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A 2-0 series win for South Africa…

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August 7, 2022

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South Africa defeated the Irland team by 44 runs in the last and second T20 match held on 5th August. Along with that, South Africa has managed to win four international T20 matches in the last ten days.

Batting first, South Africa scored 182 runs for the loss of six wickets at the end of the twenty overs. When four wickets fell for 85 runs, the African batters led by captain David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen managed to score 89 runs in the last six overs.

The Irland team, which entered the field chasing a winning target of 183, scored only 138 runs in 18.3 overs. Wayne Parnell who took 5 wickets for 30 runs and won the award as the hero of the match.

2nd match summary
SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS 182/6 20 Ov (RR: 9.10)
Reeza Hendricks 42 (40)
Heinrich Klaasen 39 (16)
David Miller 32 (20)
Gareth Delaney 24/2 (4)

IRELAND INNINGS 138 18.5 Ov
(Target: 183 runs from 20 overs)
Harry Tector 34 (31)
Barry McCarthy 32 (19)
Wayne Parnell 30/5 (4)
Dwaine Pretorius 33/3 (3.5)

South Africa won by 44 runs

The South African team, who batted first in the first match, managed to collect 211 runs by losing six wickets at the end of the twenty overs. Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram scored half-centuries to booster the innings.

At the end of the twenty overs, the Irish team, who started the chase, managed to collect only 190 runs for losing nine wickets. Lorcan Tucker and George Dockrell scored quick runs but it was not enough to win the match. Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi and Wayne Parnell took two wickets each for South Africa.

Reeza Hendricks scored 74 runs and won the man of the match award. Also, Reeza Hendricks won the award as the hero of the tournament by scoring 116 runs with the bat.

1st match summary
SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS 210/6 20 Ov
Reeza Hendricks 74 (53)
Aiden Markram 56 (27)
Gareth Delaney 31/2 (3)

IRELAND INNINGS 190/9 20 Ov. (Target: 212 runs from 20 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 78 (38)
George Dockrell 43 (28)
Keshav Maharaj 29/2 (4)
Wayne Parnell 36/2 (4)
Tabraiz Shamsi 37/2 (4)

South Africa won by 20 runs

දකුණු අප්‍රිකාවට දෙකට බිංදුවක තරගාවලි ජයක්…

ඊයේ (5) පැවති අවසන් සහ දෙවන T20 තරගය ලකුණු 44කින් ජය ගැනීමත් සමඟ අයර්ලන්ත කණ්ඩායම පරදවා දෙකට බිංදුවක තරගාවලි ජයක් ලබා ගැනීමට දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව සමත් විය. ඒ සමගින් දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව අවසන් දින දහය තුලදී අන්තර් ජාතික T20 තරග හතරක් ජයග්‍රහණය කිරීමට සමත් විමද විශේෂත්වයකි.

ප්‍රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව නියමිත පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු හයක් දැවී ලකුණු 182ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය. ලකුණු 85කට කඩුළු හතරක් බිඳවැටී තිබුණු අවස්ථාවක නායක David Miller සහ Heinrich Klaasen ප්‍රමුඛ අප්‍රිකානු පිතිකරුවන් අවසන් පන්දුවාර හය තුළ ලකුණු 89ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය.

183ක ජයග්‍රාහී ඉලක්කයක් හඹා යාමට පිටියට පිවිසි අයර්ලන්ත කණ්ඩායමට පන්දුවාර 18.3කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී රැස්කිරීමට හැකිවූයේ ලකුණු 138ක් පමණි. පන්දු යැවීමේදී විශිෂ්ට පන්දු යැවීමක නිරන වෙමින් ලකුණු 30කට කඩුළු 5ක් දවා ගත් Wayne Parnell තරගයේ වීරයා ලෙස සම්මානය දිනාගනු ලැබුවේය.

2nd match summary
SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS 182/6 20 Ov (RR: 9.10)
Reeza Hendricks 42 (40)
Heinrich Klaasen 39 (16)
David Miller 32 (20)
Gareth Delany 24/2 (4)

IRELAND INNINGS 138 18.5 Ov
(Target: 183 runs from 20 overs)
Harry Tector 34 (31)
Barry McCarthy 32 (19)
Wayne Parnell 30/5 (4)
Dwaine Pretorius 33 /3 (3.5)

South Africa won by 44 runs

ප්‍රථම තරගයේදි ප්‍රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් දකුණු අප්‍රිකානු කණ්ඩායම නියමිත පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු හයක් දැවී ලකුණු 211රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය. Reeza Hendricks සහ Aiden Markram අර්ධ ශතක වාර්තා කරමින් ඉණිම ශක්තිමත් කරනු ලැබුවා.

පිළිතුරු ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ අයර්ලන්ත කණ්ඩායම පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු නවයක් දැවී රැස්කිරීමට හැකිවූයේ ලකුණු 190ක් පමණි. Lorcan Tucker සහ George Dockrell වේගවත් ලකුණු රැස්කර කළද එය තරගයේ ජයග්‍රහණය සඳහා ප්‍රමාණවත් නොවීය. Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi සහ Wayne Parnell දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව වෙනුවෙන් කඩුළු දෙක බැගින් බිඳ දැමීමට සමත් විය.

ලකුණු 74ක් රැස් කළ Reeza Hendricks තරගයේ වීරයා ලෙස සම්මානය දිනාගනු ලැබුවා. එමෙන්ම තරගාවලිය තුළ පිත්තෙන් ලකුණු 116ක් රැස් කරමින් තරගාවලියේ වීරයා ලෙස ද Reeza Hendricks සම්මාන දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

1st match summary
SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS 210/6 20 Ov
Reeza Hendricks 74 (53)
Aiden Markram 56 (27)
Gareth Delany 31/2 (3)

IRELAND INNINGS 190/9 20 Ov. (Target: 212 runs from 20 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 78 (38)
George Dockrell 43 (28)
Keshav Maharaj 29/2 (4)
Wayne Parnell 36/2 (4)
Tabraiz Shamsi 37/2 (4)

South Africa won by 20 runs

தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா அணி 2-0 வெற்றி…

நேற்று (5) இடம்பெற்ற கடைசி மற்றும் இரண்டாவது T20 போட்டியில் தென்னாபிரிக்கா 44 ஓட்டங்களால் அயர்லாந்து அணியை வீழ்த்தியது. அதோடு, கடந்த பத்து நாட்களில் நான்கு சர்வதேச டி20 போட்டிகளில் தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா வெற்றி பெற்றுள்ளது.

முதலில் பேட் செய்த தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்ட 20 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 6 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 182 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது. 85 ரன்களுக்கு நான்கு விக்கெட்டுகள் வீழ்ந்த நேரத்தில், கேப்டன் டேவிட் மில்லர் மற்றும் ஹென்ரிச் கிளாசன் தலைமையிலான ஆப்பிரிக்க பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் கடைசி 6 ஓவர்களில் 89 ரன்கள் குவித்தனர்.

183 ரன்கள் எடுத்தால் வெற்றி என்ற இலக்குடன் களம் இறங்கிய அயர்லாந்து அணியால் 18.3 ஓவரில் 138 ரன்கள் மட்டுமே எடுக்க முடிந்தது. 30 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு 5 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தி ஆட்ட நாயகனாக விருதை வென்றார் வெய்ன் பார்னெல்.

2வது போட்டியின் சுருக்கம்
தென் ஆப்ரிக்கா இன்னிங்ஸ் 182/6 20 ஓவ் (ஆர்ஆர்: 9.10)
ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் 42 (40)
ஹென்ரிச் கிளாசென் 39 (16)
டேவிட் மில்லர் 32 (20)
கரேத் டெலானி 24/2 (4)

அயர்லாந்து இன்னிங்ஸ் 138 18.5 ஓவ்
(இலக்கு: 20 ஓவர்களில் 183 ரன்கள்)
ஹாரி டெக்டர் 34 (31)
பேரி மெக்கார்த்தி 32 (19)
வெய்ன் பார்னெல் 30/5 (4)
டுவைன் பிரிட்டோரியஸ் 33/3 (3.5)

தென் ஆப்பிரிக்கா 44 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது

முதல் போட்டியில் முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய தென்னாபிரிக்க அணி நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்ட இருபது ஓவர்கள் நிறைவில் 6 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 211 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றது. ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் மற்றும் எய்டன் மார்க்ரம் ஆகியோர் அரை சதம் அடித்து இன்னிங்ஸை வலுப்படுத்தினர்.

பதிலுக்கு துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய அயர்லாந்து அணி 20 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 9 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 190 ஓட்டங்களை மட்டுமே எடுத்தது. லோர்கன் டக்கர் மற்றும் ஜார்ஜ் டோக்ரெல் ஆகியோர் விரைவான ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றனர், ஆனால் அது போட்டியின் வெற்றிக்கு போதுமானதாக இல்லை. தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா தரப்பில் கேசவ் மஹராஜ், தப்ரைஸ் ஷம்சி, வெய்ன் பார்னெல் ஆகியோர் தலா 2 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினர்.

ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் 74 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று ஆட்டநாயகன் விருதை வென்றார். மேலும், ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் 116 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று போட்டியின் நாயகனாக விருதை வென்றார்.

1வது போட்டியின் சுருக்கம்
தென் ஆப்ரிக்கா இன்னிங்ஸ் 210/6 20 ஓவ்
ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் 74 (53)
ஐடன் மார்க்ரம் 56 (27)
கரேத் டெலானி 31/2 (3)

அயர்லாந்து இன்னிங்ஸ் 190/9 20 ஓவ். (இலக்கு: 20 ஓவர்களில் 212 ரன்கள்)
லோர்கன் டக்கர் 78 (38)
ஜார்ஜ் டோக்ரெல் 43 (28)
கேசவ் மகாராஜ் 29/2 (4)
வெய்ன் பார்னெல் 36/2 (4)
தப்ரைஸ் ஷம்சி 37/2 (4)

தென் ஆப்பிரிக்கா 20 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது

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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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March 11, 2026

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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.