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Players who missed the World Cup due to extraordinary reasons
- Devon Conway – He missed the 2021 finals due to hitting his bat.
The New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman was involved in one of the worst injuries in cricket history. Conway injured himself during the T20 World Cup 2021 semi-final against England on 10 November and was eventually ruled out of the final clash against Australia.
Chasing a target of 167, Conway was stumped by Jos Buttler off Liam Livingston. Conway was batting with 46 off 37 balls and New Zealand needed 72 more to win. Conway was clearly frustrated with himself and when he hit the bat with his right hand, despite the glove, he broke his finger.
A scan after the game confirmed a fractured finger and he was ruled out of the final due to a self-inflicted injury. Conway was consistent with 129 in six innings, but he missed the final against Australia due to a moment of frustration.
- Jofra Archer – Lost the World Cup due to a fish tank
The England fast bowler has been going through a tough spell due to injuries and has not played international cricket since March 2021. Archer is currently struggling with a recurrence of a broken bone in his lower back. But before that, he had to undergo two operations on his elbow.
But strangely, in January 2021, he injured a tendon in his right arm while cleaning a fish tank. During the scan, the England medical team found a small piece of glass, which was later surgically removed.
After surgery, Archer played in the state championship in July. But the issue with his right elbow was not over, which ultimately ruled him out of the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE and the 2021-22 Ashes. Archer has recently returned to nets training and is likely to make his comeback during England’s one-day tour of South Africa in February-March 2023.
- Jonny Bairstow – missed the World Cup because of golf
Bairstow, a must-win batsman in the England team, is not part of the England squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 after sustaining a fractured left leg following an accident on the golf course. A few days before the accident, he was named in the England squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup, but was eventually pulled out due to his injury.
Bairstow took to social media to reveal that on September 2 he slipped and injured his lower leg.
England can replace the likes of Alex Hales and Phil Salt, but Bairstow’s current form makes him indispensable for a tournament like the T20 World Cup.
අසාමාන්ය හේතූන් මත ලෝක කුසලාන මග හැරුණු ක්රීඩකයින්
- Devon Conway – ඔහු විසින් ඔහුගේ පිත්තට පහර දීම හේතුවෙන් 2021 අවසාන මහා තරගය මග හැරිණි.
නවසීලන්ත කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරුවා ක්රිකට් ඉතිහාසයේ බිහිසුණුම තුවාල සිදුවීමකට සම්බන්ධ විය. නොවැම්බර් 10 වැනිදා එංගලන්තයට එරෙහිව පැවති T20 ලෝක කුසලාන 2021 අවසන් පූර්ව තරගයේදී කොන්වේ තමාටම තුවාල සිදු වූ අතර අවසානයේ ඔහු ඕස්ට්රේලියාවට එරෙහි අවසන් ගැටුමෙන් ඉවත් විය.
ලකුණු 167ක ඉලක්කයක් හඹා යමින් සිටියදී ලියම් ලිවින්ග්ස්ටන්ගේ පන්දුවකට ජොස් බට්ලර්ගේ පන්දුවක් හමුවේ කොන්වේ ස්ටම්ප් කිරීමකට ලක්විය. කොන්වේ පන්දු 37කදී ලකුණු 46ක් ලබාගෙන පන්දුවට පහර දෙමින් සිටි අතර නවසීලන්තයට ජයග්රහණය සඳහා තවත් ලකුණු 72ක් අවශ්ය විය. කොන්වේ පැහැදිලිවම තමා ගැන කලකිරී සිටි අතර ඔහුගේ දකුණු අතෙන් පිත්තට පහර දුන් විට අත්වැසුම් තිබියදීත්, ඔහුගේ ඇඟිල්ල කැඩී ගියේය.
ක්රීඩාවෙන් පසු ස්කෑන් පරීක්ෂණයකින් ඔහුගේ ඇඟිල්ලේ අස්ථි බිඳීමක් තහවුරු වූ අතර ස්වයං-කරගත් තුවාලයක් හේතුවෙන් ඔහු අවසාන මහා තරගයෙන් ඉවත් විය. කොන්වේ ඉනිම හයක් තුළ ලකුණු 129ක් ලබා ගනිමින් ස්ථාවර මට්ටමක සිටි නමුත් ඔහුට ඔස්ට්රේලියාවට එරෙහිව අවසන් තරගය අහිමි වූයේ මොහොතක කලකිරීමක් හේතුවෙනි.
- Jofra Archer – මාළු ටැංකියක් නිසා ලෝක කුසලානය අහිමි විය
එංගලන්තයේ සුපිරි වේගපන්දු යවන්නා ආබාධ හේතුවෙන් දුෂ්කර කාල පරිච්ඡේදයක් පසුකරමින් සිටින අතර 2021 මාර්තු මාසයේ සිට ජාත්යන්තර ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩා කර නැත. Archer මේ වන විට ඔහුගේ යටි පතුලෙහි අස්ථි බිඳීමක් නැවත ඇතිවීම හේතුවෙන් අරගල කරමින් සිටී. නමුත් ඊට පෙර ඔහුගේ වැලමිට සම්භන්ධයෙන් සැත්කම් දෙකකට මුහුණ දීමට සිදු විය.
නමුත් අමුතු ආකාරයකට, 2021 ජනවාරි මාසයේදී මාළු ටැංකියක් පිරිසිදු කිරීමේදී ඔහුගේ දකුණු අතේ කණ්ඩරාවක් තුවාල විය. ස්කෑන් කිරීමේදී එංගලන්ත වෛද්ය කණ්ඩායමට කුඩා වීදුරු කැබැල්ලක් හමු වූ අතර පසුව එය ශල්යකර්මයකින් පසුව ඉවත් කරන ලදී.
ශල්යකර්මයෙන් පසුව, ආචර් ජූලි මාසයේදී ප්රාන්ත ශූරතාවලියට ක්රීඩා කළේය. නමුත් ඔහුගේ දකුණු වැලමිට සම්බන්ධ ප්රශ්නය අවසන් වූයේ නැත, එය අවසානයේ ඔහුව 2021 UAE හි පැවති T20 ලෝක කුසලානයෙන් සහ 2021-22 අළු බඳුනෙන් ඉවත් කළේය. ආචර් මෑතකදී දැල් පුහුණුවීම්වලට පැමිණ ඇති අතර 2023 පෙබරවාරි-මාර්තු මාසවල දකුණු අප්රිකාවේ පැවැත්වෙන එංගලන්ත එක්දින සංචාරයේදී ඔහුගේ නැවත පැමිණීමට ඉඩ ඇත.
- Jonny Bairstow – ගොල්ෆ් ක්රීඩාව නිසා ලෝක කුසලානය මඟ හැරිණී
එංගලන්ත කණ්ඩායමේ අවශයම පිතිකරුවෙකු වන Bairstow 2022 එළඹෙන T20 ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා වන එංගලන්ත කණ්ඩායමේ කොටසක් නොවේ, ගොල්ෆ් පිටියේදී සිදු වූ හදිසි අනතුරක් හේතුවෙන් වම් පාදය කැඩී ගියේය. අනතුරට දින කිහිපයකට පෙර, ඔහු 2022 T20 ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා වන එංගලන්ත සංචිතයට නම් කරන ලද නමුත් අවසානයේ ඔහුගේ ආබාධය හේතුවෙන් ඉවත් විය.
බෙයාර්ස්ටෝ මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් සමාජ මාධ්ය සටහනක් තබා ඇති අතර සැප්තැම්බර් 2 වන දින ඔහු ලිස්සා ගොස් ඔහුගේ යටි පාදයට තුවාල වූ බව හෙළි කළේය.
එංගලන්තයට ඇලෙක්ස් හේල්ස් සහ ෆිල් සෝල්ට්ගේ වැනි ක්රීඩකයන් ආදේශනය කළ හැක, නමුත් Bairstow ගේ වර්තමාන ස්වරූපය ඔහු T20 ලෝක කුසලානය වැනි තරඟාවලියක් සදහා අත්යවශ්යම ක්රීඩකයෙකි.
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- டெவோன் கான்வே – 2021 இறுதிப் போட்டியை அவரது மட்டையைத் தாக்கியதால் தவறவிட்டார்.
நியூசிலாந்து விக்கெட் கீப்பர் பேட்ஸ்மேன் கிரிக்கெட் வரலாற்றில் மிக மோசமான காயம் ஒன்றில் சிக்கினார். நவம்பர் 10 அன்று இங்கிலாந்துக்கு எதிரான டி20 உலகக் கோப்பை 2021 அரையிறுதியின் போது கான்வே காயம் அடைந்தார், இறுதியில் ஆஸ்திரேலியாவுக்கு எதிரான இறுதி மோதலில் இருந்து வெளியேற்றப்பட்டார்.
167 என்ற இலக்கை துரத்திய கான்வே, லியாம் லிவிங்ஸ்டனின் பந்து வீச்சில் ஜோஸ் பட்லரால் ஸ்டம்பிங் செய்யப்பட்டார். கான்வே 37 பந்துகளில் 46 ரன்களுடன் பேட்டிங் செய்து கொண்டிருந்தார், நியூசிலாந்து வெற்றிக்கு இன்னும் 72 ரன்கள் தேவைப்பட்டது. கான்வே தன்னைப் பற்றி தெளிவாக விரக்தியடைந்தார், மேலும் அவர் தனது வலது கையால் மட்டையை அடித்தபோது, கையுறை இருந்தபோதிலும், அவர் தனது விரலை உடைத்தார்.
விளையாட்டிற்குப் பிறகு ஸ்கேன் செய்ததில் விரலில் எலும்பு முறிவு உறுதிசெய்யப்பட்டது, மேலும் அவர் சுயமாக ஏற்படுத்திய காயம் காரணமாக இறுதிப் போட்டியில் இருந்து வெளியேற்றப்பட்டார். கான்வே ஆறு இன்னிங்ஸ்களில் 129 ரன்களுடன் சீராக இருந்தார், ஆனால் ஒரு கணம் விரக்தியின் காரணமாக ஆஸ்திரேலியாவுக்கு எதிரான இறுதிப் போட்டியில் அவர் தவறவிட்டார்.
- ஜோஃப்ரா ஆர்ச்சர் – மீன் தொட்டியால் உலகக் கோப்பையை இழந்தார்
இங்கிலாந்து வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர் காயங்கள் காரணமாக கடுமையான எழுத்துப்பிழைகளை அனுபவித்து வருகிறார் மற்றும் மார்ச் 2021 முதல் சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட்டில் விளையாடவில்லை. ஆர்ச்சர் தற்போது தனது கீழ் முதுகில் உடைந்த எலும்புடன் மீண்டும் போராடி வருகிறார். ஆனால் அதற்கு முன், அவரது முழங்கையில் இரண்டு அறுவை சிகிச்சைகள் செய்ய வேண்டியிருந்தது.
ஆனால் வித்தியாசமாக, ஜனவரி 2021 இல், மீன் தொட்டியை சுத்தம் செய்யும் போது அவரது வலது கையில் தசைநார் காயம் ஏற்பட்டது. ஸ்கேன் செய்ததில், இங்கிலாந்து மருத்துவக் குழு ஒரு சிறிய கண்ணாடித் துண்டைக் கண்டுபிடித்தது, பின்னர் அது அறுவை சிகிச்சை மூலம் அகற்றப்பட்டது.
அறுவை சிகிச்சைக்குப் பிறகு, ஆர்ச்சர் ஜூலை மாதம் மாநில சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பில் விளையாடினார். ஆனால் அவரது வலது முழங்கையின் பிரச்சினை முடிவடையவில்லை, இது இறுதியில் 2021 UAE இல் நடந்த T20 உலகக் கோப்பை மற்றும் 2021-22 ஆஷஸ் ஆகியவற்றிலிருந்து அவரை விலக்கியது. ஆர்ச்சர் சமீபத்தில் வலைகள் பயிற்சிக்குத் திரும்பினார், மேலும் பிப்ரவரி-மார்ச் 2023 இல் தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவில் இங்கிலாந்து ஒரு நாள் சுற்றுப்பயணத்தின் போது மீண்டும் வருவார்.
- ஜானி பேர்ஸ்டோ – கோல்ஃப் காரணமாக உலகக் கோப்பையைத் தவறவிட்டார்
இங்கிலாந்து அணியில் கட்டாயம் வெற்றி பெற வேண்டிய பேட்ஸ்மேனான பேர்ஸ்டோ, கோல்ஃப் மைதானத்தில் ஏற்பட்ட விபத்தில் இடது காலில் எலும்பு முறிவு ஏற்பட்டதால், 2022 டி20 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கான இங்கிலாந்து அணியில் இடம் பெறவில்லை. விபத்துக்கு சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்பு, அவர் 2022 டி 20 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கான இங்கிலாந்து அணியில் இடம் பெற்றார், ஆனால் இறுதியில் அவரது காயம் காரணமாக வெளியேற்றப்பட்டார்.
செப்டம்பர் 2 ஆம் தேதி அவர் தனது கீழ் காலில் தவறி விழுந்து காயம் அடைந்ததாக சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பேர்ஸ்டோ வெளிப்படுத்தினார்.
இங்கிலாந்து அலெக்ஸ் ஹேல்ஸ் மற்றும் பில் சால்ட் போன்றவர்களை மாற்ற முடியும், ஆனால் பேர்ஸ்டோவின் தற்போதைய வடிவம் அவரை டி20 உலகக் கோப்பை போன்ற போட்டிகளுக்கு இன்றியமையாததாக ஆக்குகிறது.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Stunned by Zimbabwe Despite 178 as Bowling Falters in Colombo
Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup campaign suffered a major setback as they went down to Zimbabwe by six wickets at the R. Premadasa Stadium — a result few predicted before the first ball was bowled.
After winning the toss and opting to bat, Sri Lanka posted what appeared to be a competitive 178/7. But defensive bowling and a lack of control in key moments allowed Zimbabwe to chase down 179 with three balls to spare, finishing on 182/4 in 19.3 overs.
Where Sri Lanka Lost the Game
Strong Start, Poor Finish with the Bat
Sri Lanka flew out of the blocks, scoring 61 runs in the Powerplay.
- Pathum Nissanka led the charge with a fluent 62 off 41 balls.
- The opening stand raced to 54 inside five overs.
However, momentum dipped sharply in the middle overs:
- Kusal Mendis struggled (14 off 20).
- The run rate slowed between overs 7–14.
- Despite a late push from Pavan Rathnayake (44 off 25), Sri Lanka managed only 28 runs in the final three overs.
From a position of dominance at 108/2, they could not push beyond the 185–190 mark — a total that, in hindsight, proved costly.
Failure to Strike Early with the Ball
Zimbabwe’s chase was built on a solid foundation:
- 55 runs in the Powerplay without losing a wicket.
- 69-run opening stand removed early pressure.
Sri Lanka never truly regained control.
The Raza–Bennett Counterattack
The turning point came when captain Sikandar Raza launched a brutal counterattack:
- 45 off 26 balls
- 4 sixes
- 50-run partnership in just 27 balls
Brian Bennett anchored the chase superbly with an unbeaten 63 off 48.
Raza’s assault in overs 15–18 shifted the momentum completely, taking the game away from Sri Lanka just when it seemed evenly poised.
Bowling Concerns Under Lights
Sri Lanka’s bowling lacked penetration:
- Maheesh Theekshana conceded 47 in 3.3 overs (13.42 economy).
- No early breakthroughs from the seamers.
- Only one Powerplay wicket across both innings combined.
On a Colombo surface that slowed slightly, Zimbabwe adapted better, rotating strike efficiently before accelerating at the death.
Key Numbers That Hurt Sri Lanka
- Zimbabwe Powerplay: 55/0
- Sri Lanka Powerplay wickets: 0
- Zimbabwe scored 150 in just 16.1 overs
- Sri Lanka conceded 9.33 runs per over in the chase
What This Means
Sri Lanka entered as favourites, especially batting first at home. But tactical lapses, middle-over stagnation, and expensive spells under pressure proved decisive.
Zimbabwe, disciplined with the ball and fearless in the chase, fully deserved their two points.
For Sri Lanka, questions now emerge:
- Is the bowling attack lacking bite?
- Are middle overs becoming a recurring concern?
- Was 178 ever going to be enough on this surface?
With tougher fixtures ahead in the T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka must regroup quickly — because performances like this could derail their campaign early.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Sweats on Pathirana Injury; Hasaranga Comeback on the Cards
Sri Lanka’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign has suffered a major setback, with fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana likely to miss the remainder of the tournament due to injury.
The 23-year-old sustained a calf injury during Sri Lanka’s Group B encounter against Australia on Monday at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. The incident occurred in his opening over when, after delivering the fourth ball, Pathirana suddenly pulled up clutching his left calf before collapsing to the ground in visible discomfort.
Team physiotherapists rushed onto the field as concerned teammates gathered around. The pacer was unable to leave the field without assistance, immediately raising concerns about the severity of the injury. Captain Dasun Shanaka completed the over in his absence.
Shortly after, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed that Pathirana would take no further part in the match. In a brief statement, SLC said the bowler had experienced discomfort in his left calf and would undergo medical scans for a full assessment.
Major Blow to Pace Attack
Initial indications suggest the injury could rule Pathirana out for the rest of the World Cup — a significant loss for Sri Lanka’s bowling unit. Known for his slingy action and deadly yorkers, especially at the death, Pathirana has been one of Sri Lanka’s most reliable T20 strike bowlers.
If ruled out, team management is expected to consider Dilshan Madushanka or Nuwan Thushara as potential replacements. While both offer pace and variety, replacing Pathirana’s unique skillset will be a challenge.
Hasaranga Return Under Discussion
In a parallel development, Sri Lanka are reportedly exploring the possibility of bringing Wanindu Hasaranga back into the squad as he continues recovery from a hamstring injury.
Although Hasaranga has not yet regained full match fitness, officials are said to be evaluating whether he could feature later in the tournament — particularly if Sri Lanka qualify for the Super Eight stage.
With their final group match effectively a dead rubber, Sri Lanka have a short window to reassess their injury situation and make strategic decisions. The team management is likely to wait for clearer medical reports before confirming any squad changes.
As the tournament enters a decisive phase, Sri Lanka’s hopes may depend as much on fitness updates as on performances on the field.
Cricket
Colombo Set for High-Voltage India–Pakistan Night Battle
ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup
Colombo is preparing for one of cricket’s biggest nights as India and Pakistan meet in a marquee clash of the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.
Beyond tactics and statistics, this is a contest built on history and pride. With both teams in form and World Cup ambitions on the line, Sunday night promises a high-quality contest under the Colombo lights.
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