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Sri Lanka women’s cricket team’s medal dream faded away…
The New Zealand women’s cricket team managed to win by 45 runs in the match held yesterday between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Group B of the Women’s T20 tournament held under the Commonwealth Games.
Batting first, the New Zealand women’s cricket team managed to score 147 runs by losing 7 wickets at the end of the twenty overs. Giving a successful start in batting, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates stood out as they built a partnership of 51 runs in 36 balls for the first wicket.
The New Zealand bowlers managed to send both the opening batsmen of the Sri Lankan women’s team back to the stadium just for fourteen runs. At the end of the scheduled 20 overs, the Sri Lankan batsmen managed to score only 102 runs. Nilakshi de Silva scored 36 runs but it was not enough for victory. Hayley Jensen, who bowled excellently, managed to take 3 wickets for 5 runs in the 4 overs with one maiden over. Accordingly, the New Zealand women’s team won the match easily by 45 runs.
The Sri Lanka women’s cricket team had to be disqualified from the tournament after losing both the matches they participated in in the preliminary round. However, the final match Sri Lanka will participate in will be held tomorrow against the South African women’s team.
England and New Zealand women’s teams managed to secure semi-final spots from Group B with one game remaining each.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN • 147/7(20 Overs)
Suzie Bates 34 (32)
Sophie Devine 24 (23)
Inoka Ranaweera 3/30 (4)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/31 (4)
SRI LANKA WOMEN • 102/8(20 Overs)
Nilakshi de Silva 36 (35)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 18* (21)
Hayley Jensen 3/5 (4)
Eden Carson2/30 (4)
ශ්රී ලංකා කාන්තා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායමේ පදක්කම් සිහිනය බොඳ වී යයි.
පොදු රාජ්ය මණ්ඩලීය ක්රීඩා තරගාවලිය යටතේ පැවැත්වෙන කාන්තා T20 තරගාවලියේ බී කාණ්ඩයෙන් තරග වදින ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ නවසීලන්තය අතර ඊයේ පැවති තරගයෙන් නවසීලන්ත කාන්තා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම ලකුණු 45ක පහසු ජයක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් නවසීලන්ත කාන්තා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම නියමිත පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු 7ක් දැවී ලකුණු 147ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය. පිතිකරණයේදී සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබාදෙමින් නවසීලන්ත නායිකා Sophie Devine සහ Suzie Bates පළමු කඩුල්ලට පන්දු 36 කදී ලකුණු 51ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැඟීම කැපී පෙනුණි.
පිළිතුරු ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ ශ්රී ලංකා කාන්තා කණ්ඩායමේ ආරම්භක පිතිකාරිණියන් දෙදෙනාම ලකුණු දාහතරක් වනවිට නැවතත් ක්රීඩාගාරයට යැවීමට නවසීලන්ත පන්දු යවන්නියන් සමත් විය. ඉන් නොනැවතී නියමිත පන්දුවාර 20 අවසානයේදි ශ්රී ලංකා පිතිකාරිනියන් ලකුණු 102 ක ට සීමා කිරීමට සමත් විය. Nilakshi de Silva ලකුණු 36ක් ලබා ගත්තද එය ජයග්රහණය සඳහා කිසිසේත් ප්රමාණවත් නොවීය. විශිෂ්ඨ පන්දු යැවීමක නිරන වු Hayley Jensen එක් නිලකුණු පන්දුවාරයක්ද සමගින් නියමිත පන්දුවාර 4 තුළදී ලකුණු 5කට කඩුළු 3ක් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඒ අනුව නවසීලන්ත කාන්තා කණ්ඩායමට ලකුණු 45ක පහසු ජයක් හිමි විය.
මූලික වටයේ සහභාගි වූ තරග දෙකම පරාජයට පත්වීම නිසා තවත් තරගයක් ඉතිරිව තිබියදීම ශ්රි ලංකා කාන්තා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායමට තරගාවලියෙන් ඉවත් වීමට සිදු වුණා. කෙසේ වෙතත් ශ්රී ලංකාව සහභාගි වන අවසන් තරගය හෙට දකුණු අප්රිකානු කාන්තා කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව පැවැත්වේ.
තවත් එක් තරගය බැගින් ඉතිරිව තිබියදීම බී කණ්ඩයෙන් අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ ස්ථාන වෙන් කර ගැනීමට එංගලන්ත සහ නවසීලන්ත කාන්තා කණ්ඩායම් සමත් විය.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN • 147/7(20 Overs)
Suzie Bates 34 (32)
Sophie Devine 24 (23)
Inoka Ranaweera 3/30 (4)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/31 (4)
SRI LANKA WOMEN • 102/8(20 Overs)
Nilakshi de Silva 36 (35)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 18* (21)
Hayley Jensen 3/5 (4)
Eden Carson2/30 (4)
இலங்கை மகளிர் கிரிக்கெட் அணியின் பதக்க கனவு கலைந்தது…
பொதுநலவாய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகளின் கீழ் நடைபெற்ற மகளிர் T20 போட்டியின் B குழுவில் இலங்கை மற்றும் நியூசிலாந்து அணிகளுக்கு இடையில் நேற்று இடம்பெற்ற போட்டியில் நியூசிலாந்து மகளிர் அணி 45 ஓட்டங்களால் வெற்றிபெற்றது.
முதலில் பேட் செய்த நியூசிலாந்து மகளிர் கிரிக்கெட் அணி இருபது ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 7 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 147 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது. பேட்டிங்கில் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தை அளித்த நியூசிலாந்து கேப்டன் சோஃபி டிவைன் மற்றும் சுசி பேட்ஸ் முதல் விக்கெட்டுக்கு 36 பந்துகளில் 51 ரன்கள் சேர்த்தனர்.
இலங்கை மகளிர் அணியின் ஆரம்ப துடுப்பாட்ட வீராங்கனைகள் இருவரையும் வெறும் பதினான்கு ஓட்டங்களுக்கு நியூசிலாந்து பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் மைதானத்திற்கு திருப்பி அனுப்பினார்கள். நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்ட 20 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் இலங்கை அணியால் 102 ரன்கள் மட்டுமே எடுக்க முடிந்தது. நிலக்ஷி டி சில்வா 36 ரன்கள் எடுத்தாலும் வெற்றிக்கு அது போதவில்லை. சிறப்பாக பந்துவீசிய ஹெய்லி ஜென்சன் ஒரு மெய்டன் ஓவரில் 4 ஓவர்களில் 5 ரன்களுக்கு 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினார். அதன்படி, நியூசிலாந்து மகளிர் அணி 45 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் எளிதாக வெற்றி பெற்றது.
இலங்கை மகளிர் கிரிக்கட் அணி ஆரம்ப சுற்றில் தாம் பங்குபற்றிய இரண்டு போட்டிகளிலும் தோல்வியடைந்ததையடுத்து போட்டியிலிருந்து தகுதி நீக்கம் செய்ய வேண்டியதாயிற்று. எவ்வாறாயினும், இலங்கை பங்கேற்கும் இறுதிப் போட்டி தென்னாபிரிக்க மகளிர் அணிக்கு எதிராக நாளை நடைபெறவுள்ளது.
இங்கிலாந்து மற்றும் நியூசிலாந்து மகளிர் அணிகள் தலா ஒரு ஆட்டம் எஞ்சியிருக்கும் நிலையில் பி பிரிவில் இருந்து அரையிறுதிக்கு முன்னேறின.
நியூசிலாந்து பெண்கள் • 147/7(20 ஓவர்கள்)
சுசி பேட்ஸ் 34 (32)
சோஃபி டெவின் 24 (23)
இனோகா ரணவீர 3/30 (4)
ஓஷதி ரணசிங்க 2/31 (4)
இலங்கை பெண்கள் • 102/8(20 ஓவர்கள்)
நிலாக்ஷி டி சில்வா 36 (35)
ஓஷதி ரணசிங்க 18* (21)
ஹேலி ஜென்சன் 3/5 (4)
ஈடன் கார்சன்2/30 (4)
Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket to name a women’s cricket tournament under late ‘Gwen Herat.’
Sri Lanka Cricket decided to dedicate the ‘Major Club Women’s 50-Over Tournament’ in memory of the late Gwen Herat, the founding president of the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association.
This decision has been made in recognition of the outstanding service rendered by Mrs. Herat towards the founding of Women’s Cricket Association in the country.
It was under her leadership that the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association was established in 1997, where she served as its founding president.
Accordingly, in memory of her from 2026 onwards, the Major Club Women’s 50-Over
Tournament will be named the Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy.
“The significant role played by the late Mrs. Gwen Herat in laying the foundation for women’s cricket is well remembered by the cricketing fraternity. By naming a tournament in her honor, Sri Lanka Cricket aims to preserve her legacy for future generations,” said Mr. Bandula
Dissanayake.
Marking this significant initiative, the family of Mrs. Gwen Herat presented a trophy to Sri Lanka Cricket, which will be awarded to the champions of future editions of the tournament.
The handover was carried out by Mrs. Herat’s family members, including her daughters, Shamarra Herat and Parveen Herat, and her son, Avancka Herat.
The Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy was officially handed over to Mr. Bandula Dissanayake, Honorary Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, in the presence of Mr. Ashley de Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, and distinguished guests Mr. Chandra Schaffter and Mr. Hemaka Amarasuriya.
Mr. Chinthaka Edirimanne, Head of National Cricket Operations, and Mr. Upul Nawaratne
Bandara, Head of Marketing at SLC, also were present at the ceremony, which took place at SLC last week.
Cricket
Leadership Change Looms at Sri Lanka Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket could be on the verge of a major leadership shake-up, with reports suggesting that President Shammi Silva is expected to resign from his post on Wednesday, potentially ending a seven-year tenure at the helm of the governing body.
According to a report published by Daily Mirror, Silva’s anticipated resignation follows a request from the government, signaling possible political involvement in the administration of the sport.
The report further indicates that former Member of Parliament and State Minister Eran Wickramaratne is likely to be appointed as the Interim President of Sri Lanka Cricket, should Silva step down as expected.
Silva, who was first elected to the position in February 2019, has maintained his leadership through multiple election victories, overseeing Sri Lanka Cricket during a period marked by both challenges and transitions.
While no official confirmation has yet been issued, the reported developments have already sparked widespread discussion within cricketing and political circles, raising questions about the future direction of the country’s cricket administration.
Athletics
Tharanga Claims Historic Gold in Nairobi with Record-Breaking Throw
Sri Lanka’s rising javelin sensation Rumesh Tharanga delivered a remarkable performance on the international stage, clinching gold at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi with a stunning meet record throw of 89.28 metres.
Competing against an elite field, Tharanga outshone some of the sport’s biggest names, including Olympic champion Thomas Röhler and Kenya’s celebrated Olympic silver medallist and world champion Julius Yego. His victory marks one of the most significant achievements in Sri Lankan athletics in recent years.
The triumph is further highlighted by Tharanga’s consistency, as this is his second throw exceeding 89 metres within a month. Such performances signal his growing dominance and position him firmly among the world’s top javelin throwers this season.
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