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Batsmen should be careful from Wanindu Hasaranga. – Muttiah Muralitharan

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The debate over who is the greatest, Muttiah Muralitharan or Shane Warne has been going on since the time they played together. Sri Lankan legend Muralitharan has expressed his views on the matter saying that Warne is a better bowler than him and the Australian legend has given him a lot of knowledge.

“I think he’s smarter than me, I watched him when I played and learned things from him. We will all miss him,” Muralitharan told reporters at the Legends League Cricket 2022 press conference in Kolkata on Thursday.

Murali is of the opinion that the World Cup held in Australia will be a good opportunity for the spinners. He is of the opinion that Australian pitching conditions will favour the leg spinners more than the off-spinners.

Muralitharan has warned the batsmen going to the Twenty20 World Cup to be careful against Sri Lankan leg-spinner Vanindu Hasaranga.

“He is a great T20 bowler. He has done very well in the last 2-3 years. He is a young man,” Muralidaran said talking about Hasaranga.

“In Australia, definitely the off-spinners will get more chances than the leg-spinners. Batsmen will certainly find it difficult to bat against him. You have to be very careful against him. “

Talking about Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup triumph, Muralitharan said: “We had a very young team in the last few years and we played brilliantly in the Asia Cup. They look like the best team and deserve to win the Asia Cup. Joining Namibia, United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands, Sri Lanka will have to enter the T20 World Cup qualifiers. The top two teams advance to the main round – Super 12.

වනිදු හසරංග ගෙන් පිතිකරුවන් ප්‍රවේශම් විය යුතුයි. – මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්

මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන් හෝ ෂේන් වෝන් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨතමයා කවුරුන්ද යන විවාදය ඔවුන් එකට ක්‍රීඩා කරන කාලයේ සිටම පැවතුනි. වෝන් තමාට වඩා දක්ෂ පන්දු යවන්නෙකු බවත් ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු ක්‍රීඩක පුරාවෘත්තය තමාට බොහෝ දැනුමක් ලබා දුන් බවත් පවසමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනප්‍රිය ක්‍රීඩක මුරලිදරන් මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් සිය අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කර ඇත.

“මම හිතන්නේ ඔහු මට වඩා දක්ෂයි, මම ක්‍රීඩා කරන විට මම ඔහු දෙස බලා ඔහුගෙන් දේවල් ඉගෙන ගත්තා. අපි හැමෝටම ඔහු නැතුව පාලුයි, ”මුරලිදරන් බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා කොල්කටා හි ලෙජන්ඩ්ස් ලීග් ක්‍රිකට් 2022 මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදී වාර්තාකරුවන්ට පැවසීය.

ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පැවැත්වෙන ලෝක කුසලානය දඟපන්දු යවන්නන්ට හොද අවස්ථාවක් වනු ඇති බව මුරලිගේ අදහසයි. ඔස්ට්‍රේලියානු තණතීරු තත්වයන් පිට දඟ පන්දු යවන්නන්ට වඩා පා දඟ පන්දු යවන්නන්ට ඉවහල් වනු ඇතැයි ඔහුගේ අදහසයි.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පා දඟ පන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක වනිඳු හසරංගට එරෙහිව ප්‍රවේශම් වන්නැයි මුරලිදරන් විස්සයි20 ලෝක කුසලානයට යන පිතිකරුවන්ට අනතුරු අඟවා තිබේ.

“ඔහු විශිෂ්ට T20 පන්දු යවන්නෙක්. පසුගිය වසර 2-3 තුළ ඔහු ඉතා හොඳින් කටයුතු කළේය. ඔහු තරුණයෙක්, ”මුරලිදරන් හසරංග ගැන කතා කරමින් පැවසීය.

“ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ, අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම පිට දඟ පන්දු යවන්නන්ට පා දඟ පන්දු යවන්නන්ට වඩා වැඩි අවස්ථාවක් ලැබෙනු ඇත. ඔහුට එරෙහිව පන්දුවට පහර දීමට පිතිකරුවන්ට නිසැකවම අපහසු වේ. ඔබ ඔහුට එරෙහිව ඉතා පරිස්සම් විය යුතුයි. ”

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආසියානු කුසලාන ජයග්‍රහණය ගැන කතා කරමින් මුරලිදරන් මෙසේ පැවසීය: “පසුගිය වසර කිහිපය තුළ අපට ඉතා තරුණ කණ්ඩායමක් සිටියා, අපි ආසියානු කුසලානයේ දක්ෂ අන්දමින් ක්‍රීඩා කළා. ඔවුන් හොඳම කණ්ඩායම ලෙස පෙනෙන අතර ආසියානු කුසලානය දිනා ගැනීමට සුදුසුයි. නැමීබියාව, එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යය සහ නෙදර්ලන්තය සමඟ එක්වන විස්සයි20 ලෝක කුසලානයේ සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ මාවතට පිවිසීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සිදුවනු ඇත. ඉහළම කණ්ඩායම් දෙක ප්‍රධාන වටයට පැමිණේ – Super 12.

வனிது ஹசரங்கவிடம் இருந்து பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் கவனமாக இருக்க வேண்டும். – முத்தையா முரளிதரன்

முத்தையா முரளிதரன் அல்லது ஷேன் வார்னே யார் பெரியவர் என்ற விவாதம் இருவரும் இணைந்து விளையாடிய காலத்திலிருந்தே நடந்து வருகிறது. வார்னே அவரை விட சிறந்த பந்துவீச்சாளர் என்றும், ஆஸ்திரேலிய ஜாம்பவான் அவருக்கு நிறைய அறிவை கொடுத்துள்ளார் என்றும் இலங்கை ஜாம்பவான் முரளிதரன் கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

“அவர் என்னை விட புத்திசாலி என்று நான் நினைக்கிறேன், நான் விளையாடியபோது அவரைப் பார்த்து, அவரிடமிருந்து விஷயங்களைக் கற்றுக்கொண்டேன். நாங்கள் அனைவரும் அவரை இழப்போம், ”என்று முரளிதரன் வியாழக்கிழமை கொல்கத்தாவில் லெஜண்ட்ஸ் லீக் கிரிக்கெட் 2022 செய்தியாளர் கூட்டத்தில் செய்தியாளர்களிடம் கூறினார்.

ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் நடைபெறும் உலக கோப்பை சுழற்பந்து வீச்சாளர்களுக்கு நல்ல வாய்ப்பாக அமையும் என முரளி கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ளார். ஆஸ்திரேலிய பிட்ச் சூழ்நிலைகள் ஆஃப் ஸ்பின்னர்களை விட லெக் ஸ்பின்னர்களுக்கு சாதகமாக இருக்கும் என்று அவர் கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

இலங்கையின் லெக் ஸ்பின்னர் வனிந்து ஹசரங்கவுக்கு எதிராக இருபதுக்கு 20 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு செல்லும் பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் கவனமாக இருக்குமாறு முரளிதரன் எச்சரித்துள்ளார்.

“அவர் ஒரு சிறந்த டி20 பந்துவீச்சாளர். கடந்த 2-3 வருடங்களில் சிறப்பாகச் செயல்பட்டுள்ளார். அவர் ஒரு இளைஞன்,” என்று ஹசரங்கைப் பற்றி முரளிதரன் கூறினார்.

“ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில், நிச்சயமாக லெக் ஸ்பின்னர்களை விட ஆஃப் ஸ்பின்னர்களுக்கு அதிக வாய்ப்புகள் கிடைக்கும். அவருக்கு எதிராக பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் பேட்டிங் செய்வது நிச்சயமாக கடினமாக இருக்கும். நீங்கள் அவருக்கு எதிராக மிகவும் கவனமாக இருக்க வேண்டும். “

இலங்கையின் ஆசிய கோப்பை வெற்றி குறித்து பேசிய முரளிதரன், “கடந்த சில ஆண்டுகளில் நாங்கள் மிகவும் இளம் அணியைக் கொண்டிருந்தோம், நாங்கள் ஆசிய கோப்பையில் அற்புதமாக விளையாடினோம். சிறந்த அணியாக தோற்றமளிக்கும் அவர்கள் ஆசிய கோப்பையை வெல்ல தகுதியானவர்கள். நமீபியா, ஐக்கிய அரபு எமிரேட்ஸ் மற்றும் நெதர்லாந்து அணிகளுடன் இணைந்து, டி20 உலகக் கோப்பை தகுதிச் சுற்றுக்கு இலங்கை நுழைய வேண்டும். முதல் இரண்டு இடங்களை பிடிக்கும் அணிகள் பிரதான சுற்றுக்கு முன்னேறும் – சூப்பர் 12.

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Lifebouy Ball Blaster 2025 – Group B Wide Open as Royal, Aligar & Kalutara Battle for Top Spot

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The race for qualification in Group B of the Lifebuoy Ball Blaster 2025 Schools Football Tournament is heating up, with three top schools still in contention for a spot in the quarterfinals.

Royal College Leads the Pack

Royal College, Colombo currently sits on top of Group B after an impressive 5-0 victory, showcasing both dominance and attacking flair. With two crucial matches left, Royal remains the favorite to finish as group leaders — but the battle is far from over.

Aligar Central’s Mixed Fortunes

Aligar Central College, last year’s runners-up and inaugural Ball Blaster champions, have had a mixed campaign so far. After one win and one narrow loss — the latter coming from an unfortunate own goal — the team still remains firmly in the race for qualification.

Kalutara Muslim Still in the Hunt

Kalutara Muslim Central College, one of the most competitive sides in this year’s tournament, has only played one game so far — securing a 1-0 win. With two matches still to play, they remain a real threat to the current table leaders.

Maris Stella Struggling for Form

Maris Stella College, on the other hand, has had a tough run, losing both their opening fixtures and conceding nine goals in the process. They will now look to finish strong and disrupt the group standings in the remaining matches.

With the Group B stage still wide open, the coming matchdays promise thrilling encounters as Royal, Aligar, and Kalutara fight for the top two quarterfinal spots in the Lifebuoy Ball Blaster 2025.

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Zahira College Colombo Dominate Group A — Gampola Zahira and Darussalam Battle for Second Spot

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The Group A stage of the Lifebuoy Ball Blaster 2025 Schools Football Championship is heating up, with Zahira College Colombo emerging as the clear frontrunner after an unbeaten run in their first two matches. With six points and an impressive 8–2 goal difference, Zahira are well on course to top the group and secure a direct berth to the quarterfinals.

Zahira’s attacking flair and tactical balance have made them one of the most complete teams in this year’s tournament. Their consistent performances have set the tone in Group A, making them strong contenders for the overall title.

Behind them, the battle for the second qualifying spot is intensifying between Darussalam College and Gampola Zahira College. Both teams currently sit on three points each, but Darussalam have played one match more, leaving Gampola Zahira with a crucial game in hand.

Kingswood College, despite showing moments of promise, have struggled to convert opportunities into results and remain winless after three outings.

With two group matches remaining, the race for quarterfinal qualification is expected to go down to the wire. Zahira Colombo, the current Group A leader, will likely face Vaddakkachchi Central College (D2) from Group D in the knockout stage, while the second-placed team will meet Hameed Al Husseinie College (D1) — setting up thrilling contests ahead.

SchoolMWLDGSGAGDPoints
Zahira College, Colombo220082+66
Gampola Zahira College110031+23
Darussalam College21105503
Kingswood College3030513-80

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Hameed Al Husseinie and Vaddakkachchi Central March into Quarterfinals of Ball Blaster 2025

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The Group D stage of the Lifebuoy Ball Blaster 2025 Schools Football Championship concluded with Hameed Al Husseinie College and Vaddakkachchi Central College sealing their spots in the quarterfinals after a fiercely contested round of matches.

Hameed Al Husseinie topped the group with an unbeaten record, securing 7 points from three matches, including two wins and one draw. Their dominance was evident with a commanding 9 goals scored while conceding only one — showcasing a solid attacking unit and disciplined defense.

Vaddakkachchi Central College earned the second qualification spot with 5 points, winning one and drawing two matches. Despite a lower goal tally of five, their consistency and composure under pressure helped them edge out Baduriya College, who finished third with four points.

Al-Falah College, meanwhile, struggled to find rhythm throughout the group stage, finishing at the bottom without a win.

According to the tournament structure, Group D winner Hameed Al Husseinie College (D1) will face Group A runner-up (A2) in the quarterfinals, while Vaddakkachchi Central (D2) will meet Group A winner, most probably Zahira College Colombo (A1) — a clash that promises thrilling football action.

As the competition intensifies, both qualifying teams from Group D will be looking to carry their momentum into the knockout rounds and make a strong statement in their quest for the prestigious Lifebuoy Ball Blaster Championship 2025 title.


🏅 Final Group D Standings

SchoolMPWLDGSGAGDPoints
Hameed Al Husseinie College320191+87
Vaddakkachchi Central College310252+35
Baduriya College311135-24
Al-Falah College3030110-90

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