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Sri Lanka women’s cricket team’s medal dream faded away…
The New Zealand women’s cricket team managed to win by 45 runs in the match held yesterday between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Group B of the Women’s T20 tournament held under the Commonwealth Games.
Batting first, the New Zealand women’s cricket team managed to score 147 runs by losing 7 wickets at the end of the twenty overs. Giving a successful start in batting, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates stood out as they built a partnership of 51 runs in 36 balls for the first wicket.
The New Zealand bowlers managed to send both the opening batsmen of the Sri Lankan women’s team back to the stadium just for fourteen runs. At the end of the scheduled 20 overs, the Sri Lankan batsmen managed to score only 102 runs. Nilakshi de Silva scored 36 runs but it was not enough for victory. Hayley Jensen, who bowled excellently, managed to take 3 wickets for 5 runs in the 4 overs with one maiden over. Accordingly, the New Zealand women’s team won the match easily by 45 runs.
The Sri Lanka women’s cricket team had to be disqualified from the tournament after losing both the matches they participated in in the preliminary round. However, the final match Sri Lanka will participate in will be held tomorrow against the South African women’s team.
England and New Zealand women’s teams managed to secure semi-final spots from Group B with one game remaining each.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN • 147/7(20 Overs)
Suzie Bates 34 (32)
Sophie Devine 24 (23)
Inoka Ranaweera 3/30 (4)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/31 (4)
SRI LANKA WOMEN • 102/8(20 Overs)
Nilakshi de Silva 36 (35)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 18* (21)
Hayley Jensen 3/5 (4)
Eden Carson2/30 (4)
ශ්රී ලංකා කාන්තා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායමේ පදක්කම් සිහිනය බොඳ වී යයි.
පොදු රාජ්ය මණ්ඩලීය ක්රීඩා තරගාවලිය යටතේ පැවැත්වෙන කාන්තා T20 තරගාවලියේ බී කාණ්ඩයෙන් තරග වදින ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ නවසීලන්තය අතර ඊයේ පැවති තරගයෙන් නවසීලන්ත කාන්තා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම ලකුණු 45ක පහසු ජයක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් නවසීලන්ත කාන්තා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම නියමිත පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු 7ක් දැවී ලකුණු 147ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය. පිතිකරණයේදී සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබාදෙමින් නවසීලන්ත නායිකා Sophie Devine සහ Suzie Bates පළමු කඩුල්ලට පන්දු 36 කදී ලකුණු 51ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැඟීම කැපී පෙනුණි.
පිළිතුරු ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ ශ්රී ලංකා කාන්තා කණ්ඩායමේ ආරම්භක පිතිකාරිණියන් දෙදෙනාම ලකුණු දාහතරක් වනවිට නැවතත් ක්රීඩාගාරයට යැවීමට නවසීලන්ත පන්දු යවන්නියන් සමත් විය. ඉන් නොනැවතී නියමිත පන්දුවාර 20 අවසානයේදි ශ්රී ලංකා පිතිකාරිනියන් ලකුණු 102 ක ට සීමා කිරීමට සමත් විය. Nilakshi de Silva ලකුණු 36ක් ලබා ගත්තද එය ජයග්රහණය සඳහා කිසිසේත් ප්රමාණවත් නොවීය. විශිෂ්ඨ පන්දු යැවීමක නිරන වු Hayley Jensen එක් නිලකුණු පන්දුවාරයක්ද සමගින් නියමිත පන්දුවාර 4 තුළදී ලකුණු 5කට කඩුළු 3ක් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඒ අනුව නවසීලන්ත කාන්තා කණ්ඩායමට ලකුණු 45ක පහසු ජයක් හිමි විය.
මූලික වටයේ සහභාගි වූ තරග දෙකම පරාජයට පත්වීම නිසා තවත් තරගයක් ඉතිරිව තිබියදීම ශ්රි ලංකා කාන්තා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායමට තරගාවලියෙන් ඉවත් වීමට සිදු වුණා. කෙසේ වෙතත් ශ්රී ලංකාව සහභාගි වන අවසන් තරගය හෙට දකුණු අප්රිකානු කාන්තා කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව පැවැත්වේ.
තවත් එක් තරගය බැගින් ඉතිරිව තිබියදීම බී කණ්ඩයෙන් අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ ස්ථාන වෙන් කර ගැනීමට එංගලන්ත සහ නවසීලන්ත කාන්තා කණ්ඩායම් සමත් විය.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN • 147/7(20 Overs)
Suzie Bates 34 (32)
Sophie Devine 24 (23)
Inoka Ranaweera 3/30 (4)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/31 (4)
SRI LANKA WOMEN • 102/8(20 Overs)
Nilakshi de Silva 36 (35)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 18* (21)
Hayley Jensen 3/5 (4)
Eden Carson2/30 (4)
இலங்கை மகளிர் கிரிக்கெட் அணியின் பதக்க கனவு கலைந்தது…
பொதுநலவாய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகளின் கீழ் நடைபெற்ற மகளிர் T20 போட்டியின் B குழுவில் இலங்கை மற்றும் நியூசிலாந்து அணிகளுக்கு இடையில் நேற்று இடம்பெற்ற போட்டியில் நியூசிலாந்து மகளிர் அணி 45 ஓட்டங்களால் வெற்றிபெற்றது.
முதலில் பேட் செய்த நியூசிலாந்து மகளிர் கிரிக்கெட் அணி இருபது ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 7 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 147 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது. பேட்டிங்கில் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தை அளித்த நியூசிலாந்து கேப்டன் சோஃபி டிவைன் மற்றும் சுசி பேட்ஸ் முதல் விக்கெட்டுக்கு 36 பந்துகளில் 51 ரன்கள் சேர்த்தனர்.
இலங்கை மகளிர் அணியின் ஆரம்ப துடுப்பாட்ட வீராங்கனைகள் இருவரையும் வெறும் பதினான்கு ஓட்டங்களுக்கு நியூசிலாந்து பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் மைதானத்திற்கு திருப்பி அனுப்பினார்கள். நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்ட 20 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் இலங்கை அணியால் 102 ரன்கள் மட்டுமே எடுக்க முடிந்தது. நிலக்ஷி டி சில்வா 36 ரன்கள் எடுத்தாலும் வெற்றிக்கு அது போதவில்லை. சிறப்பாக பந்துவீசிய ஹெய்லி ஜென்சன் ஒரு மெய்டன் ஓவரில் 4 ஓவர்களில் 5 ரன்களுக்கு 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினார். அதன்படி, நியூசிலாந்து மகளிர் அணி 45 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் எளிதாக வெற்றி பெற்றது.
இலங்கை மகளிர் கிரிக்கட் அணி ஆரம்ப சுற்றில் தாம் பங்குபற்றிய இரண்டு போட்டிகளிலும் தோல்வியடைந்ததையடுத்து போட்டியிலிருந்து தகுதி நீக்கம் செய்ய வேண்டியதாயிற்று. எவ்வாறாயினும், இலங்கை பங்கேற்கும் இறுதிப் போட்டி தென்னாபிரிக்க மகளிர் அணிக்கு எதிராக நாளை நடைபெறவுள்ளது.
இங்கிலாந்து மற்றும் நியூசிலாந்து மகளிர் அணிகள் தலா ஒரு ஆட்டம் எஞ்சியிருக்கும் நிலையில் பி பிரிவில் இருந்து அரையிறுதிக்கு முன்னேறின.
நியூசிலாந்து பெண்கள் • 147/7(20 ஓவர்கள்)
சுசி பேட்ஸ் 34 (32)
சோஃபி டெவின் 24 (23)
இனோகா ரணவீர 3/30 (4)
ஓஷதி ரணசிங்க 2/31 (4)
இலங்கை பெண்கள் • 102/8(20 ஓவர்கள்)
நிலாக்ஷி டி சில்வா 36 (35)
ஓஷதி ரணசிங்க 18* (21)
ஹேலி ஜென்சன் 3/5 (4)
ஈடன் கார்சன்2/30 (4)
Cricket
Pakistan Cricketer Salman Mirza Issues Legal Notice Over Kandy Hotel Allegations
Pakistan fast bowler Salman Mirza has served a legal notice to broadcaster ARY Communications and journalist Shahid Hashmi, accusing them of spreading false and defamatory claims about his conduct during the team’s recent stay in Sri Lanka.
The notice, dated March 12, refers to a report aired on March 5 by ARY News which alleged that Mirza had misbehaved with a female staff member at the team hotel in Kandy and that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had fined him over the incident.
Mirza has strongly denied the allegations, with his legal team describing the broadcast as baseless and damaging to his reputation. The PCB also rejected the claims through its official X account, calling the report “agenda-driven fake news” and stressing that no disciplinary action had been taken against the player.
In the legal notice, Mirza’s lawyers demanded that ARY News and Hashmi retract the report from all platforms, issue an unconditional public apology, and pay damages of 100 million Pakistani rupees for the harm caused to his reputation and goodwill. The notice further warns that court proceedings will be initiated if these demands are not met within seven days.
Cricket
Gary Kirsten Sets Ambitious Plans for Sri Lanka Cricket
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
Cricket
Afghanistan’s White-ball Series against Sri Lanka officially postponed
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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