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ICC Men’s Player of the Month Nominees for July

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Zac Crawley (ENG)

Up against a formidable bowling lineup that was recently crowned the ICC World Test Champions, the England opener recorded 412 runs during July at an eye-catching average of 58.85. During the four July Tests, Crawley succeeded not only in nullifying the threat of Australia’s strike bowlers but also in counter-attacking, personified by his memorable innings of 189 in 182 balls in Manchester. This display, and Crawley’s valuable 73 in the second innings of the decisive fifth Test came as England fought back from two-nil down to draw the series in dramatic fashion.

Bas de Leede (NED)

The Netherlands enjoyed a remarkable run of results during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe with several notable individual performances littering their route to qualification. The stakes were at their highest in the winner-takes-all showdown against Scotland, and de Leede produced an unforgettable display with bat and ball to secure their passage to India. Taking his maiden five-wicket haul (for 52 runs) to restrict the opposition to 277, de Leede then steered the Dutch reply in perfect fashion under intense pressure with a blistering 123 from 92 balls, ensuring his side pipped Scotland to qualify.

Chris Woakes (ENG)

Returning to the England Test squad for the third Test in Leeds, Woakes was a catalyst for the significant swing in fortunes which saw the home side overturn the 2-0 deficit to claim the series draw. As well as hitting the winning runs in the Leeds Test, the pacer bowled superbly in each of his three outings during July, claiming 19 wickets at an average of 18.15 to be named England’s Player of the Series.

ජුලි මාසයේ ICC පිරිමි ක්‍රීඩකයා සඳහා නිර්දේශිත නාම

Zac Crawley (ENG)

මෑතකදී ICC ලෝක ටෙස්ට් ශූරයින් ලෙස කිරුළු පැළඳූ බලවත් පන්දු යැවීමේ පෙළට එරෙහිව, එංගලන්ත ආරම්භක පිතිකරු ජූලි මාසයේදී ලකුණු 412ක් වාර්තා කළේ 58.85ක සාමාන්‍යයක් ලෙසිනි. ජූලි ටෙස්ට් තරග හතරේදී, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ ප්‍රහාරක පන්දු යවන්නන්ගේ තර්ජනය නිෂ්ප්‍රභ කිරීමට පමණක් නොව, මැන්චෙස්ටර්හිදී පන්දු 182කදී ලකුණු 189ක් ලබා ගත් ඔහුගේ අමතක නොවන ඉනිම මගින් ප්‍රතිප්‍රහාර එල්ල කිරීමටද ක්‍රෝලි සමත් විය. මෙම සංදර්ශනය සහ තීරණාත්මක පස්වැනි ටෙස්ට් තරගයේ දෙවැනි ඉනිමේදී ක්‍රෝලිගේ වටිනා ලකුණු 73 වාර්තා වූයේ එංගලන්තය ලකුණු 2ක සිට පසුපසට ගොස් තරගමාලාව නාටකාකාර ලෙස සම කර ගැනීමත් සමඟය.

Bas de Leede (NED)

සිම්බාබ්වේ හි පැවති ICC පිරිමි ක්‍රිකට් ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරඟයේදී නෙදර්ලන්තය කැපී පෙනෙන ප්‍රතිඵලයක් භුක්ති වින්දා. ස්කොට්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව පැවති ජයග්‍රාහී-සියල්ල ඉහළම මට්ටමක පැවති අතර, ඩි ලීඩ් ඔවුන්ගේ ඉන්දියාව වෙත ගමන් කිරීම සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සඳහා පිත්තෙන් සහ පන්දුවෙන් අමතක නොවන සංදර්ශනයක් ඉදිරිපත් කළේය. ප්‍රතිවාදී පිල ලකුණු 277කට සීමා කිරීම සඳහා සිය මංගල කඩුලු 5 (ලකුණු 52කට) දවාගත් ඩි ලීඩ් අනතුරුව දැඩි පීඩනයක් යටතේ ඕලන්ද පිළිතුර පරිපූර්ණ ආකාරයෙන් මෙහෙයවූයේ පන්දු 92කදී ලකුණු 123ක් රැස්කරමින් තම කණ්ඩායම ස්කොට්ලන්තයට සුදුසුකම් ලබාගැනීමට සහතික කරමිනි.

ක්‍රිස් වෝක්ස් (ENG)

ලීඩ්ස් හි පැවති තුන්වන ටෙස්ට් තරඟය සඳහා එංගලන්ත ටෙස්ට් සංචිතයට නැවත පැමිණීම, වෝක්ස්, එංගලන්ත පිලට වාසනාවේ ගෙනා උත්ප්‍රේරකයක් වූ අතර එමඟින් තරඟාවලියේ සම තත්ත්වය හිමිකර ගැනීමින් පෙර පැවති 2-0 හි අභිබවා ගියේය. ලීඩ්ස් ටෙස්ට් තරගයේ ජයග්‍රාහී ලකුණු වලට පහර දීම මෙන්ම, වේග පන්දු යවන්නා ජුලි මාසයේදී ඔහුගේ තුනේදීම විශිෂ්ට ලෙස පන්දු යවමින්, සාමාන්‍ය 18.15ක කඩුලු 19ක් ලබා ගනිමින් එංගලන්තයේ තරගාවලියේ ක්‍රීඩකයා ලෙස නම් කිරීමට සමත් විය.

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Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.

This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.

Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.

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Sports Ministry Yet to Confirm Reports of Leadership Change at Sri Lanka Cricket

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The Ministry of Sports has not released any official statement regarding speculation over a potential leadership change at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), according to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage.

Addressing recent media inquiries, the minister clarified that reports suggesting SLC President Shammi Silva could step down and be succeeded by former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne remain unverified.

“We have not issued any official statement as a ministry on this matter. These claims are currently limited to social media reports,” Gamage said.

He further noted that the ministry intends to address the situation formally in the near future.

“We are planning to hold a media briefing soon and will release an official statement. Further discussion can take place after that,” he added.

The remarks come amid growing public attention over the administration of Sri Lanka’s cricket governing body, though authorities have yet to confirm any changes at the top.

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Sri Lanka Cricket to name a women’s cricket tournament under late ‘Gwen Herat.’

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Sri Lanka Cricket decided to dedicate the ‘Major Club Women’s 50-Over Tournament’ in memory of the late Gwen Herat, the founding president of the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association.

This decision has been made in recognition of the outstanding service rendered by Mrs. Herat towards the founding of Women’s Cricket Association in the country.

It was under her leadership that the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association was established in 1997, where she served as its founding president.

Accordingly, in memory of her from 2026 onwards, the Major Club Women’s 50-Over
Tournament will be named the Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy.

“The significant role played by the late Mrs. Gwen Herat in laying the foundation for women’s cricket is well remembered by the cricketing fraternity. By naming a tournament in her honor, Sri Lanka Cricket aims to preserve her legacy for future generations,” said Mr. Bandula
Dissanayake.

Marking this significant initiative, the family of Mrs. Gwen Herat presented a trophy to Sri Lanka Cricket, which will be awarded to the champions of future editions of the tournament.
The handover was carried out by Mrs. Herat’s family members, including her daughters, Shamarra Herat and Parveen Herat, and her son, Avancka Herat.

The Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy was officially handed over to Mr. Bandula Dissanayake, Honorary Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, in the presence of Mr. Ashley de Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, and distinguished guests Mr. Chandra Schaffter and Mr. Hemaka Amarasuriya.

Mr. Chinthaka Edirimanne, Head of National Cricket Operations, and Mr. Upul Nawaratne
Bandara, Head of Marketing at SLC, also were present at the ceremony, which took place at SLC last week.

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