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The Sri Lanka Army Sports Club qualifies for the finals of the Inter Club First Division One Day Tournament.

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Sri Lanka Army Sports Club qualified for the final after defeating ACE Capital Cricket Club by 123 runs in the second semi-final of the Inter-Club One Day Tournament yesterday (30) at the NCC Sports Club Ground.

Army Captain Thisara Perera won the toss and decided to bat first and although the Army batsmen got off to a successful start, the middle order batsmen failed to get between the runs and the Army score was 152 for six wickets. After that, Mahesh Kumara and Suminda Lakshan, who came together on the pitch, built a partnership of 74 runs for the seventh wicket, when all the players were dismissed in 48.2 overs, the Army Sports Club managed to score 246 runs. Sikkuge Prasanna hit 6 sixes and 6 fours with a quick 89 runs and Mahesh Kumar and Suminda Lakshan did well for the Army in batting. While bowling for ACE Capital Cricket Club, Chanaka Devinda, Tanuka Dabare, Pramud Hettiwatte and Captain Lasith Kauspul managed to take two wickets each.

The Army bowlers did not allow the ACE Capital batsmen who started the chase to raise their target of 246 and managed to score 123 runs in 27.4 overs by losing all the wickets. Oshadha Fernando scored 31 runs for ACE Capital and Sikkuge Prasanna and Suminda Lakshan took four wickets each for the Army team who did not give any other batsman a chance to cross the thirty-run mark.

Accordingly, the Army team managed to qualify for the finals with a huge victory of 123 runs.

Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
Sikku’s Prasanna 89 (66)
Mahesh Kumar 46 (68)
Suminda Lakshan 33 (51)
Pramud Hettiwatta 26/2 (10)
Lasith Kauspul 32/2 (10)
Chanaka Devinda 47/2 (10)
Tanuka Dabare 52/2 (9)

ACE Capital Cricket Club 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
Oshadha Fernando 31 (33)
Lasith Kauspul 23 (18)
Sikku’s Prasanna 26/4 (10)
Suminda Lakshan 42/4 (8.4)

ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක් දින තරඟාවලියේ අවසන් මහා තරගයට සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගනි.

අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක් දින තරඟාවලියේ ඊයේ (30) එන් සී සී ක්‍රීඩා සමාජ පිටියේ පැවති දෙවන අවසන් පූර්ව තරගයේදී ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 123 කින් පරාජයට පත් කීරීමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය අවසන් මහා තරගයට සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් වුණා.

කාසිය වාසිය ජයග්‍රහණය කරමින් ප්‍රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදීමට යුධ හමුදා නායක තිසර පෙරේරා තීරණය කල අතර යුධ හමුදා ආරම්භ පිතිකරුවන් සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත්තද මැද පෙල පිතිකරුවන් ලකුණු අතර පිවිසීමට අපොහොසත් වීම නිසා යුධ හමුදා ඉණිම කඩුළු හයකට 152ක් ලෙස දැක්විය. ඉන් අනතුරුව පිටියේ එක් වූ මහේෂ් කුමාර සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් හත්වැනි කඩුල්ලට වටිනා ලකුණු 74ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැඟීම නිසාවෙන් පන්දුවාර 48.2 ක් තුළ සියළු ක්‍රීඩකයන් දැවී යනවිට යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 246ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත්විය. සික්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න හයේ පහර 6ක් සහ හතරේ පහර 6ක් සමගින් වේගවත් ලකුණු 89ක්ද මහේෂ් කුමාර සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් පිතිකරණයේ දී යුධ හමුදාව වෙනුවෙන් දස්කම් දක්වමට සමත්විය. ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය වෙනුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමේදී චානක දේවින්ද, තනුක දාබරේ, ප්‍රමුද් හෙට්ටිවත්ත සහ නායක ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් කඩුළු දෙක බැගින් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

පිළිතුරු ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් පිතිකරුවන්ට හිස එසවීමට ඉඩ ලබා නොදුන් යුධ හමුදා පන්දු යවන්නන් සියළුම පිතිකරුවන් පන්දුවාර 27.4 ක් තුළ ලකුණු 123 කට දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් ඕෂධ ප්‍රනාන්දු ලකුණු 31ක් ලබා ගත් අතර වෙනත් කිසිදු පිතිකරුවෙකුට ලකුණු තිහේ සීමාව පසුකර යාමට අවස්ථාවක් ලබා නොදුන් යුධ හමුදා කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් සික්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් පන්දු යැවීමේදී කඩුළු හතර බැගින් ලබා ගනිමින් දස්කම් දැක්වීය.

ඒ අනුව ලකුණු 123 දැවැන්ත ජයක් හිමිකර ගනිමින් අවසන් මහා තරගයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට යුධ හමුදා කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය 246/10 (48.2 Ov)

සික්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න 89 (66)
මහේෂ් කුමාර 46 (68)
සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් 33 (51)
ප්‍රමුද් හෙට්ටිවත්ත 26/2 (10)
ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් 32/2 (10)
චානක දේවින්ද 47/2 (10)
තනුක දාබරේ 52/2 (9)
ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
ඕෂධ ප්‍රනාන්දු 31 (33)
ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් 23 (18)
සික්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න 26/4 (10)
සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් 42/4 (8.4)

இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் அணிகளுக்கிடையிலான முதலாவது பிரிவு ஒரு நாள் போட்டித் தொடரின் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது.

NCC விளையாட்டுக் கழக மைதானத்தில் நேற்று (30) நடைபெற்ற அனைத்துக் கழகங்களுக்கிடையிலான ஒரு நாள் போட்டியின் இரண்டாவது அரையிறுதிப் போட்டியில் ACE Capital Cricket Clubஐ 123 ஓட்டங்களால் தோற்கடித்து இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதி பெற்றது.

நாணயச்சுழற்சியில் வெற்றிபெற்ற இராணுவத் தலைவர் திசர பெரேரா முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடத் தீர்மானித்தார், இராணுவத் துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தைப் பெற்ற போதிலும், மத்திய வரிசை துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் ரன்களுக்கு இடையில் தோல்வியடைந்ததால் இராணுவத்தின் ஸ்கோர் 6 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 152 ஆக இருந்தது. அதன் பின்னர் களமிறங்கிய மகேஷ் குமார மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஜோடி ஏழாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 74 ஓட்டங்களின் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை உருவாக்க, வீரர்கள் அனைவரும் 48.2 ஓவர்களில் ஆட்டமிழந்தபோது, ராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 246 ரன்கள் எடுக்க முடிந்தது. சிக்குகே பிரசன்னா 6 சிக்ஸர்கள் மற்றும் 6 பவுண்டரிகளுடன் 89 ரன்கள் விரைவுபடுத்தியதுடன், மகேஷ் குமார் மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஆகியோர் துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் இராணுவத்திற்காக சிறப்பாகச் செயல்பட்டனர். ACE Capital Cricket Club சார்பாக பந்துவீசும்போது, சானக தேவிந்த, தனுக தாபரே, பிரமுத் ஹெட்டிவத்த மற்றும் கேப்டன் லசித் கௌஸ்புல் ஆகியோர் தலா இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினர்.

246 என்ற வெற்றி இலக்கை துரத்த ஆரம்பித்த ACE Capital துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்களை இராணுவப் பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் அனுமதிக்கவில்லை. ஏசிஇ கெப்பிட்டல் சார்பாக ஓஷத பெர்னாண்டோ 31 ஓட்டங்களையும், முப்பது ஓட்டங்களைக் கடக்க வேறு எவருக்கும் வாய்ப்பளிக்காத இராணுவ அணி சார்பாக சிக்குகே பிரசன்ன மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஆகியோர் தலா நான்கு விக்கெட்டுக்களையும் கைப்பற்றினர்.

இதன்படி இராணுவ அணி 123 ஓட்டங்களால் அபார வெற்றி பெற்று இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு தகுதி பெற்றது.

இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
சிக்குவின் பிரசன்னா 89 (66)
மகேஷ் குமார் 46 (68)
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Gary Kirsten Sets Ambitious Plans for Sri Lanka Cricket

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Sri Lanka’s newly appointed head coach, Gary Kirsten, has outlined his vision for the national team, emphasizing consistency, depth, and adaptability as key pillars for success. Speaking to Wisden Cricket, Kirsten shared his thoughts on the challenges ahead and the roadmap he hopes to build with the players.

“Our goal is to move significantly up the rankings. Everyone wants to be part of a winning team, and that means we must focus on achieving victories more consistently,” Kirsten said.

He highlighted the unique challenge faced by subcontinental teams: performing well outside their home conditions. With the ICC World Cup approaching, Kirsten stressed the importance of preparing for South African conditions.

“It’s vital that we adapt to those environments, especially with a major tournament around the corner,” he noted.

Kirsten’s primary ambition is to establish stability within the system while also identifying the squad’s depth.

“How many players are competing for the same position? As an international coach, creating competition within the team is crucial. Relying on just two or three individuals for wins is a risky strategy,” he explained.

Looking ahead, Sri Lanka will play several bilateral series, which Kirsten sees as an opportunity to strengthen the foundation of the team.

“My focus in the coming months is to build a strong background that supports long-term success,” he added.

Earlier Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed the appointment of Gary Kirsten as the new head coach, succeeding Sanath Jayasuriya, who stepped down following the recently concluded T20 World Cup

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Afghanistan’s White-ball Series against Sri Lanka officially postponed

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The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announces that the Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka bilateral series, originally scheduled to commence on 13 March in the United Arab Emirates, has been rescheduled to the last quarter of 2026 due to logistical challenges, including flight constraints arising from the ongoing regional situation.

The series, which was to mark the first occasion of Afghanistan hosting Sri Lanka, was scheduled to feature six white-ball matches. The three T20 International matches were planned to be staged at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 13, 15, and 17 March, followed by three One Day Internationals at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 20, 22, and 25 March.

Following the receipt of the required sanction from the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), preparations had been finalized for hosting the matches across the two venues. However, in early March, unforeseen developments created logistical constraints that affected travel arrangements and operational planning for the series.

To address the situation, the Afghanistan Cricket Board held a series of consultations with key stakeholders, including the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), Sharjah Cricket Stadium (SCS), and Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS). A joint meeting convened by the ACB on 4 March resulted in a recommendation to monitor the situation and reassess by 6 March, in the hope that conditions would improve. A subsequent follow-up meeting on 7 March recommended waiting until 9 March before making a final determination.

Despite the collective efforts of all parties to proceed with the event as planned, the logistical challenges remained beyond operational control, leading to the decision to postpone the series and explore rescheduling options.

Throughout this process, the Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) was kept fully informed, and the decision to postpone the series was made in consultation and with the consent of Sri Lanka Cricket.

The preferred venue for the rescheduled series remains the United Arab Emirates, and the new dates will be announced in due course following further coordination between the respective boards and stakeholders.

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Gary Kirsten Appointed as Head Coach of Sri Lanka National Men’s Team

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Sri Lanka Cricket has officially announced the appointment of Gary Kirsten as the new head coach of the national men’s team, effective from 15 April 2026. His tenure will run for two years, concluding on 14 April 2028.

Kirsten, a former South African international cricketer, brings with him a wealth of coaching experience and a distinguished playing career. Between 2008 and 2011, he served as head coach of the India men’s national team, guiding them to victory in the 2011 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. He later took charge of the South Africa men’s national team from 2011 to 2013, during which South Africa rose to become the number one ranked team across all formats.

Most recently, Kirsten worked as a consultant with Cricket Namibia during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, further expanding his global coaching footprint.

As a player, Kirsten represented South Africa from 1993 to 2004, amassing 14,087 international runs across Tests and ODIs. His record includes 21 Test centuries and 13 ODI centuries, cementing his reputation as one of South Africa’s most reliable batsmen.

Sri Lanka Cricket has emphasized that Kirsten’s appointment is part of a broader initiative to revamp the National High Performance Center. His primary responsibility will be to prepare and lead the Sri Lanka National Men’s Team in their campaign for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027, which will be jointly hosted by South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

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