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Commonwealth Women’s Cricket Matches From Tomorrow…

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4 years ago

July 28, 2022

Editor

The cricket event of the Commonwealth Games is scheduled to be held as a T20 league tournament.

This year, 8 teams will participate in the Commonwealth Women’s Cricket Event and they will compete in two groups, A and B. India, Australia, Pakistan and Barbados are the four countries under group A and Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand and South Africa are the four countries under group B.

The squad are as follows.

Sri Lankan team
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Vishmi Gunaratne, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Anushka Sanjeewani, Malsha Shehani, Rashmi Silva

Indian team
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Taniya Bhatia (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav

Australia Team
Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington

England team
Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver (vc), Maia Bouchier, Katherine Brunt, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Bryony Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt

Pakistan team
Bismah Maroof (c), Muneeba Ali (wk), Anam Amin, Aiman Anwer, Diana Baig, Nida Dar, Gull Feroza (wk), Tuba Hassan, Kainat Imtiaz, Sadia Iqbal, Iram Javed, Ayesha Naseem, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Omaima Sohail

New Zealand team
Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze, Claudia Green, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Jess McFadyen, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

South African team
Sune Luus (c), Chloe Tryon, Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Mignon du Preez, Lara Goodall, Shabnim Ismail, Sinalo Jafta, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Delmi Tucker, Laura Wolvaardt

Barbados team
Hayley Matthews (c), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shanika Bruce, Shai Carrington, Shaunte Carrington, Shamilia Connell, Deandra Dottin, Keila Elliott, Trishan Holder, Kycia Knight, Kyshona Knight, Alisa Scantlebury, Shakera Selman, Tiffany Thorpe, Aaliyah Williams

Match schedule

Group A
July 29
Australia vs India
Pakistan vs Barbados
July 31
India vs Pakistan
Barbados vs Australia
August 3
Australia vs Pakistan
India vs Barbados

Group B
July 30
New Zealand vs South Africa
England vs Sri Lanka
August 2
England vs South Africa
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand
August 4
South Africa vs Sri Lanka
England vs New Zealand

August 6
The Final

August 7
Bronze medal match and final

Accordingly, the first match between India and Australia will be held tomorrow (29). It was at Edgbaston Stadium in England.

පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලයීය කාන්තා ක්‍රිකට් තරග හෙට සිට….

පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලයීය ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලේ ක්‍රිකට් ඉසව්ව T20 league තරගාවලියක් ලෙස පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතව පවති.

මෙවර පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලයීය කාන්තා ක්‍රිකට් ඉසව්ව සඳහා කණ්ඩායම් 8ක් සහභාගි වන අතර ඔවුන් A සහ B ලෙස කාණ්ඩ දෙකක් යටතේ තරග වැදීමට නියමිත ය. A කාණ්ඩය යටතේ ඉන්දියාව, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව, පාකිස්තානය සහ Barbados යන රටවල් හතර ද B කාණ්ඩය යටතේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, එංගලන්තය, නවසීලන්තය සහ දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව යන රටවල් හතර ද තරග වැදීමට සුදානම්ව සිටි.

එම සංචිතයන් පහත පරිදි වේ.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Vishmi Gunaratne, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Anushka Sanjeewani, Malsha Shehani, Rashmi Silva

ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Taniya Bhatia (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav

ඕස්ට්‍රේලියා කණ්ඩායම
Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington

එංගලන්ත කණ්ඩායම
Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver (vc), Maia Bouchier, Katherine Brunt, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Bryony Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt

පාකිස්තානු කණ්ඩායම
Bismah Maroof (c), Muneeba Ali (wk), Anam Amin, Aiman Anwer, Diana Baig, Nida Dar, Gull Feroza (wk), Tuba Hassan, Kainat Imtiaz, Sadia Iqbal, Iram Javed, Ayesha Naseem, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Omaima Sohail

නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම
Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze, Claudia Green, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Jess McFadyen, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

දකුණු අප්‍රිකානු කණ්ඩායම
Sune Luus (c), Chloe Tryon, Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Mignon du Preez, Lara Goodall, Shabnim Ismail, Sinalo Jafta, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Delmi Tucker, Laura Wolvaardt

Barbados කණ්ඩායම
Hayley Matthews (c), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shanika Bruce, Shai Carrington, Shaunte Carrington, Shamilia Connell, Deandra Dottin, Keila Elliott, Trishan Holder, Kycia Knight, Kyshona Knight, Alisa Scantlebury, Shakera Selman, Tiffany Thorpe, Aaliyah Williams

තරග කාලසටහන

A කාණ්ඩය
ජූලි 29
ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව vs ඉන්දියාව
පාකිස්තානය vs Barbados
ජූලි 31
ඉන්දියාව vs පාකිස්තානය
Barbados vs ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව
අගෝස්තු 3
ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව vs පාකිස්තානය
ඉන්දියාව vs Barbados

B කාණ්ඩය
ජූලි 30
නවසීලන්තය vs දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව
එංගලන්තය vs ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
අගෝස්තු 2
එංගලන්තය vs දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව vs නවසීලන්තය
අගෝස්තු 4
දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව vs ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
එංගලන්තය vs නවසීලන්තය

අගෝස්තු 6
අවසන් පූර්ව තරගය

අගෝස්තු 7
ලෝකඩ පදක්කම සඳහා වන තරගය සහ අවසන් තරගය

ඒ අනුව ප්‍රථම තරගය ඉන්දියාව සහ ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව අතර හෙට දිනයේදී(29) පැවැත් වේ. ඒ එංගලන්තයේ Edgbaston ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී ය.

காமன்வெல்த் மகளிர் கிரிக்கெட் போட்டிகள் நாளை முதல்…

காமன்வெல்த் போட்டியின் கிரிக்கெட் போட்டிகள் டி20 லீக் போட்டியாக நடைபெற உள்ளது.

இந்த ஆண்டு, 8 அணிகள் காமன்வெல்த் மகளிர் கிரிக்கெட் போட்டிகளில் பங்கேற்கின்றன, அவை A மற்றும் B என இரண்டு குழுக்களாகப் போட்டியிடுகின்றன. குழு A இன் கீழ் இந்தியா, ஆஸ்திரேலியா, பாகிஸ்தான் மற்றும் பார்படாஸ் ஆகிய நான்கு நாடுகள் மற்றும் இலங்கை, இங்கிலாந்து, நியூசிலாந்து மற்றும் தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா. குழு B இன் கீழ் உள்ள நான்கு நாடுகள்.

அணிகளின் விபரங்கள் பின்வருமாறு.

Match schedule

Group A
July 29
Australia vs India
Pakistan vs Barbados
July 31
India vs Pakistan
Barbados vs Australia
August 3
Australia vs Pakistan
India vs Barbados

Group B
July 30
New Zealand vs South Africa
England vs Sri Lanka
August 2
England vs South Africa
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand
August 4
South Africa vs Sri Lanka
England vs New Zealand

August 6
The Final

August 7
Bronze medal match and final

அதன்படி இந்தியா மற்றும் அவுஸ்திரேலியா அணிகளுக்கு இடையிலான முதலாவது போட்டி நாளை (29) நடைபெறவுள்ளது. இது இங்கிலாந்தின் எட்ஜ்பாஸ்டன் மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்றது.

Cricket

“Rohit and Ryan were exquisite to watch”: Mahela Jayawardena

Published

5 hours ago

March 30, 2026

Editor

The long-standing jinx has finally been broken after 14 years, as the Mumbai Indians secured a memorable opening-game victory at home against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2026 season. Mumbai Indians began their campaign in style, registering a convincing six-wicket win in a high-scoring encounter.

Addressing the media in the post-match press conference, head coach Mahela Jayawardene appeared calm and reflective, acknowledging both the significance of the win and areas for improvement.

It is brilliant. It was a good wicket, and KKR got 220 on the board. I think we gave away 20 runs extra. The way Rohit and Ryan batted, it was exquisite to watch… brilliant execution. That was the game plan and these two guys played well Jayawardene said.

A key turning point in the match was the inclusion of Shardul Thakur, who delivered a crucial spell, picking up three wickets and helping Mumbai claw their way back into the contest.

Explaining the tactical decision, Jayawardene noted,

“It was again tactical because we could not have too many new-ball bowlers upfront. We needed some options in the middle and at the back end. That was the thinking when we traded Shardul from LSG as well it reflects our approach of building flexible bowling combinations depending on the opposition.”

The highlight of the chase, however, was the commanding partnership between Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton. Rohit’s fluent 78 off 38 balls, combined with Rickelton’s impressive 81 off 43 deliveries, ensured Mumbai chased down the daunting target with composure.

Jayawardene was full of praise for Rohit’s preparation and leadership.

“Rohit joined us from the first day of the camp. He was very focused and fresh. He played some good matches, practice games, and had match simulations. I was quite happy with the way he was hitting the ball I thought he batted brilliantly.”

He further emphasized the tactical maturity shown by the pair, adding,

“The way Rohit and Ryan handled the opposition bowling attack was good to see from a tactical point of view. It was a great partnership, and long may it continue.”

Reflecting on their consistency, Jayawardene also highlighted their previous contributions:

“If you look at last season, Rohit and Rickelton did well for us at the top of the order. They were solid, and the way they complemented each other was great.”

With this emphatic victory, Mumbai Indians have not only broken a long-standing curse but also sent a strong message to the rest of the league setting the tone for what promises to be an exciting IPL 2026 season.

Cricket

Wanindu Hasaranga Faces Inquiry After Missing Mandatory Fitness Test

Published

2 days ago

March 29, 2026

Editor

Sri Lanka’s premier leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga is under scrutiny after failing to attend a scheduled fitness test, raising fresh concerns over compliance with national selection standards.

Sources within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed that selectors have formally escalated the matter to the High Performance Center, overseen by Jerome Jayaratne, along with senior board officials. The incident has drawn attention due to SLC’s increasingly strict enforcement of fitness protocols.

Hasaranga, who missed Sri Lanka’s campaign at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup earlier this year with a hamstring injury, is believed to have fully recovered. Despite this, he has yet to complete the mandatory fitness assessment required for national selection and overseas participation.

Under SLC’s revised policy, centrally contracted players must meet defined fitness benchmarks before receiving clearance to compete in franchise tournaments such as the Indian Premier League.

The situation is particularly significant given Hasaranga’s recent signing by the Lucknow Super Giants during the mini-auction for his base price of INR 2 crore.

Thushara Ruled Out, Pathirana Awaiting Clearance

In a related development, Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Thushara has been ruled out of the upcoming IPL season after failing to meet fitness requirements.

Thushara reportedly did not pass his initial fitness test and was granted a second opportunity, which he also missed. As a result, SLC declined to issue him the required NOC, effectively ending his participation hopes.

Despite being injury-free and available to bowl, Thushara is understood to have fallen short of the board’s prescribed fitness standards. He had been signed by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru for approximately INR 1.6 crore and was expected to bolster their pace attack.

Meanwhile, young pacer Matheesha Pathirana remains in contention but is yet to complete his fitness test. Officials indicate he is likely to join his IPL franchise once he clears the required assessments. Pathirana had previously been sidelined due to a hamstring injury.
IPL 2026 Underway

The 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League officially commenced on March 28 and is scheduled to run through the end of May, with franchises finalizing their squads amid strict fitness and regulatory oversight from national boards.

Football

Late heartbreak ends Sri Lanka’s semi-final hopes

Published

3 days ago

March 28, 2026

Editor

Sri Lanka’s journey at the SAFF U-20 Championship 2026 came to a dramatic and painful end after a last-gasp goal handed Bhutan a 1-0 victory in their decisive group-stage clash in Malé, Maldives.

With a place in the semi-finals on the line, the match carried high stakes for both sides. Sri Lanka entered the contest knowing only a positive result would keep their campaign alive, and they responded with a disciplined and energetic performance. The young Sri Lankan side showed composure in defense while attempting to build attacking momentum against a well-organized Bhutan team.

Chances, however, were at a premium. Sri Lanka managed to create a few half-opportunities but were unable to convert, as the Bhutanese defense held firm. As the match wore on, tension grew, with both teams aware that a draw would not be enough to secure progression.
Just as it seemed the game would end in stalemate, Bhutan struck a decisive blow in stoppage time. Forward Dhendup Gyeltshen capitalized on a momentary lapse in the Sri Lankan defense to score in the 90+2 minute, silencing hopes of a late turnaround and sealing all three points for his side.