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ICC Women’s Player of the Month Nominees for July
Ashleigh Gardner (AUS)
Last month’s winner of the ICC Women’s Player of the Month aims to become the first player to win back-to-back awards and does so after another impressive string of displays in the Women’s Ashes in England and the subsequent ODI series against Ireland. Making valuable contributions with the bat, and taking important wickets at regular intervals with the ball, Gardner returned a total of 232 runs and 15 wickets during her 8 ODI and T20I matches in July, highlighting her significant influence in an Australian team packed with individual stars.
Ellyse Perry (AUS)
The Australian all-rounder is nominated for the very first time as one of the contenders for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month thanks to a consistent string of scores in their short format matches against England and Ireland. Amassing 276 runs in four ODI matches against both opponents including two 90-plus scores, Perry averaged 69 in the format during July. In addition, she also scored well in the T20I matches in the Ashes series – 92 runs including a half-century at the Oval.
Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG)
The current holder of the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy was once again at the forefront of a stirring set of performances for England during July’s matches. Faced with potential Ashes defeat, Sciver-Brunt produced two supreme performances in the last two ODI encounters. Successive scores of 111 not out and 129 capped a career-defining series, earning her both the Player of the Series accolade, and top spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings for batters.
ජූලි මාසයේ ICC කාන්තා ක්රීඩිකාව සඳහා නිර්දේශ නාම
Ashleigh Gardner (AUS)
ICC මාසයේ කාන්තා ක්රීඩිකාවේ පසුගිය මාසයේ ජයග්රාහකයා වූ ඇය පිට පිට සම්මාන දිනාගත් පළමු ක්රීඩිකාව වීමට අවස්තාවක් ඉඩ ඇති අතර, එංගලන්තයේ කාන්තා අළු බඳුන සහ පසුව අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව පැවති එක්දින තරඟාවලියේ තවත් ආකර්ෂණීය ක්රීඩා විලාශය හේතුවෙනි. පිත්තෙන් අගනා දායකත්වයක් ලබා දෙමින් සහ පන්දුවෙන් අවශ්ය මොහොතේ දී වැදගත් කඩුලු දවා ගනිමින් ගාඩ්නර් ජූලි මාසයේදී ඇයගේ එක්දින සහ T20I තරඟ 8 කදී ලකුණු 232 ක් සහ කඩුලු 15 ක් ලබා ගත්තේ ඕස්ට්රේලියානු කණ්ඩායමක් තුළ ඇයගේ කැපී පෙනෙන බලපෑම ඉස්මතු කරමිනි. .
Ellyse Perry (AUS)
ඕස්ට්රේලියානු තුන් ඉරියව් ක්රීඩිකාව පළමු වරට ICC කාන්තා ක්රීඩිකාව සඳහා තරඟකරුවන්ගෙන් කෙනෙකු ලෙස නම් කරනු ලැබුවේ එංගලන්තයට සහ අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව ඔවුන්ගේ කෙටි ආකෘති තරඟවල ස්ථාවර ලකුණු රැස් කරගැනීමට ස්තුති වන්නටය. ප්රතිවාදී කණ්ඩායම් දෙකටම එරෙහිව එක්දින තරග හතරකදී ලකුණු 276ක් රැස්කරමින්, 90ට වැඩි ලකුණු දෙකක් ඇතුළුව, පෙරී ජූලි මාසයේදී සාමාන්ය 69ක් විය. මීට අමතරව, ඇය අළු බඳුන තරගාවලියේ T20I තරඟවලදී ද හොඳින් ලකුණු රැස් කළාය – ඕවල් පිටියේදී අර්ධ ශතකයක් ඇතුළුව ලකුණු 92ක්.
Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG)
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint කුසලානයේ වත්මන් හිමිකරු වූ එංගලන්තය නැවත වරක් ජූලි මාසයේ තරඟවලදී පෙරමුණ ගෙන සිටීමට හේතු වූයේ ඇයගේ එංගලන්තය වෙනුවෙන් දැක්වූ දස්කම් මාලාව නිසාවෙනි. අළු බඳුන පරාජයට මුහුණ දුන් Sciver-Brunt අවසන් එක්දින තරග දෙකේදී විශිෂ්ට දස්කම් දෙකක් ඉදිරිපත් කළේය. නොදැවී ලකුණු 111ක් සහ 129ක් හිමිකම් කී අතර, ඇයට තරගාවලියේ ක්රීඩිකාව යන සම්මාන දෙකම හිමි වූ අතර, MRF Tyres ICC කාන්තා එක්දින ක්රීඩිකාවන් පිතිකරුවන් සඳහා ශ්රේණිගත කිරීම්වල ප්රමුඛ ස්ථානය හිමි විය.
Cricket
Sri Lanka U19 Women’s Team Set for Australia Tour 2026 Tri-Nation Series
The Sri Lanka Under-19 Women’s Cricket Team is set to tour Australia in April 2026 for an exciting tri-nation series that will also feature England. This tour represents an important opportunity for the young Sri Lankan players to gain international exposure and compete against strong opposition in both limited-overs formats. The team is scheduled to depart on 3rd April 2026 and will play a total of six matches during the tour, including two 50-over games and four T20 matches.
The series will begin on 7th April 2026 with a 50-over match against England at Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane, starting at 9:30 AM. Sri Lanka will then face Australia in another 50-over encounter on 8th April 2026 at the same venue and time. The action will shift to the Gold Coast for the T20 leg of the tour, where Sri Lanka will meet England on 12th April 2026 at Bill Pippen Oval at 9:00 AM, followed by a match against Australia on 13th April 2026 at the same ground and time. The final phase of the tour returns to Brisbane, with Sri Lanka playing England on 17th April 2026 and Australia on 18th April 2026 in two early morning T20 matches at Ian Healy Oval, both starting at 5:30 AM.
Match Schedule
• 7th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs England (50-over)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 09:30 AM
• 8th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs Australia (50-over)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 09:30 AM
• 12th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs England (T20)
Bill Pippen Oval, Gold Coast – 09:00 AM
• 13th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs Australia (T20)
Bill Pippen Oval, Gold Coast – 09:00 AM
• 17th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs England (T20)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 05:30 AM
• 18th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs Australia (T20)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 05:30 AM
News
Mahela Jayawardena President Captain of Royal Colombo Golf Club
The Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) has announced the appointment of Mahela Jayawardena as its Captain for the 2026–2027 term. The decision was formally confirmed at the Club’s Annual General Meeting held yesterday (March 26).
Jayawardena, widely regarded as one of Sri Lanka’s greatest sporting icons, brings a wealth of leadership experience to the prestigious role. A former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team, he earned global recognition for his sharp tactical insight, calm demeanor under pressure, and exemplary sportsmanship throughout his career.
During an international career spanning nearly two decades, Jayawardena featured in more than 650 matches and amassed over 25,000 runs across all formats of the game. Since retiring from international cricket, he has remained an influential figure in the sport, contributing through coaching, mentorship, and leadership roles at both domestic and international levels.
Founded in 1879, the Royal Colombo Golf Club stands among the oldest golf institutions in Asia and has played a central role in fostering the growth of golf in Sri Lanka.
News
Sri Lanka Dominates Saudi Arabia in Junior Davis Cup Qualifying!
In the ongoing Junior Davis Cup Tennis Qualifying Tournament currently being held in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka had a great weekend by defeating Saudi Arabia 3-0.
The team showed their dominance by winning both singles matches and then winning both doubles matches with comfortable margins.
Sri Lanka won the first singles match when Ashlin de Silva beat Mahdi Al Ibrahim 6-2, 7-5.
In the second singles match, Mayuran Kubern came back after losing the first set to defeat Ahmed Baha Sarouji 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Sri Lanka then continued their momentum into the doubles matches where Mayuran Kubern and Ashlin de Silva defeated the Saudi pair 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
In the other doubles match, the Sri Lankan duo was ahead in the second set 4-6 when the Saudi pair of Mahdi Al Ibrahim and Souhail ElFarouki retired from the match.
With this comprehensive win, Sri Lanka is now in a very strong position within the tournament.
The team will have a day off on Monday and is scheduled to play in the Championship on Thursday.
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