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Sri Lanka brings Kusal Janith Perera, and Mathews into the White ball series Vs NZ

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has named a strong two 18-member squads for the ODI and T20I series against New Zealand.

The Islanders will be heading into the white ball format with ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League points in mind.

The Dasun Shanaka-led team are currently in the 10th spot in the Super League table with 77 points. The 3-match ODI series is crucial for the Lankans in order to secure direct qualification for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 scheduled to be held in India.

The ODI series is scheduled to begin on March 25, while the T20I series commences on April 2.

Rookie pacer Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out from both series as he is still undergoing rehabilitation after his left ankle surgery. Meanwhile, former Skipper Angelo Mathews also return to the white ball format after the lapse of three years where he was last seen in action in an ODI game back in March 2021 during the tour of West Indies. The former skipper has featured in 218 ODIs for Sri Lanka, scoring 5835 runs at 41.67 – the second-best average among Sri Lankan batters.

His return for the series in New Zealand will also be a golden opportunity as a dress rehearsal ahead of the World Cup. will return to the team after a two-year break.

Meanwhile Wicketkeeper batter Kusal Perera has also earned a spot in the T20 squad for the first time in 16 months. The 32-year-old last played in the format against West Indies in November 2021 before he underwent a shoulder injury.

ODI Squad: D Shanaka(c), P Nissanka, N Fernando, K Mendis(wk), A Mathews, C Asalanka, S Samarawickrama, D de Silva, S Arachchige, W Hasaranga, D Wellalage, M Theekshana, K Rajitha, L Kumara, P Madushan, D Madushanka, C Karunaratne, M Pathirana
T20I Squad: D Shanaka(c), P Nissanka, K Mendis(wk), K Perera, D de Silva, C Asalanka, L Croospulle, S Samarawickrama, N Fernando, W Hasaranga, M Theekshana, D Wellalage, K Rajitha, L Kumara, D Madushanka, C Karunaratne, M Pathirana, P Madushan

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කුසල් ජනිත් පෙරේරා සහ මැතිව්ස් නවසීලන්තයට එරෙහිව වයිට් බෝල් තරඟාවලියට ගෙන එයි

නවසීලන්තයට එරෙහිව පැවැත්වෙන එක්දින සහ විස්සයි20 තරගාවලිය සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩකයින් 18 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් ප්‍රබල සංචිත දෙකක් නම් කර තිබේ.

ICC පිරිමි ක්‍රිකට් ලෝක කුසලාන සුපර් ලීග් ලකුණු මනසේ තබාගෙන දූපත් වැසියන් සුදු පන්දු ආකෘතියට පිවිසෙනු ඇත.

දසුන් ශානකගේ නායකත්වයෙන් යුත් කණ්ඩායම මේ වන විට සුපර් ලීග් ලකුණු සටහනේ 10 වැනි ස්ථානයේ පසුවන්නේ ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු 77ක් ලබා ගනිමින්. ඉන්දියාවේදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත 2023 ICC පිරිමි ක්‍රිකට් ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා සෘජු සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා තරග 3 කින් සමන්විත එක්දින තරගාවලිය ලංකා ක්‍රීඩකයින්ට තීරණාත්මක වේ.

එක්දින තරඟාවලිය මාර්තු 25 වනදා ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිත අතර T20I තරඟාවලිය අප්‍රේල් 2 වනදා ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිතයි.

නවක වේග පන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක දුෂ්මන්ත චමීර ඔහුගේ වම් වළලුකර සැත්කමෙන් පසු තවමත් පුනරුත්ථාපනය වෙමින් සිටින බැවින් තරගමාලා දෙකෙන්ම ඉවත් කර තිබේ. මේ අතර, හිටපු නායක ඇන්ජලෝ මැතිව්ස් ද වසර තුනකට පසු නැවත සුදු පන්දු ආකෘතියට පැමිණ ඇති අතර එහිදී ඔහු අවසන් වරට 2021 මාර්තු මාසයේදී බටහිර ඉන්දීය කොදෙව් සංචාරයේදී එක්දින තරඟයකදී ක්‍රියා කළේය. හිටපු නායකයා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් එක්දින තරග 218කට ක්‍රීඩා කර ඇති අතර, ලකුණු 5835ක් 41.67ක් ලෙස ලබාගෙන ඇත – එය ශ්‍රී ලංකා පිතිකරුවන් අතර දෙවැනි හොඳම සාමාන්‍යය වේ.

ඔහු නවසීලන්තයේ පැවැත්වෙන තරගමාලාව සඳහා නැවත පැමිණීමද ලෝක කුසලානයට පෙර ඇඳුම් පෙරහුරුවක් ලෙස ස්වර්ණමය අවස්ථාවක් වනු ඇත. වසර දෙකක විවේකයකින් පසුව නැවතත් කණ්ඩායමට පැමිණෙනු ඇත.

මේ අතර කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරු කුසල් පෙරේරා ද මාස 16කට පසු පළමු වරට T20 සංචිතයේ ස්ථානයක් හිමිකරගෙන තිබෙනවා. 32 හැවිරිදි ඔහු උරහිසේ ආබාධයකට ලක්වීමට පෙර අවසන් වරට 2021 නොවැම්බර් මාසයේදී බටහිර ඉන්දීය කොදෙව්වන්ට එරෙහිව ආකෘතියට ක්‍රීඩා කළේය.

එක්දින සංචිතය: ඩී ශානක (ඇ), පී නිශ්ශංක, එන් ප්‍රනාන්දු, කේ මෙන්ඩිස් (විකේ), ඒ මැතිව්ස්, සී අසලංක, එස් සමරවික්‍රම, ඩී ද සිල්වා, එස් ආරච්චිගේ, ඩබ්ලිව් හසරංග, ඩී වෙල්ලාලගේ, එම් තීක්ෂණ, කේ රාජිත, එල් කුමාර, පී මධුෂාන්, ඩී මධුශංක, සී කරුණාරත්න, එම් පතිරණ
විස්සයි20 සංචිතය: ඩී ශානක (ඇ), පී නිශ්ශංක, කේ මෙන්ඩිස් (විකේ), කේ පෙරේරා, ඩී ද සිල්වා, සී අසලංක, එල් කෲස්පුල්ලේ, එස් සමරවික්‍රම, එන් ප්‍රනාන්දු, ඩබ්ලිව් හසරංග, එම් තීක්ෂණ, ඩී වෙල්ලාලගේ, කේ රාජිත, එල් කුමාර, ඩී මධුශංක, සී කරුණාරත්න, එම් පතිරණ, පී මධුෂාන්

இலங்கை அணி குசல் ஜனித் பெரேரா, மற்றும் மேத்யூஸ் ஆகியோரை வைட் பால் தொடருக்கு எதிராக நியூசிலாந்துக்கு கொண்டு வந்தது

நியூசிலாந்துக்கு எதிரான ODI மற்றும் T20I தொடருக்கான இரண்டு 18 பேர் கொண்ட வலுவான அணியை இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் (SLC) அறிவித்துள்ளது.

ஐசிசி ஆண்கள் கிரிக்கெட் உலகக் கோப்பை சூப்பர் லீக் புள்ளிகளை மனதில் கொண்டு தீவுவாசிகள் வெள்ளை பந்து வடிவத்திற்குச் செல்வார்கள்.

தசுன் ஷனக தலைமையிலான அணி தற்போது சூப்பர் லீக் பட்டியலில் 77 புள்ளிகளுடன் 10வது இடத்தில் உள்ளது. இந்தியாவில் நடைபெறவுள்ள ஐசிசி ஆடவர் உலகக் கோப்பை 2023க்கான நேரடித் தகுதியைப் பெறுவதற்கு 3 போட்டிகள் கொண்ட ஒருநாள் தொடர் இலங்கையர்களுக்கு முக்கியமானது.

ஒருநாள் தொடர் மார்ச் 25ஆம் தேதியும், டி20 தொடர் ஏப்ரல் 2ஆம் தேதியும் தொடங்க உள்ளது.

புதிய வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர் துஷ்மந்த சமீர தனது இடது கணுக்கால் சத்திரசிகிச்சைக்குப் பின்னரும் புனர்வாழ்வு பெற்று வருவதால் இரண்டு தொடர்களிலிருந்தும் நீக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார். இதற்கிடையில், முன்னாள் கேப்டன் ஏஞ்சலோ மேத்யூஸ் மூன்று ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பிறகு வெள்ளை பந்து வடிவத்திற்குத் திரும்பினார், அங்கு அவர் கடைசியாக மார்ச் 2021 இல் மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகள் சுற்றுப்பயணத்தின் போது ஒரு ஒருநாள் ஆட்டத்தில் விளையாடினார். முன்னாள் கேப்டன் இலங்கைக்காக 218 ஒருநாள் போட்டிகளில் விளையாடி 5835 ரன்களை 41.67 சராசரியாக எடுத்துள்ளார் – இது இலங்கை பேட்டர்களில் இரண்டாவது சிறந்த சராசரி.

நியூசிலாந்தில் தொடருக்கு அவர் திரும்புவது உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு முன்னதாக ஆடை ஒத்திகையாக ஒரு பொன்னான வாய்ப்பாக இருக்கும். இரண்டு வருட இடைவெளிக்குப் பிறகு மீண்டும் அணிக்கு திரும்புவார்.

இதற்கிடையில் விக்கெட் கீப்பர் பேட்டர் குசல் பெரேராவும் 16 மாதங்களில் முதல் முறையாக டி20 அணியில் இடம் பிடித்துள்ளார். 32 வயதான அவர் தோள்பட்டையில் காயம் ஏற்படுவதற்கு முன்பு நவம்பர் 2021 இல் மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகளுக்கு எதிராக கடைசியாக விளையாடினார்.

ஒருநாள் அணி: டி ஷனக (கேட்ச்), பி நிஸ்ஸங்க, என் பெர்னாண்டோ, கே மெண்டிஸ் (வி.கே), ஏ மேத்யூஸ், சி அசலங்க, எஸ் சமரவிக்ரம, டி டி சில்வா, எஸ் ஆராச்சிகே, டபிள்யூ ஹசரங்க, டி வெல்லலகே, எம் தீக்ஷன, கே ராஜித, எல். குமார, பி மதுஷன், டி மதுஷங்க, சி கருணாரத்ன, எம் பத்திரன
T20I அணி: டி ஷனக (கேட்ச்), பி நிஸ்ஸங்க, கே மெண்டிஸ் (வாரம்), கே பெரேரா, டி டி சில்வா, சி அசலங்க, எல் குரூஸ்புள்ளே, எஸ் சமரவிக்ரம, என் பெர்னாண்டோ, டபிள்யூ ஹசரங்க, எம் தீக்ஷன, டி வெல்லலகே, கே ராஜித, எல் குமார, டி மதுஷங்க, சி கருணாரத்ன, எம் பத்திரன, பி மதுஷான்

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Stafford vs. Colombo International: The Second Edition of the Big Match Kicks Off!

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Football fever returns as Stafford International School and Colombo International School gear up for the second edition of their highly anticipated Big Match! This year, the rivalry intensifies with four matches across different age and gender categories:

U15 Girls
U15 Boys
U20 Girls
U20 Boys

🏆 Stafford International’s Rising Stars:

  • U15 Girls: Defending TISSL U14 and Colombo SLSFA District champions, featuring standout players like Keshalee Ranatunga and Sonja Ratanayake (just 10 years old!).
  • U15 Boys: All-Island U14 runners-up out of 462 schools, led by goalkeeper Yash Amarasekara, who was named Best U14 GK in Sri Lanka.
  • U20 Girls & Boys: Both teams finished as TISSL runners-up, boasting stars like Raya Rikaz, Yumna Safraz, Adnaan Ameen, and Nidurshan Mohan.

🏆 Colombo International’s Key Players:

  • U15 Girls: TISSL U16 runners-up, featuring top defender Khadeeja Niyas and striker Ozra.
  • U20 Girls: TISSL U20 runners-up, with Fioni Dedhia named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
  • U20 Boys: Defending Big Match champions, looking to retain their title behind stars like Krishwen and Habib.

👀 Who will come out on top this time? Watch the action LIVE at the link below! 🎥👇

#BigMatch2025 #SchoolFootball #SriLankaFootball #StaffordVsCIS #RivalryRenewed

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Shammi Silva Re-Elected as Sri Lanka Cricket President for Fourth Consecutive Term

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Shammi Silva has been re-elected as the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president for the 2025-27 term, marking his fourth consecutive tenure at the helm of the nation’s cricket governing body. Silva secured the position uncontested at the 64th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Colombo on Monday.

A Controversial Yet Dominant Tenure

Silva’s leadership has not been without controversy. His previous term saw a high-profile clash with former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe in 2023, which led to an interim committee being appointed after Sri Lanka’s poor performance in the ICC ODI World Cup. This move resulted in ICC suspending SLC, which led to Sri Lanka losing the hosting rights for the U19 Men’s World Cup, which was later held in South Africa.

Despite these setbacks, Silva regained control after a court ruling reinstated his administration, and he was later appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in December 2023, replacing Jay Shah.

Challenges & Future Outlook

Sri Lanka Cricket has long been seen as a powerful and influential body, with internal politics often shaping its leadership. With financial mismanagement concerns highlighted in the Auditor General’s report, Silva’s administration faces the challenge of restoring credibility and ensuring better governance.

With the ICC ban lifted, Sri Lanka looks to rebuild its cricketing structure and improve performance on the international stage. The focus now shifts to upcoming bilateral series, the Asia Cup, and preparations for the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Stay tuned for more updates on Sri Lanka Cricket and the latest in the world of sports!

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Stephen Fleming Defends MS Dhoni’s Batting Position Amid Criticism

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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming has defended MS Dhoni’s late entry in the batting order, stating that the legendary wicketkeeper-batsman cannot play an extended innings at full intensity due to lingering knee concerns.

The 43-year-old Dhoni faced criticism after coming in at No. 9 during CSK’s 50-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Chepauk. In the next match against Rajasthan Royals on March 30, 2025, he batted at No. 7 when CSK required 54 off 25 balls but managed just 16 off 11 as his team fell short by six runs.

Fleming’s Explanation on Dhoni’s Role

Fleming emphasized that Dhoni carefully assesses the match situation before deciding when to bat.

“It’s all about timing. MS judges his body and situation. His knees aren’t what they used to be, so he can’t bat for 10 overs at full intensity. He will step in based on the game’s demands,” Fleming explained at the post-match press conference.

The CSK coach reiterated that Dhoni remains too valuable to the team for his leadership and wicketkeeping and that sending him in too early could be a strategic misstep.

“From around the 13th or 14th over, he assesses the situation and decides. He trusts other batters early on but steps up when needed.”

CSK’s Struggles in the Powerplay Cost Them the Match

Fleming also pinpointed CSK’s poor powerplay performance as a key reason for their loss against Rajasthan Royals. While RR blasted 79/1 in the powerplay, CSK only managed 42/1,

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