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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 Cricket Denies Financial Crisis Claims Amid Transformation Committee Appointment
Sri Lanka Cricket has firmly rejected recent media reports claiming that the organization is facing a financial crisis following the appointment of the Cricket Transformation Committee, stating that such allegations are “entirely false and misleading.”
In an official clarification, SLC emphasized that the Cricket Transformation Committee was appointed by the Hon. Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs under the powers granted by Sections 32 and 33 of the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973, as amended.
According to SLC, once an order is issued under Section 32 of the Sports Law, the powers, administration, management, and control of the affairs and assets of the relevant sports body are legally transferred to the committee appointed by the Minister.
The organization further noted that the duly appointed Transformation Committee is fully authorized to oversee and manage all affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket, including its financial operations and obligations, until a new Executive Committee is elected.
SLC also pointed out that the appointment of the committee has already been officially published in the Government Gazette, thereby granting it full legal authority to act on behalf of the organization in all administrative and financial matters.
Rejecting claims of financial instability, Sri Lanka Cricket reiterated that its operations continue without disruption. The organization stated that all day-to-day activities, including financial and administrative functions, are proceeding smoothly under the supervision of the Transformation Committee.
SLC further assured stakeholders that all payments to suppliers, service providers, employees, players, and other parties continue to be settled on time, with no interruption to the organization’s commitments.
The statement was issued in response to growing speculation in sections of the media regarding the financial status of Sri Lanka Cricket after the recent administrative changes.
Cricket
Sri Lanka, India to Clash in Two-Test Series in August
Sri Lanka and India are set to play a two-match Test series between August 15 and 27 as part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle.
Although the official schedule is yet to be announced, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reserved a two-week window for the series following the conclusion of the Lanka Premier League on August 9. Discussions between SLC and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are continuing to finalise the venues and match dates.
The proposed tour was initially expected to include three Twenty20 Internationals as well, but there has been no confirmation regarding those matches. The T20 games were originally planned as a fundraising initiative for victims affected by Cyclone Ditwah last year.
Meanwhile, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia is currently in Sri Lanka as part of an International Cricket Council delegation reviewing recent developments in Sri Lanka Cricket administration. The Sri Lankan government recently dissolved the previous SLC body and appointed an interim Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee.
Cricket scheduling remains challenging for India due to a packed international calendar later this year. India are expected to tour Bangladesh in September for a white-ball series, although the tour is still uncertain after being postponed previously because of political tensions between the two nations.
India also have commitments against West Indies and Afghanistan later in the year, along with the Asian Games in Nagoya scheduled from September 9 to October 4.
India’s international season resumes in June with a Test series against Afghanistan before tours of Ireland, England and Zimbabwe.
Cricket
ICC Delegation Holds Key Talks With President on Cricket Reforms
Senior representatives of the International Cricket Council (ICC) met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo yesterday as discussions intensified over the future of cricket administration in Sri Lanka.
The ICC delegation, which includes Imran Khwaja and Devajit Sakia, is currently in the country following recent changes within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Their visit comes amid growing attention on governance reforms and the restructuring of the national cricket administration.
During their stay, ICC officials also held meetings with members of the newly appointed SLC administration at the board’s headquarters, where discussions focused on restoring stability and strengthening the management framework of Sri Lankan cricket.
The latest developments follow the appointment of a nine-member Cricket Transformation Committee by Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage after the resignation of the previous SLC leadership.
The committee, chaired by Eran Wickremaratne, has been entrusted with overseeing the administration of the sport and implementing a series of reforms until new elections are conducted.
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