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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
Kamil, Shanaka power Sri Lanka to series-levelling win
A brilliant unbeaten half-century from Kamil Mishara and a destructive late cameo by Dasun Shanaka guided Sri Lanka to a convincing 37-run victory over West Indies and levelled the three match T20 series.
Sri Lanka recovered strongly after a shaky start to post an imposing 194 for 6. Pathum Nissanka fell early for seven, while captain Kusal Mendis made a quick-fire 31 off 19 balls before becoming one of three wickets claimed by Shamar Joseph. When Pavan Rathnayake was dismissed for one, Sri Lanka were struggling at 43 for 3 inside seven overs.
Mishara then steadied the innings with a mature knock, combining caution with aggression. The left-hander remained unbeaten on 61 from 40 deliveries, striking four fours and three sixes. Kamindu Mendis supported him with 24 before Shanaka launched a spectacular assault in the death overs.
The former captain hammered 58 from only 24 balls, smashing five boundaries and four sixes at a strike rate above 240. His 103-run stand with Mishara completely changed the complexion of the innings and propelled Sri Lanka close to the 200-run mark.
Chasing 195, West Indies suffered an early collapse as Brandon King and skipper Shai Hope were both trapped leg-before wicket inside the first two overs. Shimron Hetmyer (36) and Rovman Powell (43) threatened to keep the visitors in contention with an aggressive partnership, but Sri Lanka’s bowlers struck at regular intervals.
Dushmantha Chameera delivered a match-winning spell of 3 for 9, while Wanindu Hasaranga picked up three wickets despite conceding runs. Dunith Wellalage claimed two wickets and Maheesh Theekshana added one as West Indies were bowled out for 157 in 18.1 overs.
The victory ensured Sri Lanka squared the series and set up an exciting decider on Monday.
News
Sri Lanka Eyes Strong Showing at Billie Jean King Cup in Kuala Lumpur
Sri Lanka will begin its campaign at the 2026 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Asia/Oceania Group II tournament when the prestigious regional team event serves off in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 15.
The competition, which runs for six days at the National Tennis Centre, will bring together ten nations from across the Asia-Oceania region. Joining Sri Lanka in the battle for honours are Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, hosts Malaysia, Pacific Oceania, the Philippines, Singapore and Uzbekistan.
Teams have been drawn into two groups of five and will contest round-robin matches from June 15 to 19. The tournament will conclude with decisive play-off encounters on June 20 to determine promotion and relegation.
With two places available in the 2027 Asia/Oceania Group I competition, the stakes are high for all participating teams. Nations finishing at the bottom of the standings will face relegation to Group III.
Sri Lanka has entrusted a youthful squad with the responsibility of carrying the national flag at the tournament. The team includes Dinara De Silva (St. Bridget’s Convent), Yuhansa Peiris (Bishop’s College), Akeesha Silva (Newstead Girls’ College, Negombo), Annaya Norbet (Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya) and Sandithi Usgoda Arachchi (Musaeus College).
Guiding the side will be experienced coach Dineshkanthan Thangarajah, who has been appointed captain for the tournament. His role will be crucial as the young Sri Lankan players seek to make an impact against some of the region’s strongest teams.

News
Vision Care Colombo Championship Set to Serve Off on 19 June
The 111 Vision Care Colombo Championship 2026, one of Sri Lanka’s most prestigious and long-standing ‘A’ Grade tennis tournaments, will get underway on 19 June at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) Playing Section courts in Colombo.
Held on six iconic clay courts, this year’s championship is expected to attract a record number of entries from across the country. The tournament will also offer its largest-ever prize pool of Rs. 3 million, underlining its growing status on the local tennis calendar.

Organizers say the increased investment reflects a long-term commitment to nurturing local tennis talent and raising the standard of competition. Last year’s event featured a prize purse of Rs. 2.5 million, with the amount steadily increasing over recent years.
Tournament officials expressed their ambition of developing the championship into a future ‘Colombo Open’ capable of attracting leading players from across South Asia. They emphasized that the event is not only about tennis but also about building a strong sporting identity for Sri Lanka.
The championship will feature Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles events, as well as Mixed Doubles. Junior competitions will be conducted for boys and girls from Under-12 to Under-18 age categories, while senior events will cater to players in the Over-35, Over-45, Over-55 and Over-65 divisions.
Vision Care continues its longstanding support as title sponsor for the 12th consecutive year. Wilson has come on board as the Official Ball Partner.
The sponsorship handover ceremony was attended by Vision Care Managing Director Janaka Fonseka, SLTA Playing Section President Sriya Munasinghe, Captain Prasantha Dissanayake, and other officials representing both the SLTA and Vision Care.
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