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Tim Southee who is going to destroy the plans of the Sri Lankan team

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March 8, 2023

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Days ahead of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, New Zealand captain Southee hopes his team will spoil Sri Lanka’s plans to play the WTC final.

After enjoying a thrilling win over England at Basin Reserve last month, New Zealand captain Tim Southee is looking to end the two-Test series against Sri Lanka on home soil with a win. The result of the New Zealand-Sri Lanka series is also crucial for India as it is part of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle and Sri Lanka still has a chance to qualify for the finals.

However, the Dimuth Karunaratne-led side must win both matches against the hosts to reach the decider scheduled to be held at the Oval in London from 7 to 11 June 2023.

On the other hand, Southee, who took over the captaincy in December 2022 after the resignation of Kane Williamson, will be looking to give his team the first tournament win under his leadership. Last month, after a humiliating loss to England in the first Test at the Bay Oval, the Black Caps managed an incredible 1-run win in the second Test. It saved the New Zealand team from losing the series. Accordingly, the tournament ended in a draw.

Sri Lanka’s chances of qualifying for the Test World Cup depend on this tournament. Winning both matches in this tournament is mandatory for the Sri Lankan team. But the Kiwis, led by Tim Southee, who are looking for victory in a Test series, have already prepared plans to destroy the plans of the Sri Lankan team.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ සැලසුම් විනාශ කිරීමට සැරසෙන ටිම් සවුති

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමඟ පැවැත්වෙන තරග 2කින් සමන්විත ටෙස්ට් තරගාවලියට දින කිහිපයකට පෙර, නවසීලන්ත නායක සවුති තම කණ්ඩායම WTC අවසන් මහා තරගය ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සතු සැලසුම් නරක් කරනු ඇතැයි අපේක්ෂා කරයි.

පසුගිය මාසයේදී එංගලන්තයට එරෙහිව බේසින් රිසර්ව්හිදී ත්‍රාසජනක ජයග්‍රහණයක රස විඳීමෙන් පසු, නවසීලන්ත නායක ටිම් සවුති ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එරෙහිව තම මව්බිමේදී පැවැත්වෙන තරග දෙකකින් යුත් ටෙස්ට් තරගාවලිය ජ්‍යග්‍රහණයකින් කෙළවර කිරීමට බලා සිටී. නවසීලන්ත – ශ්‍රී ලංකා තරගමාලාවේ ප්‍රතිඵලය ඉන්දියාවට ද තීරණාත්මක වන අතර එය දැනට පැවැත්වෙන ලෝක ටෙස්ට් ශූරතා (WTC) චක්‍රයේ කොටසක් වන අතර අවසන් මහා තරගයට සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට තවමත් අවස්ථාවක් තිබේ.

කෙසේ වෙතත්, 2023 ජුනි 7 සිට 11 දක්වා ලන්ඩනයේ ඕවල් ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත තීරණාත්මක තරගයට පැමිණීමට දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න ප්‍රමුඛ කණ්ඩායම සත්කාරක කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව තරඟ දෙකම ජය ගත යුතුය.

අනෙක් අතට, කේන් විලියම්සන්ගේ ඉල්ලා අස්වීමෙන් පසු 2022 දෙසැම්බරයේ නායකත්වය ලබා ගත් සවුති, ඔහුගේ නායකත්වය යටතේ පළමු තරඟාවලි ජයග්‍රහණය තම කණ්ඩායමට ලබා දීමට අපේක්ෂා කරයි. පසුගිය මාසයේදී, බේ ඕවල්හිදී පැවැති පළමු ටෙස්ට් තරගයෙන් එංගලන්තය හමුවේ ලද නින්දිත පරාජයෙන් පසුව, බ්ලැක් කැප්ස් දෙවැනි ටෙස්ට් තරගයෙන් ලකුණු 1කින් ඇදහිය නොහැකි ජයග්‍රහණයක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. එය නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම තරගාවලි පරාජයෙන් ගලවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඒ අනුව එම තරගාවලිය සම තත්වයෙන් නිමා විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ටෙස්ට් ලෝක කුසලානයට පීවිසීමේ අවස්ථාව රැදී පවතින්නේ මෙම තරගාවලිය මතය. මෙම තරගාවලියේ තරග දෙකම ජය ගැනීම ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට අනිවාර්‍ය්‍ය වේ. නමුත් ටෙස්ට් තරගාවලියක ජය සොයන ටිම් සවුති ප්‍රමුඛ කිවියන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ සැලසුම් විනාශ කිරීමට මේ වන විටත් සැලසුම් සකස් කර හමාරය.

இலங்கை அணியின் திட்டங்களை தகர்க்கப் போகும் டிம் சவுத்தி

இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான இரண்டு போட்டிகள் கொண்ட டெஸ்ட் தொடருக்கு சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்னதாக, நியூசிலாந்து கேப்டன் சவுதி, WTC இறுதிப் போட்டியில் விளையாடும் இலங்கையின் திட்டத்தை தனது அணி கெடுத்துவிடும் என்று நம்புகிறார்.

கடந்த மாதம் பேசின் ரிசர்வ் மைதானத்தில் இங்கிலாந்துக்கு எதிரான த்ரில் வெற்றியை அனுபவித்த நியூசிலாந்து கேப்டன் டிம் சவுதி, சொந்த மண்ணில் இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான இரண்டு டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகள் கொண்ட தொடரை வெற்றியுடன் முடிக்க முனைந்துள்ளார். நடப்பு உலக டெஸ்ட் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் (WTC) சுழற்சியின் ஒரு பகுதியாக இருப்பதால், நியூசிலாந்து-இலங்கை தொடரின் முடிவு இந்தியாவிற்கும் முக்கியமானது மற்றும் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு தகுதிபெற இலங்கைக்கு இன்னும் வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது.

எவ்வாறாயினும், திமுத் கருணாரத்ன தலைமையிலான அணி 2023 ஜூன் 7 முதல் 11 வரை லண்டனில் உள்ள ஓவல் மைதானத்தில் நடைபெறவிருக்கும் தீர்மானத்தை அடைய ஹோஸ்ட்களுக்கு எதிரான இரண்டு போட்டிகளிலும் வெற்றி பெற வேண்டும்.

மறுபுறம், கேன் வில்லியம்சன் ராஜினாமா செய்த பின்னர் 2022 டிசம்பரில் கேப்டன் பதவியை ஏற்றுக்கொண்ட சவுதி, தனது தலைமையின் கீழ் தனது அணிக்கு முதல் போட்டி வெற்றியை வழங்க விரும்புவார். கடந்த மாதம், பே ஓவலில் நடந்த முதல் டெஸ்டில் இங்கிலாந்திடம் அவமானகரமான தோல்விக்குப் பிறகு, பிளாக் கேப்ஸ் இரண்டாவது டெஸ்டில் நம்பமுடியாத 1 ரன் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது. இது நியூசிலாந்து அணியை தொடரை இழக்காமல் காப்பாற்றியது. அதன்படி, போட்டி டிராவில் முடிந்தது.

இலங்கை டெஸ்ட் உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு தகுதி பெறும் வாய்ப்பு இந்த போட்டியை பொறுத்தே உள்ளது. இந்த போட்டியில் இரண்டு போட்டிகளிலும் வெற்றி பெறுவது இலங்கை அணிக்கு கட்டாயம். ஆனால், டெஸ்ட் தொடரில் வெற்றியைத் தேடிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் டிம் சவுத்தி தலைமையிலான கிவீஸ் அணி, இலங்கை அணியின் திட்டங்களைத் தகர்க்க இப்போதே திட்டங்களைத் தயாரித்து விட்டது.

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Chamindu Wickramasinghe’s bowling action under scrutiny?

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April 13, 2026

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Sri Lankan fast bowler Chamindu Wickramasinghe has come under the spotlight after his bowling action was officially reported as suspicious during a recent domestic encounter.

The incident occurred in a match of the National Super League held from April 6 to 9, where the Dambulla side faced Colombo. Wickramasinghe, representing Dambulla, drew attention from match officials, prompting concerns over the legality of his action.

The on-field umpires, Deepal Gunawardena and Ravindra Wimalasiri, made the report in accordance with standard procedures. Match referee Manoj Mendis also oversaw the process, ensuring that all regulations were followed.

Following the report, the matter has been referred to the Sri Lanka Cricket High Performance Unit for further assessment. Wickramasinghe may now be required to undergo biomechanical testing to determine whether his bowling action complies with the laws of the game.

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Sri Lanka lasses continue to impress

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April 13, 2026

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Sri Lanka Under-19 Women extended their impressive run in the Tri-Series with a composed four-wicket victory over Australia Women Under-19 cricket team at Bill Pippen Oval Today.

After being put in to bat, Australia U-19 struggled to build momentum against a disciplined Sri Lankan bowling attack. Ayla Johnson top-scored with 18 off 29 balls, while Alyssa Dermody added a quick 13. However, regular wickets halted their progress as they finished on a modest 91 for 9 in 20 overs. Limansa Thilakarathne led the bowling effort with an impressive 3 for 26, well supported by Chamudi Praboda, who claimed 2 for 21.

In response, Sri Lanka Women Under-19 cricket team chased down the target with 92 for 6 in 19.3 overs. Despite a few setbacks, Pramudi Methsara anchored the innings with an unbeaten 21 off 17 balls, while Danodya Sewmini contributed a steady 14. Australia’s Filippa Suesee (3 for 18) and Ira Aery (2 for 13) fought hard, but Sri Lanka held their nerve.

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Football Chief Jaswar Umar Enters Race for NOC Presidency

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Jaswar Umar, President of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, has officially submitted his nomination to contest for the presidency of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka at the upcoming Annual General Meeting.

Umar becomes the fourth candidate in the race, joining Shirantha Peiris, Deva Henry, and Asanga Seneviratne, who are also contesting for the top position in the country’s Olympic body.

His time as football chief has created divided opinions among sports professionals who evaluate his performance. On one hand, Sri Lanka’s national team has shown improvement in international results, including a rise in the FIFA rankings from 204 to 191, along with notable performances against stronger opposition.

However, his approach has also faced criticism. Stakeholders have raised concerns over the increased reliance on Sri Lankan-origin overseas players, with claims that it has limited opportunities for local talent. The long-term vision for developing youth and building grassroots football programs has become a subject of public inquiry.

Umar now aims to advance his career through NOC while he leads Sri Lankan football with both positive results and ongoing public criticism of his work.

The upcoming election will become a competitive battle because four candidates will vie for control of a key position which holds major power within the country’s sports system.