දින පැවැත්වෙන නෙදර්ලන්තය කණ්ඩායම හා පැවැත්වෙන තීරණාත්මක තරගයේ ප්‍රතිඵලයත් සමගය.

නෙදර්ලන්තය, නැමීබියාව සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව A කාණ්ඩයෙන් සුපිරි-12 බවට පත්වීමේ අවස්ථාව තවමත් පවතී. හෙට දින තීරණාත්මක තරග පැවැත්වෙන දිනයක් නොවනුමානය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සහ නෙදර්ලන්තය අතර පැවැත්වෙන පළමු තරගය විශාල තරග පරතරයකින් ජය ගැනීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සිදු වේ. දෙවන තරගය නැමීබියා කණ්ඩායම හා එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යය අතර පැවැත්වෙන අතර එයද නැමීබියා කණ්ඩායමට තීරණාත්මක තරගක් වේ. ඔවුන් හටද සුපිරි 12 වටයට තේරී පත්වීමට නම් විශාල තරග පරතරයකින් ජය ගැනීම අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම කල යුතුය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව – ලකුණු 2ක්, NRR +0.6
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉතා පහසුවෙන් සුපිරි 12 වටයට පිවිසෙනු ඇතැයි අපේක්ෂා කරන ලද නමුත් තරඟාවලියේ ආරම්භක තරඟයේදී නැමීබියාවට ලකුණු 55 කින් පරාජය වීම සුපිරි 12 වටයට තේරීම තරමක් සංකීර්ණ කිරීමට හේතු විය. කෙසේ වෙතත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම නැවතත් ඉතා ශක්තිමත් ලෙස තරගාවලියට අවතීර්ණය වූ අතර එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 79ක ජයග්‍රහණයක් සමඟින් තත්වය තරමක් දුරට යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම නෙදර්ලන්තය පරාජය කළ යුතුයි. ඔවුන් එසේ කරන්නේ නම්, ඔවුන්ගේ ශක්තිමත් NRR නිසා Namibia vs UAE ප්‍රතිඵලය ඔවුන්ට වැදගත් නොවේ. තවද වර්ශාව හෝ වෙනත් හේතුවක් මත A කාණ්ඩයේ ඉතිරි තරග දෙක ප්‍රතිඵලයකින් තොරව අවසන් වුවහොත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට මීළඟ වටයට පිවිසීමට නොහැකි වනු ඇත.

Group Stage A ලකුණු සටහන පහත පරිදිය

#	Teams	Matches	Win	Lost	NRR	Point
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0.149	4
2	Namibia	2	1	1	1.277	2
3	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0.600	2
4	UAE	2	0	2	-2.028	0

இலங்கை அணி சூப்பர் 12 சுற்றுக்குள் நுழைய முடியுமா?

சுப்பர் 12 சுற்றுக்குள் நுழையும் வாய்ப்பு இலங்கை அணிக்கு இன்னும் உள்ளது. நாளை நடைபெறவுள்ள நெதர்லாந்து அணிக்கு எதிரான தீர்க்கமான போட்டியின் முடிவுடன்.

குரூப் ஏ பிரிவில் இருந்து சூப்பர்-12க்கு முன்னேற நெதர்லாந்து, நமீபியா மற்றும் இலங்கைக்கு இன்னும் வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது. நாளை என்பது தீர்க்கமான போட்டிகளின் நாளாக இருக்காது. இலங்கை மற்றும் நெதர்லாந்து அணிகளுக்கு இடையிலான முதல் போட்டியில் இலங்கை அணி அபார வெற்றிபெற வேண்டும். இரண்டாவது போட்டி நமீபியா அணிக்கும் ஐக்கிய அரபு எமிரேட்ஸ் அணிக்கும் இடையில் நடைபெறவுள்ளதோடு, நமீபியா அணிக்கு இது முக்கியமான போட்டியாகவும் அமைந்துள்ளது. அவர்கள் சூப்பர் 12 சுற்றுக்கு தேர்வு செய்யப்படுவதற்கு, அவர்கள் அதிக வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற வேண்டும்.

இலங்கை – 2 புள்ளிகள், NRR +0.6
இலங்கை சுப்பர் 12 சுற்றுக்கு எளிதாக நுழையும் என்று எதிர்பார்க்கப்பட்டது, ஆனால் போட்டியின் தொடக்க ஆட்டத்தில் நமீபியாவிடம் 55 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் தோல்வியடைந்தது சூப்பர் 12 க்கு தகுதி பெறுவது சற்று சிக்கலானது. எவ்வாறாயினும், இலங்கை அணி மிகவும் வலுவாக மீண்டும் போட்டிக்கு வந்ததுடன் ஐக்கிய அரபு இராச்சியத்தை 79 ஓட்டங்களால் வெற்றியீட்டியதன் மூலம் நிலைமை ஓரளவு மீண்டது.

இலங்கை அணி கண்டிப்பாக நெதர்லாந்தை வீழ்த்த வேண்டும். அவர்கள் அவ்வாறு செய்தால், அவர்களின் வலுவான NRR காரணமாக நமீபியா vs UAE முடிவு அவர்களுக்கு முக்கியமில்லை. மேலும் A குழுவின் எஞ்சிய இரண்டு போட்டிகள் மழை அல்லது வேறு ஏதேனும் காரணங்களால் முடிவு இல்லாமல் முடிவடைந்தால், இலங்கை அடுத்த சுற்றுக்குள் நுழைய முடியாது.

குழு நிலை A மதிப்பெண் விளக்கப்படம் பின்வருமாறு

#	Teams	Matches	Win	Lost	NRR	Point
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0.149	4
2	Namibia	2	1	1	1.277	2
3	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0.600	2
4	UAE	2	0	2	-2.028	0

Read : Sri Lanka vs UAE World Cup Match Preview

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Chamindu Wickramasinghe’s bowling action under scrutiny?

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23 hours ago

April 13, 2026

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Sri Lankan fast bowler Chamindu Wickramasinghe has come under the spotlight after his bowling action was officially reported as suspicious during a recent domestic encounter.

The incident occurred in a match of the National Super League held from April 6 to 9, where the Dambulla side faced Colombo. Wickramasinghe, representing Dambulla, drew attention from match officials, prompting concerns over the legality of his action.

The on-field umpires, Deepal Gunawardena and Ravindra Wimalasiri, made the report in accordance with standard procedures. Match referee Manoj Mendis also oversaw the process, ensuring that all regulations were followed.

Following the report, the matter has been referred to the Sri Lanka Cricket High Performance Unit for further assessment. Wickramasinghe may now be required to undergo biomechanical testing to determine whether his bowling action complies with the laws of the game.

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Sri Lanka lasses continue to impress

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23 hours ago

April 13, 2026

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Sri Lanka Under-19 Women extended their impressive run in the Tri-Series with a composed four-wicket victory over Australia Women Under-19 cricket team at Bill Pippen Oval Today.

After being put in to bat, Australia U-19 struggled to build momentum against a disciplined Sri Lankan bowling attack. Ayla Johnson top-scored with 18 off 29 balls, while Alyssa Dermody added a quick 13. However, regular wickets halted their progress as they finished on a modest 91 for 9 in 20 overs. Limansa Thilakarathne led the bowling effort with an impressive 3 for 26, well supported by Chamudi Praboda, who claimed 2 for 21.

In response, Sri Lanka Women Under-19 cricket team chased down the target with 92 for 6 in 19.3 overs. Despite a few setbacks, Pramudi Methsara anchored the innings with an unbeaten 21 off 17 balls, while Danodya Sewmini contributed a steady 14. Australia’s Filippa Suesee (3 for 18) and Ira Aery (2 for 13) fought hard, but Sri Lanka held their nerve.

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Football Chief Jaswar Umar Enters Race for NOC Presidency

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2 days ago

April 12, 2026

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Jaswar Umar, President of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, has officially submitted his nomination to contest for the presidency of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka at the upcoming Annual General Meeting.

Umar becomes the fourth candidate in the race, joining Shirantha Peiris, Deva Henry, and Asanga Seneviratne, who are also contesting for the top position in the country’s Olympic body.

His time as football chief has created divided opinions among sports professionals who evaluate his performance. On one hand, Sri Lanka’s national team has shown improvement in international results, including a rise in the FIFA rankings from 204 to 191, along with notable performances against stronger opposition.

However, his approach has also faced criticism. Stakeholders have raised concerns over the increased reliance on Sri Lankan-origin overseas players, with claims that it has limited opportunities for local talent. The long-term vision for developing youth and building grassroots football programs has become a subject of public inquiry.

Umar now aims to advance his career through NOC while he leads Sri Lankan football with both positive results and ongoing public criticism of his work.

The upcoming election will become a competitive battle because four candidates will vie for control of a key position which holds major power within the country’s sports system.