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Rs. 120 Million Donation for National Sports from the Sri Lanka Cricket.

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Sri Lanka Cricket has donated Rs. 120 Million to National Sports Fund.

The press release issued by Sri Lanka Cricket in this regard is as follows.

November 14, 2022

From Sri Lanka Cricket Rs. 120 million rupees earned from the sale of match tickets during Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka in 2022 was donated to the National Sports Fund.

This grant has been made according to a promise made by Sri Lanka Cricket to the Ministry.

As part of the Sri Lanka Cricket Institute’s mission, this grant has been given with the aim of developing all sports activities in the country.

This latest grant is the result of an initiative by Sri Lanka Cricket President Mr Shammi Silva and members of the Sri Lanka Cricket Executive Committee. Australia’s 2022 tour of Sri Lanka took place in June and July 2022 and consisted of two Tests, five ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals.

The funds were handed over to the Ministry of Sports and Youth on November 3, 2022.

Advance funding support

At the beginning of the year, the Sri Lanka Cricket Institute also paid Rs. 100 million to the National Sports Fund and another Rs. 22.5 million to help Sri Lanka participate in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK and Rs. The netball players and coaches who won the Asian Netball Championship representing Sri Lanka were awarded 2 million rupees each (total 36 million rupees).

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනයෙන් රු.මි. 120ක පරිත්‍යාගයක්.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය විසින් ජාතික ක්‍රීඩා අරමුදලට රු.මි. 120ක් මුදලක් පරිත්‍යාග කර ඇත.

මේ සම්භන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය විසින් ඵල කරනු ලැබූ මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය පහත පරිදිය.

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනයෙන් රු. 2022 වසරේ ඔස්ට්‍රේලියානු ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරයේදී තරග ප්‍රවේශපත්‍ර අලෙවි කිරීමෙන් උපයාගත් රුපියල් මිලියන 120 ජාතික ක්‍රීඩා අරමුදලට පරිත්‍යාග කරනු ලැබීය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය අමාත්‍යාංශයට ලබාදුන් පොරොන්දුවකට අනුව මෙම ප්‍රදානය සිදු කර ඇත.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනයේ මෙහෙවරෙහි කොටසක් ලෙස රටේ සියලුම ක්‍රීඩා ක්‍රියාකාරකම් දියුණු කිරීමේ අරමුණින් මෙම ප්‍රදානය ලබා දී ඇත.

මෙම නවතම ප්‍රදානය ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් සභාපති ෂම්මි සිල්වා මහතාගේ සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් විධායක කමිටු සාමාජිකයින්ගේ මුලපිරීමක ප්‍රතිඵලයකි. 2022 ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු සංචාරය 2022 ජුනි සහ ජූලි මාසවලදී සිදු වූ අතර එය ටෙස්ට් තරග දෙකකින්, එක්දින ජාත්‍යන්තර තරග පහකින් සහ විස්සයි20 ජාත්‍යන්තර තරග තුනකින් සමන්විත විය.

එම අරමුදල් 2022 නොවැම්බර් 3 වන දින ක්‍රීඩා හා යෞවන අමාත්‍යාංශය වෙත භාර දෙන ලදී.

පෙර අරමුදල් සහාය

වසර මුලදී ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය ද රු. මිලියන 100ක් ජාතික ක්‍රීඩා අරමුදලට සහ තවත් රු. 2022 එක්සත් රාජධානියේ බර්මින්හැම් හි පැවැත්වෙන පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සහභාගී වීමට උපකාර කිරීම සඳහා රුපියල් මිලියන 22.5 ක් සහ රු. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කරමින් ආසියානු දැල්පන්දු ශූරතාව දිනාගත් දැල්පන්දු ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ට සහ පුහුණුකරුවන්ට රුපියල් මිලියන 2 බැගින් (මුළු රුපියල් මිලියන 36ක්) පිරිනැමිණි.

இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் நிறுவனத்திடம் இருந்து ரூ. 120 நன்கொடை.

இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் நிறுவனம் ரூ. 120 நன்கொடையாக வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இது தொடர்பாக இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் நிறுவனம் வெளியிட்டுள்ள செய்திக்குறிப்பு வருமாறு.

நவம்பர் 14, 2022

இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட்டில் இருந்து ரூ. 2022 ஆம் ஆண்டு இலங்கைக்கான அவுஸ்திரேலியாவின் சுற்றுப்பயணத்தின் போது போட்டிச் சீட்டு விற்பனை மூலம் கிடைத்த 120 மில்லியன் ரூபா தேசிய விளையாட்டு நிதியத்திற்கு வழங்கப்பட்டது.

ஸ்ரீலங்கா கிரிக்கட் அமைச்சுக்கு வழங்கிய உறுதிமொழிக்கு அமைய இந்த நன்கொடை வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் நிறுவனத்தின் பணியின் ஒரு பகுதியாக, நாட்டின் அனைத்து விளையாட்டு நடவடிக்கைகளையும் மேம்படுத்தும் நோக்கில் இந்த உதவித்தொகை வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இந்த சமீபத்திய மானியம் இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் தலைவர் திரு. ஷம்மி சில்வா மற்றும் இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் நிர்வாகக் குழு உறுப்பினர்களின் முயற்சியின் விளைவாகும். ஆஸ்திரேலியாவின் 2022 இலங்கை சுற்றுப்பயணம் ஜூன் மற்றும் ஜூலை 2022 இல் நடந்தது மற்றும் இரண்டு டெஸ்ட், ஐந்து ஒருநாள் மற்றும் மூன்று டுவென்டி 20 சர்வதேசப் போட்டிகளைக் கொண்டிருந்தது.

இந்த நிதி விளையாட்டு மற்றும் இளைஞர் அமைச்சகத்திடம் நவம்பர் 3, 2022 அன்று ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டது.

முன்கூட்டிய நிதி ஆதரவு

ஆண்டின் தொடக்கத்தில் இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் நிறுவனமும் ரூ. தேசிய விளையாட்டு நிதியத்திற்கு 100 மில்லியன் மற்றும் மேலும் ரூ. 2022 ஆம் ஆண்டு இங்கிலாந்தின் பர்மிங்ஹாமில் நடைபெறவுள்ள பொதுநலவாய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகளில் இலங்கை பங்கேற்க உதவுவதற்காக 22.5 மில்லியன் மற்றும் ரூ. ஆசிய வலைப்பந்து சம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டியில் இலங்கையை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தி வெற்றி பெற்ற வலைப்பந்தாட்ட வீரர்கள் மற்றும் பயிற்சியாளர்களுக்கு தலா 2 மில்லியன் ரூபா (மொத்தம் 36 மில்லியன் ரூபா) வழங்கப்பட்டது.

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Tragedy Halts 66th Battle of the Babes in Kandy

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The 66th edition of the “Battle of the Babes” big match between St. Sylvester’s College and Vidyartha College was abruptly called off on Wednesday after a tragic road accident claimed the lives of two St. Sylvester’s students.

The incident occurred as the students were on their way to witness the much-anticipated encounter at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. According to police, the motorcycle they were travelling on collided head-on with a bus.

One of the victims, Sachith Karunaratne, died at the scene. The other student, Nethula Nimdinu, was rushed to the Kandy National Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.
The shocking news cast a shadow over the annual fixture, prompting authorities to take swift action. Central Province Governor Sarath Abeykoon reportedly suggested halting the match, after which the principals of both schools jointly agreed to call off the game midway.

St. Sylvester’s College confirmed the untimely deaths, paying tribute to the two students as committed and valued members of their school community.

Meanwhile, Kandy Police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident.

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Sri Lanka Women’s U19 Squad Named for Australia Tri-Series Tour

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Sri Lanka Cricket has announced a 15-member Women’s Under-19 squad for the upcoming Tri-Series tour of Australia, which will also feature England. The tour is set to provide valuable international exposure for the young Sri Lankan side as they prepare to face two strong cricketing nations in both One Day and T20 formats.

The team, led by captain Chamodi Praboda of Pagnagnanda MV, Monaragala, includes a promising mix of talent drawn from leading schools across the island. Several players from Devapathiraja College, Rathgama including Sanjana Kavindi, Nethagi Isuranjali, and Shashini Gimhani have earned selections, reflecting the school’s continued contribution to women’s cricket development.

Other notable inclusions are Vimoksha Balasuriya from Sinhala MV, Trincomalee, Umayangana Peiris of Princess of Wales College, Moratuwa, and Nethmi Upeksha from Maliyadeva Balika, Kurunegala. The squad also features players such as Aseni Thalagune (Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy), Chamodi Herath (Anura College, Matara), and Daria Dissanayake of Ladies College, Colombo, showcasing a diverse representation of emerging talent.

The team will play a total of six matches during the tour, including two One Day Internationals and four T20 games, scheduled on April 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, and 18. The squad is set to depart for Australia on April 3, 2026.

This tour is expected to play a key role in shaping the future of Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket, offering these young players a platform to gain crucial international experience.

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Sri Lanka Cricket Appoints New National Coaches for High Performance Centre

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced two key appointments to its National High Performance Centre as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s coaching structure across all formats and levels.

Former Netherlands coach Ryan van Niekerk has been named the National Bowling Coach, while Jordan Gregory will take on the role of National Fielding and Spin Bowling Coach. Both appointments will come into effect from April 15, 2026, with each coach set to serve a two-year tenure.

In his new role, van Niekerk will oversee fast bowling development across all national teams, including the senior men’s side. He brings valuable international experience, having served as the bowling coach and interim head coach of the Netherlands national team from 2023 to 2026. Prior to that, he worked as the assistant coach and bowling coach of the Netherlands men’s team.

During his time with the Dutch side, van Niekerk played a role in their participation in major global tournaments, including the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cups in 2024 and 2026.

Meanwhile, Gregory will be responsible for managing fielding standards and spin bowling development across all national squads. He previously worked as a fielding consultant with Netherlands Cricket and contributed to several international assignments, including the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2023.

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