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St. Peter’s College and Wesley College also won the first stage of the Schools Rugby League.

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July 1, 2022

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The fourth and fifth matches of the Schools Rugby League 2022 were held on 25th June 2022. It is between Wesley College, Colombo and Vidyartha College, Kandy and between St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya and Dharmaraja College, Kandy.

The Wesley – Vidyartha clash at the CR & FC Stadium ended with Wesley’s rugby team winning 38-07.

Wesley’s team were led by 28-00 points in the first half of the game. In the first half, the Wesley team scored 4 tries and Rigesh, Michelle Amat, and Hazeez Thabeeth scored 4 tries.

The players of Vidyartha College, who showed a backward nature in the first half, managed to collect 07 points in the second half. However, Wesley College was able to take the lead in that half as well.

Wesley College also scored two tries in the second half by Sheal Samuel and Nithila Rodrigo scoring the tries.

The only try scored by the Vidyartha Vidyalaya team was scored by Arosh Ratnayake in the second half. The man of the match was Rigesh Muralidaran of Wesley College.

The School Rugby League match between Dharmaraja Vidyalaya and St. Peter’s College was held at St. Peter’s Stadium, Bambalapitiya. In that match, St. Peter’s College was able to record a 27-12 victory against Dharmaraja College.

In the first phase of the match, both teams scored two tries each. Dineth Ranasinghe and Rajith Ekanayake scored tries for St Peters College and Vanuja Mantrige and Vimukti Bandara also scored tries for Dharmaraja Vidyalaya.

However, in the second half, St. Peter’s players scored two more tries and managed to win the game.

Ashan Madugaspe and Vishenka Silva scored two tries for St. Peter’s College in the second half. Vidyartha players failed to score a single try in the second half. The man of the match was Ashan Madugaspe of St. Peter’s College.

සාන්ත පීතර සහ වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලවලටත් ‘Dialog schools Rugby League’හි පළමු අදියරේ ජය….

2022 පාසල් රග්බි ලීගයේ සිව්වන සහ පස්වන තරඟ 2022 ජුනි 25 වන දින පැවැත්විණි. ඒ කොළඹ වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලය සහ මහනුවර විද්‍යාර්ථ විද්‍යාලය අතර සහ බම්බලපිටිය ශාන්ත පීතර විද්‍යාලය සහ මහනුවර ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලය අතරයි.

CR & FC ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේ පැවැති වෙස්ලි – විද්‍යාර්ථ රග්බි ගැටුම නිමා වූයේ වෙස්ලි ක්‍රීඩකයන් 38-07ක ජයග්‍රහණයක් වාර්තා කරමින් ය.

තරගයේ ප්‍රථම අර්ධයේ වෙස්ලි ක්‍රීඩකයන් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටියේ ලකුණු 28-00 ක් වශයෙන් ය. ප්‍රථම අර්ධයේදී වෙස්ලි කණ්ඩායම උත්සාහක දිනුම් 4ක් වාර්තා කළ අතර රිගෙෂ්, මිශෙල් අමත්, Hazeez Thabeeth එම උත්සාහක දිනුම් 4 වාර්තා කළහ.

පළමු අර්ධයේදී පසුගාමී ස්වභාවයක් පෙන්නුම් කළ විද්‍යාර්ථ විද්‍යාලයේ ක්‍රීඩකයෝ දෙවන අර්ධයේ දී ලකුණු 07ක් රැස්කර ගැනීමට සමත් වූහ. කෙසේවෙතත් එම අර්ධයේද පෙරමුණ ගැනීමට හැකි වූයේ වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලයටයි.

වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලය දෙවන අර්ධයේදී ද උත්සාහක දිනුම් දෙකක් වාර්තා කළ අතර Sheal Samuel සහ නිතිල රොද්‍රිගෝ එම උත්සාහක දිනුම් වාර්තා කළහ.

විද්‍යාර්ථ විද්‍යාලයීය පිල ලබා ගත් එක ම උත්සාහක දිනුම දෙවන අර්ධයේදී අරෝෂ් රත්නායක විසින් වාර්තා කරන ලදී. තරගයේ වීරයා බවට පත්වූයේ වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලයේ රිගේෂ් මුරලිදරන් ය.

Dialog පාසැල් රග්බි ලීගයේ ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලය සහ සාන්ත පීතර විද්‍යාලය අතර තරගය බම්බලපිටිය සාන්ත පීතර ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී පැවැත්වුණි. එම තරගයේදී ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලයට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 27-12ක ජයක් වාර්තා කිරීමට සාන්ත පීතර විද්‍යාලයට හැකි විය.

තරගයේ පළමු අදියරේ දී කණ්ඩායම් ද්විත්වය විසින් ම උත්සාහක දිනුම් දෙක බැගින් වාර්තා කරන ලදී. පීතර විද්‍යාලය වෙනුවෙන් දිනෙත් රණසිංහ සහ රජිත් ඒකනායක ද ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලය වෙනුවෙන් වනුජ මන්ත්‍රිගේ සහ විමුක්ති බණ්ඩාර ද උත්සාහක දිනුම් වාර්තා කළහ.

කෙසේවෙතත් දෙවන අර්ධයේදී ක්‍රියාත්මක වූ සාන්ත පීතර ක්‍රීඩකයෝ තවත් උත්සාහක දිනුම් දෙකක් වාර්තා කරමින් තරගය ජය ගැනීමට සමත් වූහ.

අශාන් මදුගස්පේ සහ විශේන්ක සිල්වා දෙවන අර්ධයේදී පීතර විද්‍යාලය වෙනුවෙන් උත්සාහක දිනුම් දෙකක් වාර්තා කළහ. විද්‍යාර්ථ ක්‍රීඩකයන්ට දෙවන අර්ධයේදී එක් උත්සාහක දිනුමක් හෝ වාර්තා කිරීමට නොහැකි විය. තරගයේ වීරයා සාන්ත පීතර විද්‍යාලයේ අශාන් මදුගස්පේ ය.

‘Schools Rugby League’ போட்டியின் முதல் கட்டப் போட்டிகளில் புனித பீற்றர் மற்றும் வெஸ்லி கல்லூரிகள் வெற்றி பெற்றன.

2022 ஸ்கூல்ஸ் ரக்பி லீக்கின் நான்காவது மற்றும் ஐந்தாவது ஆட்டங்கள் 25 ஜூன் 2022 அன்று நடைபெற்றன. இது கொழும்பு வெஸ்லி கல்லூரிக்கும் கண்டி வித்யார்த்த கல்லூரிக்கும் இடையிலும், பம்பலப்பிட்டி புனித பீற்றர் கல்லூரிக்கும் கண்டி தர்மராஜா கல்லூரிக்கும் இடையில் உள்ளது.

CR & FC மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்ற வெஸ்லி – வித்யார்த்த மோதலில் வெஸ்லி ரக்பி அணி 38-07 என வெற்றி பெற்றது.

ஆட்டத்தின் முதல் பாதியில் வெஸ்லி அணி 28-00 புள்ளிகள் முன்னிலையில் இருந்தது. முதல் பாதியில் வெஸ்லி அணி 4 ட்ரைகளையும், ரிகேஷ், மிச்செல் அமாட், ஹசீஸ் தபீத் ஆகியோர் 4 ட்ரைகளையும் பெற்றனர்.

முதல் பாதியில் பின்தங்கிய சுபாவத்தை வெளிப்படுத்திய வித்யார்த்த கல்லூரி வீரர்கள், இரண்டாவது பாதியில் 07 புள்ளிகளைப் பெற முடிந்தது. எனினும், அந்த பாதியிலும் வெஸ்லி கல்லூரியால் முன்னிலை பெற முடிந்தது.

இரண்டாவது பாதியில் ஷீல் சாமுவேல் மற்றும் நித்திலா ரொட்ரிகோ ஆகியோரால் இரண்டு ட்ரைகளை வெஸ்லி கல்லூரியும் பெற்றது.

வித்யார்த்த வித்தியாலய அணியினர் பெற்ற ஒரேயொரு ட்ரை இரண்டாவது பாதியில் அரோஷ் ரத்நாயக்கவினால் பெறப்பட்டது. போட்டியின் நாயகனாக வெஸ்லி கல்லூரியின் ரிகேஷ் முரளிதரன் தெரிவானார்.

தர்மராஜ வித்தியாலயத்திற்கும் புனித பேதுரு கல்லூரிக்கும் இடையிலான பாடசாலை ரக்பி லீக் போட்டி பம்பலப்பிட்டி புனித பேதுரு விளையாட்டு மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்றது. அந்தப் போட்டியில், புனித பேதுரு கல்லூரி, தர்மராஜா கல்லூரிக்கு எதிராக 27-12 என்ற கோல் கணக்கில் வெற்றியைப் பதிவு செய்ய முடிந்தது.

ஆட்டத்தின் முதல் கட்ட ஆட்டத்தில் இரு அணிகளும் தலா இரண்டு ட்ரைகளைப் பெற்றன. புனித பீட்டர்ஸ் கல்லூரி சார்பாக தினேத் ரணசிங்க மற்றும் ரஜித் ஏகநாயக்க ஆகியோர் ட்ரைகளை பெற்றுக் கொண்டனர். மேலும் தர்மராஜ வித்தியாலயம் சார்பாக வனுஜா மந்திரிகே மற்றும் விமுக்தி பண்டார ஆகியோரும் ட்ரைகளை பெற்றனர்.

எனினும் இரண்டாவது பாதியில் சென்.பீற்றர்ஸ் வீரர்கள் மேலும் இரண்டு ட்ரைகளை அடித்து ஆட்டத்தை வெற்றிகொள்ள முடிந்தது.

Cricket

New Sri Lanka Cricket Chiefs Promise Sweeping Reforms

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1 hour ago

May 23, 2026

Editor

Sri Lanka Cricket’s interim administration has launched a major clean-up operation after uncovering what officials describe as extensive financial mismanagement within the governing body.

Speaking at his first press conference since taking charge last month, interim president Eran Wickramaratne announced that a forensic audit had been ordered to examine the organisation’s accounts in detail.

According to Wickramaratne, the scale of the suspected irregularities exceeded initial expectations, prompting urgent calls for structural reforms and tighter oversight within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

The current administration was appointed by the government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake following the resignation of the previous elected committee in April. The move sparked concerns over possible disciplinary action from the International Cricket Council (ICC), which prohibits political interference in cricket boards.

Sri Lanka Cricket had previously faced a two-month suspension from the ICC in 2023 under similar circumstances.

However, Wickramaratne said discussions with the global governing body had been positive and cooperative.

“Our engagement with the ICC has been constructive from the beginning,” he said. “We have kept the process transparent, and they have encouraged reforms carried out through proper and open procedures.”

The interim administration is now working on introducing a new constitution designed to strengthen governance and prevent individuals or groups from holding influence over the board for extended periods.

The resignation of former SLC president Shammi Silva and his committee cleared the way for the latest restructuring effort, which comes amid wider criticism over the board’s management and the national team’s recent performances.

Sri Lanka’s early exit from this year’s T20 World Cup jointly hosted with India intensified public frustration and added pressure for change within the country’s cricket establishment.

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Kapila Wijegunawardene Replaces Pramodya as Sri Lanka Cricket Chief Selector

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2 hours ago

May 23, 2026

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Former Sri Lanka cricketer Kapila Wijegunawardene has been appointed as the new Chief Selector of Sri Lanka Cricket, replacing Pramodya Wickramasinghe at the head of the national selection panel.

The appointment was approved by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports following a request made by Sri Lanka Cricket on May 20, 2026.

Alongside Wijegunawardene, the newly named selection committee includes Amal Silva, Brendon Kuruppu, Varuna Waragoda, and Vanessa de Silva.

The new panel is expected to oversee national team selections and player evaluations across all formats as Sri Lanka prepares for a demanding international schedule in the coming months.

Cricket observers believe the inclusion of several experienced former players could bring renewed direction to the country’s selection process.

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Sanath Jayasuriya Steps Down from Sri Lanka Cricket High Performance Role

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8 hours ago

May 23, 2026

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Former Sri Lankan cricket legend and former head coach Sanath Jayasuriya has officially resigned from his position as Consultant to Sri Lanka Cricket’s High Performance Centre, with his resignation set to take effect at the end of this month.

In a letter addressed to the recently appointed Cricket Transformation Committee, Jayasuriya stated that he had become aware of concerns raised by several committee members regarding his dual roles within Sri Lankan cricket administration.

The concerns reportedly centered on his appointment to the High Performance Centre while simultaneously serving as President of the Matara District Cricket Association, which some believed could create a potential conflict of interest.

Jayasuriya noted that his decision to step down was made in the best interests of transparency and the future development of Sri Lankan cricket. He emphasized his continued commitment to supporting the sport and nurturing young talent despite leaving the consultancy role.

Widely regarded as one of Sri Lanka’s greatest cricketers, Jayasuriya has remained actively involved in cricket administration and player development since retiring from international cricket. His resignation comes at a time when Sri Lanka Cricket is undergoing significant structural reforms aimed at improving governance and performance standards.

Officials from Sri Lanka Cricket have yet to issue a formal statement regarding the resignation.