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More chances for Sri Lanka in the World Test Championship

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The third and final Test between Australia and South Africa ended in a draw in Sydney on Sunday, opening the door for Sri Lanka to qualify for the final of the ICC World Test Championship.

In the same way, the Indian team, which is currently in the second place in the World Test Championship, was greatly affected by the lack of win and loss in the match between Australia and South Africa, and they also had a chance to play in the final.

Sri Lanka is in the third position in this scoring chart and the percentage of Sri Lanka playing in the final is 53.33. Sri Lanka has played 10 Test matches in this tournament, out of which they have won 5 matches and lost 4 matches. One match ended in a draw.

Sri Lanka’s next Test tour is against New Zealand, which consists of two Tests. The tournament is hosted by New Zealand. Either way, winning these matches is mandatory for the Sri Lankan team to enter the finals of the Test World Championship.

The first Test will be held from March 9-13 at the Hagley Oval in New Zealand, while the second Test will be held at the Basin Reserve from March 17-21.

ලෝක ටෙස්ට් ශූරතාවයට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට දොරගුලු විවර වීමට වැඩි ඉඩක්

ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව සහ දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව අතර තුන්වන සහ අවසන් ටෙස්ට් තරඟය ඉරිදා සිඩ්නිහිදී ජය පැරදුමෙන් තොරව අවසන් වීමත් සමඟ ICC ලෝක ටෙස්ට් ශූරතාවලියේ අවසන් මහා තරගයට තේරී පත් වීමේ අවස්ථාව ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට දොරගුලු විවර විය.

එලෙසම මෙම අවස්ථව මේ වන විට ලෝක ටෙස්ට් ශූරතාවලයේ ලකුණු සටහනේ දෙවන ස්ථානයේ රැදී සිටින ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායමටත් ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව හා දකුණු අප්‍රිකාණු තරගය ජය පැරදුමකින් තොර වීම විශාල වශයෙන් බලපෑ අතර, ඔවුන්ටද අවසාන මහා තරගයේ ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවක් පවතී.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව මෙම ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු සටහනේ තුන් වන ස්ථානයේ රැදී සිටින අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අවසන් මහා තරගයට ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමේ ප්‍රතිශතය දැක්වෙන්නේ 53.33 ලෙසය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව මෙම තරගාවලියට අදාලව ටෙස්ට් තරග 10ක් ක්‍රීඩා කර ඇති අතර, එයින් තරග 5ක් ජයගැනීමට සමත් වූ අතර තරග 4ක් පරාජයට පත් විය. එක් තරගයක් ජය පැරදුමකින් තොරව අවසන් විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මීලග ටෙස්ට් තරග සංචාරය නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම හා යෙදී ඇති අතර, එය ටෙස්ට් තරග දෙකකින් සමන්විත වේ. මෙම තරගාවලියේ සත්කාරකත්වය දරණු ලබන්නේ නවසීලන්තයය. කෙසේ හෝ ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට ටෙස්ට් ලෝක ශූරතාවලියේ අවසාන මහා තරගයට පිවිසීමට නම් මෙම තරග දෙකම ජයග්‍රහණය කිරීම අනිවාර්‍ය්‍ය වේ.

පලමු ටෙස්ට් තරගය මාර්තු 9-13 දක්වා නවසීලන්තයේ Hagley Oval ක්‍රීඩාංගනයේදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත අතර, දෙවන ටෙස්ට් තරගය මාර්තු මස 17-21 දක්වා Basin Reserve ක්‍රීඩාංගනයේදී පැවැත්වේ.

உலக டெஸ்ட் சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பில் இலங்கைக்கு அதிக வாய்ப்புகள்

ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை சிட்னியில் நடைபெற்ற ஆஸ்திரேலியா மற்றும் தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா இடையேயான மூன்றாவது மற்றும் கடைசி டெஸ்ட் டிராவில் முடிந்தது, ஐசிசி உலக டெஸ்ட் சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பின் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு இலங்கை தகுதிபெறுவதற்கான கதவைத் திறந்தது.

அதேபோல், தற்போது உலக டெஸ்ட் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் தொடரில் இரண்டாம் இடத்தில் உள்ள இந்திய அணி, ஆஸ்திரேலியா – தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா இடையேயான போட்டியில் வெற்றி தோல்வியின்றி பெரிதும் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு, அவர்களுக்கும் விளையாட வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது. இறுதி.

இந்த புள்ளிப்பட்டியலில் இலங்கை மூன்றாவது இடத்தில் உள்ளது மற்றும் இறுதிப் போட்டியில் விளையாடிய இலங்கையின் சதவீதம் 53.33 ஆகும். இந்தப் போட்டியில் 10 டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் விளையாடியுள்ள இலங்கை, அதில் 5 போட்டிகளில் வெற்றியும், 4 போட்டிகளில் தோல்வியும் கண்டுள்ளது. ஒரு போட்டி டிராவில் முடிந்தது.

இலங்கையின் அடுத்த டெஸ்ட் சுற்றுப்பயணம் நியூசிலாந்துக்கு எதிராக இரண்டு டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகள் கொண்டதாகும். போட்டியை நியூசிலாந்து நடத்துகிறது. எது எப்படியோ, டெஸ்ட் உலக சாம்பியன்ஷிப் தொடரின் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குள் நுழைவதற்கு இலங்கை அணிக்கு இந்த இரண்டு போட்டிகளிலும் வெற்றி பெறுவது கட்டாயம்.

முதல் டெஸ்ட் நியூசிலாந்தில் உள்ள ஹாக்லி ஓவல் மைதானத்தில் மார்ச் 9-13 வரையிலும், இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட் பேசின் ரிசர்வ் மைதானத்தில் மார்ச் 17-21 வரையிலும் நடைபெறும்.

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Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga

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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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Sports Ministry Yet to Confirm Reports of Leadership Change at Sri Lanka Cricket

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The Ministry of Sports has not released any official statement regarding speculation over a potential leadership change at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), according to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage.

Addressing recent media inquiries, the minister clarified that reports suggesting SLC President Shammi Silva could step down and be succeeded by former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne remain unverified.

“We have not issued any official statement as a ministry on this matter. These claims are currently limited to social media reports,” Gamage said.

He further noted that the ministry intends to address the situation formally in the near future.

“We are planning to hold a media briefing soon and will release an official statement. Further discussion can take place after that,” he added.

The remarks come amid growing public attention over the administration of Sri Lanka’s cricket governing body, though authorities have yet to confirm any changes at the top.

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Sri Lanka Cricket to name a women’s cricket tournament under late ‘Gwen Herat.’

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Sri Lanka Cricket decided to dedicate the ‘Major Club Women’s 50-Over Tournament’ in memory of the late Gwen Herat, the founding president of the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association.

This decision has been made in recognition of the outstanding service rendered by Mrs. Herat towards the founding of Women’s Cricket Association in the country.

It was under her leadership that the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association was established in 1997, where she served as its founding president.

Accordingly, in memory of her from 2026 onwards, the Major Club Women’s 50-Over
Tournament will be named the Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy.

“The significant role played by the late Mrs. Gwen Herat in laying the foundation for women’s cricket is well remembered by the cricketing fraternity. By naming a tournament in her honor, Sri Lanka Cricket aims to preserve her legacy for future generations,” said Mr. Bandula
Dissanayake.

Marking this significant initiative, the family of Mrs. Gwen Herat presented a trophy to Sri Lanka Cricket, which will be awarded to the champions of future editions of the tournament.
The handover was carried out by Mrs. Herat’s family members, including her daughters, Shamarra Herat and Parveen Herat, and her son, Avancka Herat.

The Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy was officially handed over to Mr. Bandula Dissanayake, Honorary Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, in the presence of Mr. Ashley de Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, and distinguished guests Mr. Chandra Schaffter and Mr. Hemaka Amarasuriya.

Mr. Chinthaka Edirimanne, Head of National Cricket Operations, and Mr. Upul Nawaratne
Bandara, Head of Marketing at SLC, also were present at the ceremony, which took place at SLC last week.

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