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

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March 17, 2023

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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

Cricket

Sri Lanka, India to Clash in Two-Test Series in August

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15 hours ago

May 18, 2026

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Sri Lanka and India are set to play a two-match Test series between August 15 and 27 as part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle.

Although the official schedule is yet to be announced, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reserved a two-week window for the series following the conclusion of the Lanka Premier League on August 9. Discussions between SLC and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are continuing to finalise the venues and match dates.

The proposed tour was initially expected to include three Twenty20 Internationals as well, but there has been no confirmation regarding those matches. The T20 games were originally planned as a fundraising initiative for victims affected by Cyclone Ditwah last year.

Meanwhile, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia is currently in Sri Lanka as part of an International Cricket Council delegation reviewing recent developments in Sri Lanka Cricket administration. The Sri Lankan government recently dissolved the previous SLC body and appointed an interim Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee.

Cricket scheduling remains challenging for India due to a packed international calendar later this year. India are expected to tour Bangladesh in September for a white-ball series, although the tour is still uncertain after being postponed previously because of political tensions between the two nations.

India also have commitments against West Indies and Afghanistan later in the year, along with the Asian Games in Nagoya scheduled from September 9 to October 4.

India’s international season resumes in June with a Test series against Afghanistan before tours of Ireland, England and Zimbabwe.

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ICC Delegation Holds Key Talks With President on Cricket Reforms

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2 days ago

May 17, 2026

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Senior representatives of the International Cricket Council (ICC) met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo yesterday as discussions intensified over the future of cricket administration in Sri Lanka.

The ICC delegation, which includes Imran Khwaja and Devajit Sakia, is currently in the country following recent changes within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Their visit comes amid growing attention on governance reforms and the restructuring of the national cricket administration.

During their stay, ICC officials also held meetings with members of the newly appointed SLC administration at the board’s headquarters, where discussions focused on restoring stability and strengthening the management framework of Sri Lankan cricket.

The latest developments follow the appointment of a nine-member Cricket Transformation Committee by Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage after the resignation of the previous SLC leadership.

The committee, chaired by Eran Wickremaratne, has been entrusted with overseeing the administration of the sport and implementing a series of reforms until new elections are conducted.

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Pavithra Fernando Urges Reforms to Take Sri Lanka Rugby Forward (Video)

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2 days ago

May 17, 2026

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Sri Lanka Rugby President Pavithra Fernando believes the country possesses the talent and structure at school level to compete with the best in Asia, but says greater emphasis must now be placed on strengthening club rugby and retaining young players in the sport.

Speaking about Sri Lanka’s current standing in Asian rugby, Fernando noted that the national teams remain among the top-ranked sides in the region despite a slight decline following the Covid-19 pandemic.

“At present, Sri Lanka is ranked third in the sevens format and fourth in the 15-a-side game in Asia. Before Covid, we were actually ranked second in sevens rugby. We may have dropped a little, but we have still managed to remain competitive because our schools rugby structure is extremely strong and the club competitions are also of a high standard,” Fernando said.

He added that while Sri Lanka has managed to maintain its place among Asia’s competitive rugby nations, the country has yet to make significant progress towards the top tier.

“We have stayed in contention, but we have not really moved forward and developed beyond that level,” he explained.

Fernando stressed that Sri Lanka’s schools rugby system continues to be one of the strongest in the region, producing players capable of matching leading Asian nations.

Referring to the country’s recent performances at youth level, he said, “Last year, our Under-27 team had only one month of preparation before the tournament, yet we still finished runners-up. We defeated Hong Kong in the first round before losing to them in the final. That clearly shows the standard and potential we have at school level.”

However, Fernando pointed out that the biggest challenge facing Sri Lanka Rugby is the lack of opportunities for players once they leave school.

“More than 90 percent of school rugby players do not continue the sport after school because they do not see a future in rugby in Sri Lanka. That is an issue we must address urgently,” he said.

Fernando believes improving the club rugby structure and creating a sustainable pathway for young players will be essential if Sri Lanka is to challenge the leading rugby nations in Asia and regain its former standing in regional rugby.