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ICC Women’s Player of the Month Nominees for July

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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.

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Sri Lanka Triumphs in Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Semi-Final

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Sri Lanka secured a commanding victory over the Maldives in the semi-final of the 2026 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors – Asia/Oceania Pre-Qualifying Event, held in Colombo. The host nation advanced to the final with a 2-0 win, showcasing resilience and determination on home soil.

In the opening singles match, Annaya Norbert staged a remarkable comeback after dropping the first set 2-6. She rallied to take the next two sets 6-4, 6-1, sealing the first point for Sri Lanka. Her ability to shift momentum under pressure proved decisive in setting the tone for the tie.

The second singles encounter saw Akesha Silva deliver another strong performance. Despite losing the opening set 4-6, Silva responded with authority, dominating the second set 6-0 before closing out the match 6-3. Her victory ensured Sri Lanka’s place in the final without the need for a doubles decider.

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Pathirana, Wanindu, Eshan Await Fitness Nod for IPL 2026

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Sri Lanka’s Matheesha Pathirana, Eshan Malinga, and all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga are set to join their respective franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, pending clearance from Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) mandatory fitness tests.

The assessments, scheduled in the coming days, will determine their readiness after injuries kept them out of the ICC T20 World Cup earlier this year. Early signs suggest the players are recovering well, and officials remain optimistic about their participation.

Pathirana, who became the most expensive Sri Lankan player in IPL history after Kolkata Knight Riders secured him for INR 18 crore at the mini-auction, is expected to be a key figure with his death-over bowling expertise. He previously impressed at Chennai Super Kings, earning recognition for his composure under pressure.

While the trio awaits clearance, several Sri Lankan cricketers have already received their No Objection Certificates (NOCs). Kamindu Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, and Dushmantha Chameera are preparing to join their franchises, with Nissanka heading to Delhi Capitals, Chameera also continuing with Delhi Capitals, and Mendis retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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Avishka Gunawardena Appointed SL U-19 Head Coach

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