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Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Kumara ruled out from World Cup qualifiers

Published

3 years ago

July 2, 2023

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Spearhead Lahiru Kumara has been ruled out from the World Cup qualifiers after sustaining a side strain which he picked during the Netherlands match. He will be replaced by Sahan Arachchige.

Kumara is set to fly back to Sri Lanka for the rehabilitation process at the High-Performance Center of the RPICS.

This is the second injury blow for Sri Lanka after Dushmantha Chameera who was also ruled out from the tournament due to a shoulder injury.

“Lahiru Kumara, who suffered a side strain during the match against the Netherlands, will not take part in the remainder of the tournament”, SLC said in a release.

“He will return home and start his rehabilitation process at the High-Performance Center of the RPICS.
Sahan Arachchige is drafted into the squad in place of Lahiru Kumara”, the release further added.

Arachchige, 27, was one of the three stand-by players flown to Zimbabwe after the Qualifier began to cover for injuries in the Sri Lanka camp along with Dilshan Madushanka, who has been drafted in as Chameera’s replacement and young all-rounder Dunith Wellalage.

Arachchige has a decent record in the domestic arena with 1454 runs at an average of 29.67 in 66 List-A matches while also picking up 38 wickets.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ලහිරු කුමාර ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරඟවලින් ඉවතට

වේග පන්දු යවන ලහිරු කුමාර නෙදර්ලන්ත තරගයේදී ආබාධයකට ලක්වීම හේතුවෙන් ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගාවලියෙන් ඉවත් කර තිබේ. ඔහු වෙනුවට සහන් ආරච්චිගේ කැඳවීමට නියමිතය.

ඔහු RPICS හි ඉහළ කාර්ය සාධන මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ පුනරුත්ථාපන ක්‍රියාවලිය සඳහා නැවත ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පියාසර කිරීමට සූදානම් වේ.

උරහිසේ ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් තරගාවලියෙන් ඉවත් වූ දුෂ්මන්ත චමීරගෙන් පසු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එල්ල වූ දෙවැනි ආබාධ පහර මෙයයි.

නෙදර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව පැවති තරගයේදී ආබාධයකට ලක්වූ ලහිරු කුමාර තරගාවලියේ ඉතිරි තරග සඳහා සහභාගි නොවන බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් කියා සිටියේය.

27 හැවිරිදි ආරච්චිගේ, චමීර වෙනුවට සහ යොවුන් තුන් ඉරියව් ක්‍රීඩක දුනිත් වෙල්ලාලගේ ලෙස කෙටුම්පත් කර ඇති ඩිල්ෂාන් මධුශංක සමඟින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කඳවුරේ ආබාධ සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට පටන් ගැනීමෙන් පසු සිම්බාබ්වේ වෙත පියාසර කරන ලද ස්ථාවර ක්‍රීඩකයින් තිදෙනාගෙන් කෙනෙකි.

List-A තරඟ 66කදී 29.67ක සාමාන්‍යයක් සහිතව ලකුණු 1454ක් ලබාගනිමින් කඩුලු 38ක් දවාගනිමින් ආරච්චිගේ දේශීය පිටියේ යහපත් වාර්තාවක් තබා ඇත.

Cricket

Sunil Kumara Gamage Accepts SLC Resignations, Ministry Steps In

Published

21 hours ago

April 29, 2026

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Sri Lanka’s cricket administration has entered a period of transition after the government stepped in to take temporary control of the sport’s governing body.

Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage has accepted the resignation of Shammi Silva and the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, marking a significant shift in leadership.

Following the resignations, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that it would assume oversight of cricket administration under the authority granted by the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973. The decision places all operational and administrative matters of SLC under ministerial supervision with immediate effect.

Authorities indicated that the arrangement is temporary and part of a broader effort to stabilise the sport’s administration. A new committee is expected to be appointed in the coming days to examine existing issues and propose structural reforms aimed at improving governance and accountability.

The leadership’s decision to step down was communicated to the government earlier, prompting swift action to ensure continuity in the management of Sri Lanka’s most prominent sport.

Cricket

SLC President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee Step Down Effective Today

Published

24 hours ago

April 29, 2026

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The President of Sri Lanka Cricket, Shammi Silva, has officially resigned from his position with immediate effect, according to an announcement released by the board today (29).

In a significant development, all office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee have also stepped down from their respective roles, signaling a complete leadership transition within the governing body.

Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the decision has been formally conveyed to Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.

No further details were immediately provided regarding the reasons behind the mass resignation or the process for appointing new leadership.

Cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga

Published

2 days ago

April 28, 2026

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.

This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.

Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.