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Commonwealth Women’s Cricket Matches From Tomorrow…

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3 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.

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Milan, Dunith Likely to Return for ODIs as Sri Lanka Prepare for England Series

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2 hours ago

January 17, 2026

Editor

England Tour of Sri Lanka 2026

All-rounders Milan Rathnayake and Dunith Wellalage are set to make their return to Sri Lanka’s One-Day International squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against England, which is scheduled to begin in the coming days.

Sri Lanka selectors have opted for a well-balanced squad that blends experienced campaigners with emerging talent as the hosts prepare for a demanding home series against a strong England side.

Charith Asalanka will continue to lead the ODI team as captain, with his role in the middle order expected to be pivotal. Asalanka’s ability to absorb pressure and accelerate when required will be key against England’s varied bowling attack.

At the top of the order, Pathum Nissanka and Kamil Mishara are expected to open the batting. Nissanka’s consistency and sound technique remain central to Sri Lanka’s ODI plans, while Mishara will be eager to convert starts into meaningful contributions. Their partnership will be crucial in providing solid foundations.

Wicketkeeper-batter Kusal Mendis adds experience and aggression to the middle order, offering Sri Lanka flexibility in both tempo and shot selection. Sadeera Samarawickrama and Janith Liyanage further strengthen the batting unit, with both players capable of anchoring the innings or playing decisive roles when momentum is needed.

The squad features strong all-round depth, with Kamindu Mendis offering versatility with both bat and ball. The return of Wanindu Hasaranga significantly enhances Sri Lanka’s all-round options, with his leg-spin expected to play a decisive role on home pitches. Dunith Wellalage’s inclusion adds another spin-bowling all-rounder capable of controlling the middle overs.

Milan Rathnayake’s likely return boosts the seam-bowling all-round resources, while the pace attack will be led by Asitha Fernando, supported by Eshan Malinga and Pramod Madushan. The spin department is further reinforced by Maheesh Theekshana and Jeffrey Vandersay, both expected to be influential under Sri Lankan conditions.

The first ODI of the series is scheduled to be played on Thursday (22) at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Probable Sri Lanka ODI Squad vs England

Charith Asalanka (Captain), Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Pavan Rathnayake, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Milan Rathnayake, Asitha Fernando, Eshan Malinga, Pramod Madushan, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay.

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Peiris, Norbert, Usgodaarachchi and De Silva Lead Women’s Charge at Yeti SSC Open

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3 hours ago

January 17, 2026

Editor

The Women’s Singles quarterfinals at the Yeti SSC Open Tennis Championship delivered a high standard of competition, with Yuhansa Peiris, Annaya Norbert, Sandithi Usgodaarachchi, and Dinara De Silva producing impressive performances to book their places in the semifinals.

Yuhansa Peiris produced one of the most commanding displays of the tournament, overwhelming Dulkini Ranasinghe in straight sets, 6/0, 6/0. Peiris controlled the match from the outset, combining solid baseline dominance with precise shot placement and relentless pressure that gave her opponent little opportunity to find rhythm.

Dinara De Silva was equally dominant in her quarterfinal encounter, cruising past Aroshi Thomas 6/1, 6/0. De Silva’s confident shot selection, consistent aggression, and sharp court movement allowed her to dictate play throughout the match, underlining her strong form in the championship.

One of the most competitive matches of the women’s quarterfinals saw Annaya Norbert edge past Biyanka Acquistapace in a tightly contested contest. Norbert held her nerve in crucial moments to secure a 6/4, 7/6 victory, clinching the match in a tense second-set tiebreak after sustained pressure from both players.

Sandithi Usgodaarachchi showcased impressive resilience and mental strength in her quarterfinal clash against Vinethya Dharmarathne. After dropping the opening set 2/6, Usgodaarachchi regrouped and raised her intensity, dominating the next two sets 6/3, 6/1 to complete a hard-fought comeback and advance to the semifinals.

The Men’s Singles quarterfinals were equally compelling, with several strong performances shaping an exciting semifinal lineup. Ganuka Fernando advanced with a composed 6/3, 6/4 victory over Ashen Silva, using disciplined baseline play and timely winners to maintain control during key phases of the match.

Thehan Wijemanne delivered one of the most dominant performances in the men’s draw, dismantling Neven Kannangara 6/1, 6/2. Wijemanne’s aggressive approach and constant pressure from the opening game left little room for his opponent to recover.

Harishva Parameshwaran demonstrated experience and tactical awareness in a solid 6/2, 6/4 win against Rehan Gunawardhana, maintaining steady momentum and dictating play with well-constructed points. Rounding off the quarterfinal stage, Methvan Vijemanne advanced in emphatic fashion, defeating Aahil Kallel 6/1, 6/1 with excellent court coverage and sharp finishing.

With the semifinals now set, the Yeti SSC Open Tennis Championship continues to highlight the growing depth, competitiveness, and quality of Sri Lanka’s tennis talent across both the women’s and men’s categories.

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IOC Orders Sri Lanka Olympic Body to Conduct Long-Pending Elections by April 2026

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3 days ago

January 14, 2026

Editor

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally instructed the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) to conduct its overdue Annual General Meeting (AGM) and quadrennial elections no later than the end of April 2026, bringing clarity to a prolonged period of administrative uncertainty within the country’s Olympic movement.

In a letter dated 12 January 2026 addressed to NOCSL President Suresh Subramaniam, the IOC acknowledged that a forensic audit into the committee’s financial and governance practices is still ongoing. However, the IOC clearly stated that the audit process cannot be used as justification to delay the AGM and elections indefinitely.

The global Olympic body emphasized that the electoral process must be carried out strictly in accordance with the Olympic Charter and the IOC-approved Constitution of the NOCSL. It further reiterated that individuals currently under investigation or subject to sanctions are not permitted to participate in NOCSL activities, attend the General Assembly, or contest elected positions until cleared.

Until the completion of the elections, the IOC, in consultation with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), will continue to recognize the current Executive Board led by Subramaniam for the purpose of handling day-to-day administrative and operational matters.

Subramaniam has previously stated that the present leadership remains in office only until formal guidance is received from the IOC, adding that he does not intend to extend his tenure beyond the prescribed term.

According to the NOCSL Executive Board, several procedural and governance-related requirements must be completed prior to convening the AGM. These include the approval of the 2026 budget and the submission of the Auditor General’s report for the 2024 financial year. The forensic audit, covering the period from 2015 to 2024, was initiated following disciplinary action taken against former Secretary General Maxwell De Silva, which included a five-year ban and financial penalties imposed on the NOC.

In its correspondence, the IOC requested that the contents of the letter be shared with all member federations to ensure transparency and open communication. The IOC also expressed hope that the audit process would be concluded in the near future, enabling the NOCSL to restore confidence and credibility within both the domestic and international sporting community.

With the IOC now setting a firm deadline, stakeholders across Sri Lanka’s sports sector are awaiting confirmation of an election schedule. The IOC has made it clear that the electoral process must be completed “as soon as possible, and by the end of April 2026 at the latest,” marking a critical step toward resolving governance issues within the country’s Olympic administration.