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Mahela Jayawardena praises the new Sri Lankan Cricket Star…

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4 years ago

August 12, 2022

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ICC Hall of Famer Mahela Jayawardena was impressed by Prabhat Jayasuriya’s exceptional start to his Test cricket and discussed what he can do for Sri Lanka’s future.

Jayasuriya has had an impressive start to his Test career, taking three or more wickets in every innings of his Test career so far, and was also awarded the ICC Men’s Player of the Year for July 2022.
“He’s played a lot of first-class cricket, he’s had a lot of experience on the field,” Jayawardene said in the ICC review.

Jayawardene believes that Sri Lanka will benefit from him playing even on overseas tours in the next few years. “He can be good because he is a natural bowler, he has played a lot of cricket and understands the game,” Jayawardene said.

Sri Lanka is ranked number 3 in the ICC World Test Championship after the Pakistan Test series and is all set to enter next year’s tournament. Jayawardena emphasized that it will not be easy for Sri Lanka.

මහේල ජයවර්ධන නව ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් තරුව ගැන ප්‍රශංසා කරයි

ICC Hall of Famer මහේල ජයවර්ධන ප්‍රභාත් ජයසූරියගේ ටෙස්ට් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාවේ සුවිශේෂී ආරම්භය ගැන පැහැදුණු අතර ඔහු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අනාගතය වෙනුවෙන් ලබා දෙන පොරොන්දුව ගැන සාකච්ඡා කළේය.

ජයසූරිය ඔහුගේ ටෙස්ට් දිවියේ විශ්මයජනක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත් අතර, මෙතෙක් ඔහුගේ ටෙස්ට් දිවියේ සෑම ඉනිමකදීම කඩුලු තුනක් හෝ වැඩි ගණනක් ලබා ගත් අතර, 2022 ජූලි මස ICC පිරිමි ක්‍රීඩකයා සම්මානයෙන් ද පිදුම් ලැබීය.
” ඔහු බොහෝ පළමු පෙළ ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා කර ඇත, ඔහුට පිටිය තුල බොහෝ අත්දැකීම් තිබුණි,” ජයවර්ධන ICC සමාලෝචනයේදී පැවසීය.

ඉදිරි වසර කිහිපය තුළ විදේශ සංචාරවලදී පවා ඔහු ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ප්‍රතිලාභ ලැබෙනු ඇතැයි ජයවර්ධන විශ්වාස කරයි. “ඔහු ස්වභාවික පන්දු යවන්නෙක් නිසා ඔහුට හොඳ වෙන්න පුළුවන්, ඔහු ක්‍රිකට් ගොඩක් ක්‍රීඩා කරලා තියෙනවා, ක්‍රීඩාව තේරෙනවා”, ජයවර්ධන පැවසීය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පාකිස්තාන ටෙස්ට් තරගාවලියෙන් පසුව ICC ලෝක ටෙස්ට් ශූරතාවලියේ අංක 3 ස්ථානයේ පසුවන අතර ලබන වසරේ තරගයකට පිවිසීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සූදානමින් සිටී. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එය පහසු නොවන බව ජයවර්ධන අවධාරණය කළේය.

புதிய இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் நட்சத்திரத்தை மஹேல ஜெயவர்தன பாராட்டியுள்ளார்

ICC Hall of Famer மஹேல ஜயவர்தன, பிரபாத் ஜயசூரியவின் டெஸ்ட் கிரிக்கெட்டுக்கான விதிவிலக்கான தொடக்கத்தால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்டார் மற்றும் இலங்கையின் எதிர்காலத்திற்கான அவரது வாக்குறுதியைப் பற்றி விவாதித்தார்.

ஜெயசூர்யா தனது டெஸ்ட் வாழ்க்கையில் ஒரு அற்புதமான தொடக்கத்தைப் பெற்றுள்ளார், இதுவரை தனது டெஸ்ட் வாழ்க்கையின் ஒவ்வொரு இன்னிங்ஸிலும் மூன்று அல்லது அதற்கு மேற்பட்ட விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தியுள்ளார், மேலும் ஜூலை 2022க்கான ICC ஆண்களுக்கான சிறந்த வீரருக்கான விருதையும் பெற்றார்.
ஐசிசி மதிப்பாய்வில் ஜெயவர்த்தனே கூறுகையில், “அவர் நிறைய முதல்தர கிரிக்கெட்டில் விளையாடியுள்ளார், அவர் களத்தில் நிறைய அனுபவம் பெற்றவர்.

அடுத்த சில ஆண்டுகளில் வெளிநாட்டு சுற்றுப்பயணங்களில் கூட விளையாடுவதால் இலங்கைக்கு பலன் கிடைக்கும் என்று ஜெயவர்த்தனே நம்புகிறார். “அவர் ஒரு இயல்பான பந்துவீச்சாளர் என்பதால் அவர் நன்றாக விளையாட முடியும், அவர் நிறைய கிரிக்கெட் விளையாடியுள்ளார் மற்றும் விளையாட்டைப் புரிந்துகொள்கிறார்” என்று ஜெயவர்த்தனே கூறினார்.

பாகிஸ்தான் டெஸ்ட் தொடருக்குப் பிறகு ஐசிசி உலக டெஸ்ட் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் தரவரிசையில் 3வது இடத்தில் உள்ள இலங்கை அடுத்த ஆண்டு போட்டிகளில் நுழையத் தயாராக உள்ளது. அது இலங்கைக்கு இலகுவானதாக அமையாது என ஜயவர்தன வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளார்.

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Gary Kirsten Appointed as Head Coach of Sri Lanka National Men’s Team

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2 hours ago

March 11, 2026

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Sri Lanka Cricket has officially announced the appointment of Gary Kirsten as the new head coach of the national men’s team, effective from 15 April 2026. His tenure will run for two years, concluding on 14 April 2028.

Kirsten, a former South African international cricketer, brings with him a wealth of coaching experience and a distinguished playing career. Between 2008 and 2011, he served as head coach of the India men’s national team, guiding them to victory in the 2011 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. He later took charge of the South Africa men’s national team from 2011 to 2013, during which South Africa rose to become the number one ranked team across all formats.

Most recently, Kirsten worked as a consultant with Cricket Namibia during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, further expanding his global coaching footprint.

As a player, Kirsten represented South Africa from 1993 to 2004, amassing 14,087 international runs across Tests and ODIs. His record includes 21 Test centuries and 13 ODI centuries, cementing his reputation as one of South Africa’s most reliable batsmen.

Sri Lanka Cricket has emphasized that Kirsten’s appointment is part of a broader initiative to revamp the National High Performance Center. His primary responsibility will be to prepare and lead the Sri Lanka National Men’s Team in their campaign for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027, which will be jointly hosted by South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

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Sri Lanka–Afghanistan Series Postponed Amid Regional Tensions

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4 days ago

March 7, 2026

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Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to postpone the upcoming limited-overs series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates due to the current situation in the Middle East, sources confirmed.

The series, which was scheduled to run from March 13 to 25, included three T20 internationals in Sharjah and three ODIs in Dubai. However, growing security concerns following reports of Iranian strikes across parts of the region have forced officials to reconsider travel and hosting arrangements.

Both cricket boards are understood to be in discussions to reschedule the fixtures once conditions improve. The decision comes at a time when Sri Lanka is also focusing on strengthening its domestic fitness programme, with selectors emphasizing that physical readiness will be a key factor in future squad selections.

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Jayasuriya Hands Over Resignation as Sri Lanka Head Coach

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5 days ago

March 6, 2026

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Cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya has formally handed over his resignation as Head Coach of the Sri Lanka national team, following the side’s disappointing World Cup campaign.

It is learnt, the resignation was submitted on Thursday after discussions with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva. Jayasuriya, who took charge with hopes of reviving the team’s fortunes, decided to step aside after the tournament’s poor showing.

Despite stepping down, Jayasuriya will remain involved in Sri Lankan cricket. In a significant transition, he has been assigned to lead the High Performance Centre, where he will oversee player development and the broader cricketing structure.

Sri Lanka Cricket has yet to announce a replacement for the head coach role, but officials confirmed that talks are underway to identify a candidate capable of steering the national side forward.