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Sri Lanka name Strong 16-member squad for Netball World Cup

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Asian Champions Sri Lanka has named a strong 16-member squad for the upcoming Netball World Cup 2023 scheduled to begin in July in Cape Town, South Africa.

The squad includes some top names in netball circles, including Tharjini Sivalingam, Chathurangi Jayasooriya, Dulangi Wannithilake, Gayanjali Amarawansha and Semini Alwis to name a few.

A couple of new faces from the squad took part in the Asia Cup last year, with Gayathri Kawshalya, Shanika Perera, Chamudhi Wickramaratne, Rukshala Happuarachchi and Tisala Algama making the cut.

A notable exclusion is Hasitha Mendis.

After winning the 2022 Asian Championships, Sri Lanka will come into the World Cup with a lot of confidence but will need to show a great deal of resilience to pick themselves up after the pool stages and the impact of coming up against some of the world’s top teams.

Sri Lanka is slotted in Group ‘C’ along with Jamaica, host South Africa and Wales. The Asian Champions will kick off their campaign against Jamaica on 28 July followed by South Africa on the 29th and Wales on the 30th.

The islanders received a boost with the return of Thilaka Jinadasa as the head coach, and the World Cup will be her first assignment.

Squad:

Chathurangi Jayasooriya, Gayani Dissanayaka, Bashini de Silva, Gayathri Kawshalya, Shanika Perera, Gayanjali Amarawansha, Dulangi Wannitilaka, Chamudhi Wickramaratne, Rukshala Happuarachchi, Tisala Algama, Semini Alwis, Imasha Perera, Tarushi Perera, Malmi Hettiarachchi, Rashmi Perera, Tharjini Sivalingam

නෙට්බෝල් ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා 16 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් ශක්තිමත් ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචිතය නම් කෙරේ

ජුලි මාසයේ දකුණු අප්‍රිකාවේ කේප්ටවුන්හිදී ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිත 2023 නෙට්බෝල් ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා ආසියානු ශූර ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම 16 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් ශක්තිමත් සංචිතයක් නම් කර තිබේ.

තර්ජිනී සිවලිංගම්, චතුරංගි ජයසූරිය, දුලංගි වන්නිතිලක, ගයාංජලී අමරවංශ සහ සේමිණී අල්විස් ඇතුළු නෙට්බෝල් කවයේ ප්‍රමුඛ පෙළේ නම් කිහිපයක් සංචිතයට ඇතුළත් වේ.

පසුගිය වසරේ පැවති ආසියානු කුසලාන තරගාවලියට සංචිතයේ නවක මුහුණු යුවලක් සහභාගී වූ අතර ගයත්‍රි කව්ෂල්‍යා, ශානිකා පෙරේරා, චමුධි වික්‍රමරත්න, රුක්ෂලා හප්පුආරච්චි සහ තිසාලා අල්ගම එම කණ්ඩායමට ඇතුළත් විය.

සැලකිය යුතු බැහැර කිරීමක් වන්නේ හසිත මෙන්ඩිස් ය.

2022 ආසියානු ශූරතාවලිය ජයග්‍රහණය කිරීමෙන් පසු ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ලෝක කුසලානයට පැමිණෙන්නේ දැඩි විශ්වාසයකින් නමුත් සංචිතයේ අදියරෙන් පසුව සහ ලෝකයේ ප්‍රමුඛ පෙළේ ක්‍රීඩකයින් කිහිප දෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව පැමිණීමේ බලපෑමෙන් පසුව තමන්ව ගොඩ ගැනීමට විශාල ඔරොත්තු දීමේ හැකියාවක් පෙන්වීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අවශ්‍ය වනු ඇත. කණ්ඩායම්.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ජැමෙයිකාව, සත්කාරක දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව සහ වේල්සය සමඟින් ‘සී’ කාණ්ඩයට ඇතුළත්ව සිටී. ආසියානු ශූරයින් ජැමෙයිකාවට එරෙහිව ජූලි 28 වැනිදා ද, දකුණු අප්‍රිකාවට එරෙහිව 29 වැනිදා ද, වේල්සයට එරෙහිව 30 වැනිදා ද තරග වැදීමට නියමිතය.

තිලකා ජිනදාස ප්‍රධාන පුහුණුකාරිනිය ලෙස නැවත පැමිණීමත් සමඟ දිවයිනේ වැසියන්ට දිරියක් ලැබුණු අතර ලෝක කුසලානය ඇයගේ පළමු පැවරුම වනු ඇත.

සංචිතය:

චතුරංගි ජයසූරිය, ගයනි දිසානායක, භාෂිනි ද සිල්වා, ගයාත්‍රි කෞෂල්‍යා, ශානිකා පෙරේරා, ගයාංජලී අමරවංශ, දුලංගි වන්නිතිලක, චමුධි වික්‍රමරත්න, රුක්ෂලා හප්පුආරච්චි, තිසාලා අල්ගම, සේමිණී අල්විස්, ඉමාෂා රමිෂලිංග පෙරේරා, ටල්ජිවාර්ලිං පෙරේරා,

வலைப்பந்து உலகக் கோப்பைக்கான வலுவான 16 பேர் கொண்ட இலங்கை அணியை அறிவித்தது

ஆசிய சம்பியனான இலங்கை எதிர்வரும் 2023 ஆம் ஆண்டுக்கான நெட்பால் உலகக் கிண்ணத்திற்கான வலுவான 16 பேர் கொண்ட அணியை தென்னாபிரிக்காவின் கேப்டவுனில் ஜூலை மாதம் ஆரம்பிக்கவுள்ளது.

தர்ஜினி சிவலிங்கம், சதுரங்கி ஜயசூரிய, துலங்கி வன்னிதிலகே, கயாஞ்சலி அமரவன்ஷா மற்றும் செமினி அல்விஸ் உட்பட நெட்பால் வட்டாரங்களில் சில முன்னணி பெயர்கள் இந்த அணியில் அடங்கும்.

அணியில் இருந்து இரண்டு புதிய முகங்கள் கடந்த ஆண்டு ஆசிய கோப்பையில் பங்கேற்றன, காயத்திரி கவுசல்யா, ஷானிகா பெரேரா, சமுதி விக்கிரமரத்ன, ருக்ஷலா ஹப்புஆராச்சி மற்றும் திசாலா அல்கம ஆகியோர் வெட்டப்பட்டனர்.

ஒரு குறிப்பிடத்தக்க விலக்கு ஹசித மெண்டிஸ்.

2022 ஆசிய சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பை வென்ற பிறகு, இலங்கை அதிக நம்பிக்கையுடன் உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு வரும், ஆனால் குளம் கட்டங்களுக்குப் பிறகு தங்களைத் தாங்களே அழைத்துச் செல்ல அதிக பின்னடைவைக் காட்ட வேண்டும் மற்றும் உலகின் சில முன்னணி வீரர்களுக்கு எதிராக வரும் அணிகள்.

ஜமைக்கா, தென்னாபிரிக்கா மற்றும் வேல்ஸ் ஆகிய அணிகளுடன் இலங்கை அணி ‘சி’ பிரிவில் இடம்பிடித்துள்ளது. ஆசிய சாம்பியன்கள் ஜமைக்காவுக்கு எதிராக ஜூலை 28ஆம் தேதியும், தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவை 29ஆம் தேதியும், வேல்ஸுடன் 30ஆம் தேதியும் தங்கள் பிரச்சாரத்தைத் தொடங்குவார்கள்.

திலகா ஜினதாச தலைமைப் பயிற்றுவிப்பாளராகத் திரும்பியதன் மூலம் தீவுவாசிகள் ஊக்கம் பெற்றனர், மேலும் உலகக் கோப்பை அவரது முதல் பணியாக இருக்கும்.

அணி:

சதுரங்கி ஜயசூரிய, கயானி திஸாநாயக்க, பாஷினி டி சில்வா, காயத்திரி கௌசல்யா, ஷானிகா பெரேரா, கயாஞ்சலி அமரவன்ஷா, துலங்கி வன்னிதிலக, சமுதி விக்கிரமரத்ன, ருக்ஷலா ஹப்புஆராச்சி, திசல அல்கம, செமினி அல்விஸ், இமாஷா பெரேராச், எம்.எஸ்.ரமிஹர்லிங்க பெரேரா.

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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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