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Another tournament win for New Zealand!!!
The touring New Zealand team managed to defeat the Netherlands team by 2-0 in the T20 series which consisted of two matches between the touring New Zealand team and the Netherlands team.
In response to the 148 runs scored by New Zealand in the first match, the Netherlands team could only score 132 runs. New Zealand bowlers Blair Tickner took four wickets and Ben Sears took three wickets. New Zealand won by 16 runs in that match.
In the second match held at the Sportpark Westvliet Stadium, New Zealand managed to chase down the target of 148 in 14 overs set by the Netherlands, by losing only two wickets. There, Captain Mitchell Santner and Daryl Mitchell managed to score quick fifties.
Netherlands player Bas de Leede managed to perform with the bat throughout the tournament and he managed to score 116 runs with two half-centuries. He also managed to take one wicket for 26 runs while bowling.
New Zealand’s next match will begin on August 11 against the touring West Indies and will consist of three ODIs and three T20Is. And on August 16, the Netherlands team’s next series of three one-day matches will begin against Pakistan.
1st match summary
NEW ZEALAND 148/7(20 Overs)
Martin Guptill 45 (36)
James Neesham 32 (17)
Shariz Ahmad 2/15 (3)
Logan van Beek. 2/35 (4)
NETHERLANDS 132/10(19.3 Overs)
Bas de Leede 66 (53)
Scott Edwards 20 (16)
Blair Tickner 4/27 (3.3)
Ben Sears 3/22 (4)
New Zealand won by 16 runs
2nd match summary
NETHERLANDS INNINGS 147/4 20 Ov.
Bas de Leede 53* (48)
Tom Cooper 26 (17)
Michael Bracewell 20/2 (4)
NEW ZEALAND INNINGS 149/2 14 Ov.
Mitchell Santner 77* (42)
Daryl Mitchell 51* (27)
Bas de Leede 13/1 (2)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)
නවසීලන්තයට තවත් තරගාවලි ජයක්!!!
සංචාරක නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම සහ නෙදර්ලන්තය කණ්ඩායම අතර පැවැති තරග දෙකකින් සමන්විත T20 තරගාවලිය දෙකට බිංදුවක් ලෙස නෙදර්ලන්ත කණ්ඩායම පරාජය කිරීමට සංචාරක නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම සමත්විය.
ප්රථම තරගයේදි නවසීලන්තය ලබා ගත් ලකුණු 148ට පිළිතුරු ලෙස නෙදර්ලන්ත කණ්ඩායමට රැස් කිරීමට හැකි වූයේ ලකුණු 132ක් පමණි. එහිදී නවසීලන්ත පන්දු යවන්නන් වන Blair Tickner කඩුළු හතරක් ද Ben Sears කඩුළු තුනක් ද දවා ගනිමින් පන්දුවෙන් දස්කම් දැක්වීය. එම තරගයේදී නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායමට ලකුණු 16ක ජයක් හිමි විය.
Sportpark Westvliet ක්රීඩාංගණයේ පැවති දෙවන තරගයේදී ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් නෙදර්ලන්තය කණ්ඩායම ලබා දුන් 148ක ඉලක්කය පන්දුවාර 14ක් තුලදී කඩුළු දෙකක් පමණක් දැවී හඹා යාමට නවසීලන්තය සමත්විම කැපීපෙණුනි. එහිදී නායක Mitchell Santner සහ Daryl Mitchell වේගවත් අර්ධ ශතක රුස්කර කිරීමට සමත් විය.
තරගාවලිය පුරාවට පිත්තෙන් දස්කම් දැක්විමට නෙදර්ලන්තය ක්රීඩක Bas de Leede සමත් වු අතර ඔහු අර්ධ ශතක දෙකක් සමගින් ලකුණු 116ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය. එමෙන්ම පන්දු යැවීමේදී ලකුණු 26කට එක් කඩුල්ලක් දවා ගැනීමටද සමත් විය.
නවසීලන්තය කණ්ඩායමේ මීළග තරගය සංචාරක බටහිර ඉන්දීය කොදෙව් කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව අගොස්තු 11 වෙනිදා ආරම්භ වන අතර එය එක්දින තරග තුනක් සහ විස්සයි විස්ස තරග තුනකින් සමන්විත වේ. එමෙන්ම පාකිස්තානයට එරෙහිව අගොස්තු 16 වෙනිදා නෙදර්ලන්ත කණ්ඩායමේ එක්දින තරග තුනකින් සමන්විත මීළග තරගාවලිය ආරම්භ වේ.
1st match summary
NEW ZEALAND • 148/7(20 Overs)
Martin Guptill 45 (36)
James Neesham 32 (17)
Shariz Ahmad 2/15 (3)
Logan van Beek. 2/35 (4)
NETHERLANDS • 132/10(19.3 Overs)
Bas de Leede 66 (53)
Scott Edwards 20 (16)
Blair Tickner 4/27 (3.3)
Ben Sears 3/22 (4)
New Zealand won by 16 runs
2nd match summary
NETHERLANDS INNINGS 147/4 20 Ov.
Bas de Leede 53* (48)
Tom Cooper 26 (17)
Michael Bracewell 20/2 (4)
NEW ZEALAND INNINGS 149/2 14 Ov.
Mitchell Santner 77* (42)
Daryl Mitchell 51* (27)
Bas de Leede 13/1 (2)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)
நியூசிலாந்துக்கு மற்றொரு தொடர் வெற்றி!!!
சுற்றுலா நியூசிலாந்து அணிக்கும் நெதர்லாந்து அணிக்கும் இடையிலான இரண்டு போட்டிகள் கொண்ட டி20 தொடரில் நெதர்லாந்து அணியை இரண்டு பூஜ்ஜியங்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் தோற்கடித்தது சுற்றுலா நியூசிலாந்து அணி.
முதல் போட்டியில் நியூசிலாந்து பெற்ற 148 புள்ளிகளுக்கு பதில் நெதர்லாந்து அணியால் 132 புள்ளிகள் மட்டுமே எடுக்க முடிந்தது. நியூசிலாந்து பந்துவீச்சில் பிளேயர் டிக்னர் 4 விக்கெட்டுகளையும் பென் சியர்ஸ் 3 விக்கெட்டுகளையும் வீழ்த்தினர். இந்தப் போட்டியில் நியூசிலாந்து அணி 16 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது.
Sportpark Westvliet மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்ற இரண்டாவது போட்டியில், முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய நெதர்லாந்து அணியால் 148 ஓட்டங்கள் என்ற வெற்றி வெற்றி இலக்கு நிர்ணயிக்க பட்டது. அவ் இலக்கை நியூசிலாந்து அணி 2 விக்கெட்டுகளை மாத்திரம் இழந்து துரத்தியது. அங்கு கேப்டன் மிட்செல் சான்ட்னர் மற்றும் டேரில் மிட்செல் ஆகியோர் வேகமாக அரைசதம் அடித்தனர்.
நெதர்லாந்து வீரர் பாஸ் டி லீடே போட்டி முழுவதும் துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் சிறப்பாக செயல்பட்டதோடு, இரண்டு அரைசதங்களுடன் 116 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார். பந்துவீச்சில் 26 ரன்களுக்கு ஒரு விக்கெட்டையும் வீழ்த்தினார்.
நியூசிலாந்தின் அடுத்த ஆட்டம் ஆகஸ்ட் 11 ஆம் தேதி சுற்றுலா மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகளுக்கு எதிராக தொடங்கும் மற்றும் மூன்று ஒருநாள் மற்றும் மூன்று டி20 போட்டிகள் கொண்டதாக இருக்கும். மேலும் ஆகஸ்ட் 16 ஆம் தேதி, நெதர்லாந்து அணியின் அடுத்த மூன்று ஒரு நாள் போட்டிகள் கொண்ட தொடர் பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு எதிராக தொடங்குகிறது.
1வது போட்டியின் சுருக்கம்
நியூசிலாந்து 148/7 (20 ஓவர்கள்)
மார்ட்டின் கப்டில் 45 (36)
ஜேம்ஸ் நீஷம் 32 (17)
ஷாரிஸ் அஹ்மத் 2/15 (3)
லோகன் வான் பீக். 2/35 (4)
நெதர்லாந்து 132/10 (19.3 ஓவர்கள்)
பாஸ் டி லீட் 66 (53)
ஸ்காட் எட்வர்ட்ஸ் 20 (16)
பிளேர் டிக்னர் 4/27 (3.3)
பென் சியர்ஸ் 3/22 (4)
இதனால் நியூசிலாந்து 16 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது
2வது போட்டியின் சுருக்கம்
நெதர்லாந்து இன்னிங்ஸ் 147/4 20 ஓவ்.
பாஸ் டி லீட் 53* (48)
டாம் கூப்பர் 26 (17)
மைக்கேல் பிரேஸ்வெல் 20/2 (4)
நியூசிலாந்து இன்னிங்ஸ் 149/2 14 ஓவ்.
மிட்செல் சான்ட்னர் 77* (42)
டேரில் மிட்செல் 51* (27)
பாஸ் டி லீடே 13/1 (2)
நியூசிலாந்து 8 விக்கெட் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது (36 பந்துகள் மீதமுள்ள நிலையில்)
Cricket
Dambulla Gears Up for Women’s ‘A’ Cricket Action in May 2026
Sri Lanka is set to host an exciting bilateral cricket series as the New Zealand Women’s A Team tours the island in May 2026. The series, featuring both One Day and T20 matches, will see the visitors compete against the Sri Lanka Women’s A Team in what promises to be a competitive showcase of emerging talent.
All matches will be held at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS), with play scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. each day. The New Zealand side is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on 7 May 2026, giving them several days to acclimatize before the series begins.
The tour will consist of three One Day matches followed by three T20 encounters. The One Day fixtures are scheduled for 12th, 15th, and 18th May, while the T20 series will take place on 21st, 23rd, and 25th May.
This series is seen as an important opportunity for both teams to develop their next generation of international players. With a mix of promising players and those on the cusp of senior national selection, the matches are expected to be closely contested.
Cricket
Bangladesh beat Chamari-less Sri Lanka despite late drama
Bangladesh Women edged out Sri Lanka Women in a tense finish during the first ODI of the Sri Lanka Women’s tour of Bangladesh 2026, chasing down 206 with just nine balls to spare in a match that swung dramatically in the final overs.
Put into bat, Sri Lanka Team posted a competitive 205/9 from their 50 overs, built on steady contributions rather than a single dominant innings. Imesha Dulani (52 off 77) and Hansima Karunaratne (54 off 71) anchored the innings with a crucial middle-order stand after early setbacks. Captain Hasini Perera made a brisk 27, but Sri Lanka struggled to accelerate in the final 10 overs, losing wickets at regular intervals.
Bangladesh’s bowling attack kept things tight throughout. Ritu Moni was the standout performer, claiming 3 for 36 and breaking key partnerships, while Nahida Akter and Marufa Akter maintained pressure with disciplined spells.
In reply, Bangladesh got off to a disastrous start, losing two wickets within the first two overs. However, Sharmin Akhter produced a match-defining innings, scoring a composed 86 off 127 balls to anchor the chase. She found support from Sobhana Mostary, who made 41 before retiring hurt, and later Shorna Akter, whose 35 added momentum in the middle overs.
Despite being in control for much of the chase, Bangladesh nearly stumbled at the finish. A late burst from Sri Lanka’s bowlers saw Dewmi Vihanga pick up three crucial wickets, triggering a collapse that left Bangladesh at 200/7 after being comfortably placed at 199/3.
The match briefly tilted back in Sri Lanka’s favor, but Bangladesh held their nerve. Extras proved decisive, with 21 wides significantly easing the chase. Eventually, Bangladesh crossed the target in 48.3 overs, sealing a hard-fought three-wicket victory.
Sri Lanka will rue their inability to capitalize on key moments, particularly in the death overs with both bat and ball. The absence of star player Chamari Athapaththu was evident, as they lacked the firepower to push their total beyond reach.
News
Sri Lanka Announce Strong Squad for U85kg Battle vs New Zealand
Sri Lanka has reportedly finalized its squad for the upcoming U85kg rugby encounter against New Zealand, marking an exciting chapter for the nation’s emerging rugby talent. The squad, highlights a balanced mix of experienced performers and promising young players ready to represent the country on an international stage.
Leading the side is Lasindhu Karunathilake, who has been entrusted with captaincy duties. Known for his leadership and consistency, Karunathilake will play a crucial role in guiding the team through what is expected to be a highly competitive contest. The squad also features key names such as Deshan Vimukthi, Pulasthi Dassanayake, Hansitha De Silva, and Thilina Bandara, all of whom have shown strong form in recent domestic competitions.
The inclusion of players like Naveen Marasinghe, Tharindhu Chathuranga, and Lahiru Thilakarathne adds depth and versatility, while emerging talents such as Thenuka Nanayakkara, Janidu Dilshan, and Yuwan Pathirana will be eager to make their mark. The squad also welcomes Oliver Buckle, adding an interesting dimension to the lineup.
However, the team will have to cope with a few setbacks, as Gayantha Iddamalgoda, Shamika Kawshan, and Omalka Gunarathne have been listed as unavailable due to injuries. Their absence opens opportunities for others like Venura Kodhagoda, Charith Silva, and Daham Hemachandra to step up.
With strong preparation and a determined squad, Sri Lanka will look to put up a spirited performance against New Zealand in this U85kg clash.
Squad:
Deshan Vimukthi, Pulasthi Dassanayake, Hansitha De Silva, Thilina Bandara, Naveen Marasinghe, Tharindhu Chathuranga, Lahiru Thilakarathne, Lasindhu Karunathilake (C), Harsha Maduranga, Murshid Zubair, Diluksha Dange, Akash Madushanka, Thenuka Nanayakkara, Janidu Dilshan, Yuwan Pathirana, Gayantha Iddamalgoda (injury), Shamika Kawshan (injury), Venura Kodhagoda, Charith Silva, Nisal Silva, Omalka Gunarathne (injury), Daham Hemachandra, Vidhuna Amaneth, Manilka Ruberu, Jayathu Rajaratne, Oliver Buckle.
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