News
Heartbreak loss for Sri Lanka at the hands of Afghanistan
Emerging Asia Cup 2023
Sri Lanka’s emerging team witnessed a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Afghanistan in the sixth match of the ongoing emerging Asia Cup worked off at CCC on Saturday (16).
Opting to bowl first didn’t work out well for the Lankans, as Afghanistan successfully posted a competitive total of 252/9 in their allotted 50 overs.
Riaz Hassan was the highlight of their innings with a stunning 82 runs off 104 deliveries while Noor Ali Zadran also made a valuable contribution with 53 runs off 62 balls.
In the bowling front, Chamika Karunaratne picked three wickets, while Lahiru Samarakoon and Dushan Hemantha chipped in with two scalps each.
In reply, the host was off to a shaky start to their innings when they lost their opener Avishka Fernando for a duck.
Despite a poor start, wicketkeeper batter Minod Bhanuka revived their innings with a mature knock of 119 runs off 103 deliveries to take Sri Lank close to a victory.
Unfortunately, lack of support from the other end saw the islanders finish on the losing as Sri Lanka fell short of the target in the end, losing all their wickets for 241 runs in 38.5 overs.
Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai was the pick of the bowler for Afghanistan, bagging an impressive four wickets.
Minod Bhanuka was awarded the Player of the Match award for his outstanding century.
ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය අතින් ශ්රී ලංකාවට හද කම්පා කරවන පරාජයක්
නැගී එන ආසියානු කුසලානයේ හයවැනි තරගය සෙනසුරාදා (16දා) CCC හිදී ආරම්භ වූ අතර ශ්රී ලංකා නැඟී එන කණ්ඩායම ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය අතින් හද කම්පා කරවන සුළු පරාජයක් අත්කර ගත්තේය.
ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය තම නියමිත පන්දුවාර 50 තුළදී ලකුණු 252/9ක තරඟකාරී මුළු ලකුණු සංඛ්යාවක් සාර්ථකව වාර්තා කළ බැවින් පළමුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමට තේරීම ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට එතරම් සාර්ථක වූයේ නැත.
රියාස් හසන් පන්දු 104 කදී ලකුණු 82 ක් රැස්කරමින් ඔවුන්ගේ ඉනිමේ විශේෂත්වය විය.
පන්දු යැවීමේ පෙරමුණේ චාමික කරුණාරත්න කඩුලු 3ක් ද, ලහිරු සමරකෝන් සහ දුෂාන් හේමන්ත කඩුලු 2 බැගින් ද බිඳ දැමූහ.
පිළිතුරු ඉනිම ක්රීඩා කළ සත්කාරකයන්ගේ ආරම්භක පිතිකරු අවිශ්ක ප්රනාන්දු කඩුල්ල මුවා කිරීමේ වරදට දැවී යාමත් සමඟින් ඔවුන්ගේ ඉනිමේ ආරම්භය බිඳ වැටුණි.
ආරම්භය අසාර්ථක වුවද කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරු මිනෝද් භානුක පන්දු 103කදී ලකුණු 119ක් ලබා ගනිමින් ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම ජයග්රහණය කරා රැගෙන යාමට ඔවුන්ගේ ඉනිම යළි පණ ගැන්වීය.
අවාසනාවන්ත ලෙස අනෙක් අන්තයෙන් සහය නොලැබීම හේතුවෙන් ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රීඩකයින් පරාජයට පත් වූ අතර අවසානයේ ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම පන්දුවාර 38.5කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 241කට දැවී ගියේය.
ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය වෙනුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමේ දී ඉබ්රාහිම් අබ්දුල්රහම්සායි විශිෂ්ට පන්දු යැවීමක නිරත වෙමින් කඩුලු 4ක් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
මිනෝද් භානුකගේ විශිෂ්ට ශතකය වෙනුවෙන් තරගයේ වීරයා සම්මානය හිමිවිය.
Cricket
Sunil Kumara Gamage Accepts SLC Resignations, Ministry Steps In
Sri Lanka’s cricket administration has entered a period of transition after the government stepped in to take temporary control of the sport’s governing body.
Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage has accepted the resignation of Shammi Silva and the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, marking a significant shift in leadership.
Following the resignations, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that it would assume oversight of cricket administration under the authority granted by the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973. The decision places all operational and administrative matters of SLC under ministerial supervision with immediate effect.
Authorities indicated that the arrangement is temporary and part of a broader effort to stabilise the sport’s administration. A new committee is expected to be appointed in the coming days to examine existing issues and propose structural reforms aimed at improving governance and accountability.
The leadership’s decision to step down was communicated to the government earlier, prompting swift action to ensure continuity in the management of Sri Lanka’s most prominent sport.
Cricket
SLC President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee Step Down Effective Today
The President of Sri Lanka Cricket, Shammi Silva, has officially resigned from his position with immediate effect, according to an announcement released by the board today (29).
In a significant development, all office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee have also stepped down from their respective roles, signaling a complete leadership transition within the governing body.

Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the decision has been formally conveyed to Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
No further details were immediately provided regarding the reasons behind the mass resignation or the process for appointing new leadership.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.
This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.
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