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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
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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