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We are well prepared for this tournament – skipper Shevon Daniel

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Sri Lanka under-19 skipper Shevon Daniel believes his team will put up a good show in the under-19 Tri-Nation Tournament and the bilateral series against Afghanistan starting on 20 March.

The tri-nation tournament (One Day Limited Over) will consist of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

“We are well prepared for this tournament. We were preparing for this tournament for the past two months, so I think we are all set to put up a good show,” said the skipper prior to their departure.

The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee named a strong 15-member squad comprising three senior players – Shevon Daniel, Theeraka Ranathunga and Trevin Matthew. The squad also consist of young talents such as Hiran Jayasundara, Hirun Kapurubandara, Manula Kularathne and Sineth Jayawardane to name a few.

The UAE tour will also serve as good exposure for the players before the Youth World Cup 2024 scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.

“We were closely monitoring the matches Afghanistan and Bangladesh played in recent times to study their playing styles. I believe the boys will put up a good performance,” Shevon Daniel further added.

The squad left the island nation today without Dinura Kalupahana, Malsha Tharupathi and Sineth Jayawardane who will join the team on the 19th. The three of them were allowed to play in their respective big matches this weekend by SLC.

Squad: Shevon Daniel, Hirun Kapurubandara, Malsha Tharupathi, Dinura Kalupahana, Sineth Jayawardena, Vihas Thewmika, Vishen Halambage, Hiran Jayasundara, Traveen Mathew, Theeraka Ranathunga, Vishva Lahiru, Duvindu Ranatunga, Manula Kularathne, Garuka Sanketh and Vishwa Rajapaksa

අපි මේ තරගාවලියට හොඳින් සූදානම් – නායක ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල්

ශ්‍රී ලංකා වයස අවුරුදු 19 න් පහළ නායක ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල් විශ්වාස කරන්නේ තම කණ්ඩායම 19 න් පහළ තුන්කොන් තරගාවලියේ සහ ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානයට එරෙහිව මාර්තු 20 වැනිදා ආරම්භ වන ද්විපාර්ශ්වික තරගමාලාවේ හොඳ දස්කම් දක්වනු ඇති බවයි.

තුන්කොන් තරගාවලිය (සීමිත එක්දින) ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය සහ බංග්ලාදේශයෙන් සමන්විත වේ.

“අපි මේ තරගාවලියට හොඳින් සූදානම්. අපි පසුගිය මාස දෙක තුළ මෙම තරඟාවලිය සඳහා සූදානම් වෙමින් සිටි අතර, ඒ නිසා අපි හොඳ තරඟයක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට සූදානම් බව මම සිතමි, ”ඔවුන් පිටත්ව යාමට පෙර නායකයා පැවසීය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් තේරීම් කමිටුව විසින් ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ ක්‍රීඩකයින් තිදෙනෙකුගෙන් සමන්විත 15 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් ශක්තිමත් සංචිතයක් නම් කරන ලදී – ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල්, තීරක රණතුංග සහ ට්‍රෙවින් මැතිව්. හිරාන් ජයසුන්දර, හිරුන් කපුරුබණ්ඩාර, මනුල කුලරත්න සහ සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන වැනි යොවුන් ක්‍රීඩකයන්ගෙන්ද සංචිතය සමන්විත වේ.

2024 ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත යොවුන් ලෝක කුසලානයට පෙර එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍ය සංචාරය ක්‍රීඩකයින්ට හොඳ නිරාවරණයක් වනු ඇත.

“අපි ඔවුන්ගේ ක්‍රීඩා විලාසයන් අධ්‍යයනය කිරීම සඳහා මෑත කාලයේ ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථානය සහ බංග්ලාදේශය ක්‍රීඩා කළ තරඟ සමීපව නිරීක්ෂණය කරමින් සිටියෙමු. පිරිමි ළමයින් හොඳ දස්කම් දක්වනු ඇතැයි මම විශ්වාස කරනවා,” ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල් වැඩිදුරටත් පැවසීය.

19 වැනිදා කණ්ඩායමට එක්වන දිනුර කළුපහන, මල්ෂා තරුපති සහ සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන නොමැතිව සංචිතය අද දිවයිනෙන් පිටත්ව ගියේය. ඔවුන් තිදෙනාට මෙම සති අන්තයේ ඔවුන්ගේ මහා තරග සඳහා ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය අවසර ලබාදී ඇත.

සංචිතය: ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල්, හිරුන් කපුරුබණ්ඩාර, මල්ෂා තරුපති, දිනුර කළුපහන, සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන, විහස් තෙව්මික, විශේන් හැලඹගේ, හිරාන් ජයසුන්දර, ට්‍රවීන් මැතිව්, තීරක රණතුංග, විශ්ව ලහිරු, දුවිඳු රණතුංග, මනුල කුලරත්න, සහ විශ්‍ර කුලරත්න.

இந்த போட்டிக்கு நாங்கள் நன்கு தயாராக உள்ளோம் – கேப்டன் ஷெவோன் டேனியல்

இலங்கை 19 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட அணித்தலைவர் ஷெவோன் டேனியல் தனது அணி 19 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட முத்தரப்புப் போட்டியிலும், ஆப்கானிஸ்தானுக்கு எதிராக மார்ச் 20ஆம் தேதி தொடங்கும் இருதரப்புத் தொடரிலும் சிறப்பான ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தும் என நம்புகிறார்.

இலங்கை, ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் மற்றும் வங்காளதேசம் ஆகிய மூன்று நாடுகள் பங்கேற்கும் முத்தரப்பு போட்டி (ஒரு நாள் வரையறுக்கப்பட்ட ஓவர்).

“இந்தப் போட்டிக்கு நாங்கள் நன்கு தயாராக இருக்கிறோம். கடந்த இரண்டு மாதங்களாக நாங்கள் இந்த போட்டிக்கு தயாராகி வருகிறோம், எனவே நாங்கள் அனைவரும் ஒரு நல்ல ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்த தயாராக உள்ளோம் என்று நான் நினைக்கிறேன், ”என்று அவர்கள் புறப்படுவதற்கு முன் கேப்டன் கூறினார்.

ஷேவோன் டேனியல், தீரக ரணதுங்கா மற்றும் ட்ரெவின் மேத்யூ ஆகிய மூன்று மூத்த வீரர்களைக் கொண்ட வலுவான 15 பேர் கொண்ட அணியை இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் தேர்வுக் குழு பெயரிட்டுள்ளது. இந்த அணியில் ஹிரன் ஜயசுந்தர, ஹிருன் கபுருபண்டார, மனுல குலரத்ன மற்றும் சினெத் ஜயவர்தன போன்ற இளம் திறமையாளர்களும் உள்ளனர்.

ஐக்கிய அரபு எமிரேட்ஸ் சுற்றுப்பயணம், 2024 இலங்கையில் நடைபெறவுள்ள இளையோர் உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு முன்னதாக வீரர்களுக்கு நல்ல வெளிப்பாடாக அமையும்.

“சமீப காலங்களில் ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் மற்றும் வங்காளதேசம் விளையாடிய போட்டிகளை நாங்கள் உன்னிப்பாகக் கண்காணித்து அவர்களின் விளையாட்டு முறைகளை ஆய்வு செய்தோம். சிறுவர்கள் சிறப்பான ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துவார்கள் என்று நான் நம்புகிறேன்,” என்று ஷெவோன் டேனியல் மேலும் கூறினார்.

எதிர்வரும் 19ஆம் திகதி அணியுடன் இணையவுள்ள தினுர களுபஹன, மல்ஷா தருபதி மற்றும் சினெத் ஜயவர்தன ஆகியோர் இன்றி இன்று தீவு நாட்டிலிருந்து அணி புறப்பட்டது. அவர்கள் மூவரும் இந்த வார இறுதியில் அந்தந்த பெரிய போட்டிகளில் விளையாட SLC ஆல் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டனர்.

அணி: ஷெவோன் டேனியல், ஹிருன் கபுருபண்டார, மல்ஷா தருபதி, தினுர கலுபஹன, சினெத் ஜயவர்தன, விஹாஸ் தெவ்மிக, விஷேன் ஹலம்பகே, ஹிரன் ஜயசுந்தர, ட்ரவீன் மெத்யூ, தீரக ரணதுங்க, விஷ்வ லஹிரு, துவிந்து ரணதுங்க, மனுல குலரத்ன  மற்றும் கப்ரு குலரத்ன,

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Chamindu Wickramasinghe’s bowling action under scrutiny?

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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 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.

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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.

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