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Why is the Ashes tournament called ‘Ashes’?

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The Ashes 2021/22 is one of the most anticipated series in the cricket calendar. The tournament includes two teams, England and Australia. Many cricket fans may know that this is the oldest tournament in the history of the game. The England cricket team and the Australian cricket team will play a Test series against each other almost every two years.

The host of the tournament is held alternately. For example, the 2019 Ashes tournament took place in England and now the 2021/22 Ashes tournament will be held in Australia. The host team usually dominated the tournament. However, in the previous Ashes tournament, the England team won 2 matches and the Australian team also managed to win 2 matches. One match ended in a draw. As a result, the tournament was a co-championship for both teams.

Australia recorded their first Test victory on English soil in 1882 at the Oval. The Sporting Times newspaper mentioned that England cricket is dead and the body will be cremated and the ashes will be taken to Australia. Then, before the 1882-83 series in Australia, then England captain Ivo Bligh announced that he would regain the Ashes. This is how the word ash became popular.

After England won two of the three Tests in Melbourne, a group of women presented the England team with a small vase. It is now known as an ashtray and is made of terracotta and is approximately 10.5 cm high. The vase, reputed to be made of burnt bail, is in the MCC Museum at Lord’s but has been moved to Australia twice. Thus, this is a small part of the history of the oldest cricket rivalry.

අළු බදුන තරගාවලියට ‘අළු (Ashes)’ ලෙස හඳුන්වන්නේ ඇයි?

අළු බඳුන 2021/22 යනු ක්‍රිකට් දින දර්ශනයේ වඩාත්ම අපේක්ෂිත තරග මාලාවකි. මෙම තරඟාවලියට එංගලන්තය සහ ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව යන කණ්ඩායම් දෙකක් ඇතුළත් වේ. මෙය ක්‍රීඩා ඉතිහාසයේ පැරණිතම තරගාවලිය බව බොහෝ ක්‍රිකට් ලෝලීන් දන්නවා ඇති. එංගලන්ත ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම සහ ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම සෑම වසර දෙකකට වරක්ම පාහේ එකිනෙකාට එරෙහිව ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලියක් ක්‍රීඩා කරනු ඇත.

තරගාවලියේ සත්කාරකත්වය මරුවෙන් මාරුවට දරයි. උදාහරණයක් ලෙස, 2019 අළු බඳුන තරඟාවලිය එංගලන්තයේ සිදු වූ අතර දැන් 2021/22 අළු බඳුන තරඟාවලිය ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේදී පැවැත්වේ. සාමාන්‍යයෙන් තරගාවලියේ ආධිපත්‍යය දැරුවේ සත්කාරක කණ්ඩායමයි. කෙසේ වෙතත්, මීට පෙර පැවති අළු බඳුන තරගාවලියේදී එංගලන්ත කණ්ඩායම තරග 2ක් ජයග්‍රහණය කළ අතර ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු කණ්ඩායමද තරග 2ක් ජයග්‍රහණය කිරීමට සමත් විය. එක් තරගයක් ජය පැරදුමකින් තොරව අවසන් විය. ඒ අනුව ඒ තරගාවලිය සම ශූරතාව දෙපිළටම හිමි විය.

ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව සිය පළමු ටෙස්ට් ජයග්‍රහණය එංගලන්ත භූමියේදී වාර්තා කළේ 1882 දී ඕවල් හිදීය. එංගලන්ත ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාව මිය ගොස් ඇති බවත්, දේහය ආදාහනය කර අළු ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවට ගෙන යන බවත් ස්පෝර්ටින් ටයිම්ස් පුවත්පත සඳහන් කළා. ඉන්පසුව, 1882-83 ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පැවති තරඟාවලියට පෙර, එවකට එංගලන්ත නායක Ivo Bligh ප්‍රකාශ කළේ ඔහු අළු නැවත ලබා ගන්නා බවයි. අළු යන වචනය ජනප්‍රිය වූයේ එලෙසිනි.

එංගලන්තය ටෙස්ට් තරග තුනෙන් දෙකකම ජයග්‍රහණයක් වාර්තා කිරීමෙන් පසු මෙල්බර්න් නුවරදී කාන්තාවන් පිරිසක් එංගලන්ත කණ්ඩායමට කුඩා බඳුනක් තෑගි කළහ. එය දැන් අළු බඳුන ලෙස හඳුන්වන අතර එය ටෙරාකොටා වලින් සාදා ඇති අතර එය ආසන්න වශයෙන් සෙන්ටිමීටර 10.5 ක් උසයි. පිළිස්සුණු ඇපවලින් සෑදූ බවට ප්‍රසිද්ධියක් උසුලන මෙම බඳුන ලෝඩ්ස් හි MCC කෞතුකාගාරයේ පවතින නමුත් එය දෙවරක් ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවට ගෙන ගොස් ඇත. මේ අනුව, මෙය පැරණිතම ක්‍රිකට් ප්‍රතිවාදියාගේ ඉතිහාසයේ කුඩා කොටසකි.

ஆஷஸ் போட்டி ஏன் ‘ஆஷஸ்’ என்று அழைக்கப்படுகிறது?

ஆஷஸ் 2021/22 கிரிக்கெட் காலண்டரில் மிகவும் எதிர்பார்க்கப்பட்ட தொடர்களில் ஒன்றாகும். இந்தப் போட்டியில் இங்கிலாந்து மற்றும் ஆஸ்திரேலியா ஆகிய இரு அணிகள் உள்ளன. விளையாட்டு வரலாற்றில் இது மிகவும் பழமையான போட்டி என்பதை பல கிரிக்கெட் ரசிகர்கள் அறிந்திருக்கலாம். இங்கிலாந்து கிரிக்கெட் அணியும் ஆஸ்திரேலிய கிரிக்கெட் அணியும் கிட்டத்தட்ட இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளுக்கு ஒருமுறை டெஸ்ட் தொடரில் விளையாடும்.

போட்டியின் புரவலன் மாறி மாறி நடத்தப்படுகிறது. உதாரணமாக, 2019 ஆஷஸ் போட்டி இங்கிலாந்தில் நடந்தது, இப்போது 2021/22 ஆஷஸ் போட்டி ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் நடைபெறும். பொதுவாக போட்டியை நடத்தும் அணியே ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தியது. எனினும், இதற்கு முன்னர் நடைபெற்ற ஆஷஸ் போட்டியில் இங்கிலாந்து அணி 2 போட்டிகளில் வெற்றி பெற்றதோடு, அவுஸ்திரேலிய அணியும் 2 போட்டிகளில் வெற்றி பெற்றுள்ளது. ஒரு போட்டி டிராவில் முடிந்தது. இதன் விளைவாக, போட்டி இரு தரப்புக்கும் இணை சாம்பியன்ஷிப் ஆனது.

ஆஸ்திரேலியா தனது முதல் டெஸ்ட் வெற்றியை இங்கிலாந்து மண்ணில் 1882 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஓவல் மைதானத்தில் பதிவு செய்தது. ஸ்போர்ட்டிங் டைம்ஸ் நாளிதழ் இங்கிலாந்து கிரிக்கெட் இறந்துவிட்டதாகவும், உடல் தகனம் செய்யப்பட்டு சாம்பல் ஆஸ்திரேலியாவுக்கு கொண்டு செல்லப்படும் என்றும் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளது. பின்னர், 1882-83 ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் நடந்த தொடருக்கு முன்பு, அப்போதைய இங்கிலாந்து கேப்டன் இவோ ப்ளிக் ஆஷஸை மீண்டும் பெறுவதாக அறிவித்தார். இப்படித்தான் சாம்பல் என்ற சொல் பிரபலமடைந்தது.

மெல்போர்னில் நடந்த மூன்று டெஸ்டுகளில் இரண்டில் இங்கிலாந்து வெற்றி பெற்ற பிறகு, பெண்கள் குழு இங்கிலாந்து அணிக்கு சிறிய குவளை ஒன்றை பரிசளித்தது. இது இப்போது ஒரு சாம்பல் தட்டு என்று அறியப்படுகிறது மற்றும் டெரகோட்டாவால் ஆனது மற்றும் தோராயமாக 10.5 செமீ உயரம் கொண்டது. எரிக்கப்பட்ட ஜாமீனில் செய்யப்பட்ட குவளை, லார்ட்ஸில் உள்ள MCC அருங்காட்சியகத்தில் உள்ளது, ஆனால் இரண்டு முறை ஆஸ்திரேலியாவிற்கு மாற்றப்பட்டது. எனவே, இது பழமையான கிரிக்கெட் போட்டியின் வரலாற்றின் ஒரு சிறிய பகுதியாகும்.

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Sri Lanka Cricket Denies Financial Crisis Claims Amid Transformation Committee Appointment

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Sri Lanka Cricket has firmly rejected recent media reports claiming that the organization is facing a financial crisis following the appointment of the Cricket Transformation Committee, stating that such allegations are “entirely false and misleading.”

In an official clarification, SLC emphasized that the Cricket Transformation Committee was appointed by the Hon. Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs under the powers granted by Sections 32 and 33 of the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973, as amended.

According to SLC, once an order is issued under Section 32 of the Sports Law, the powers, administration, management, and control of the affairs and assets of the relevant sports body are legally transferred to the committee appointed by the Minister.

The organization further noted that the duly appointed Transformation Committee is fully authorized to oversee and manage all affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket, including its financial operations and obligations, until a new Executive Committee is elected.

SLC also pointed out that the appointment of the committee has already been officially published in the Government Gazette, thereby granting it full legal authority to act on behalf of the organization in all administrative and financial matters.

Rejecting claims of financial instability, Sri Lanka Cricket reiterated that its operations continue without disruption. The organization stated that all day-to-day activities, including financial and administrative functions, are proceeding smoothly under the supervision of the Transformation Committee.

SLC further assured stakeholders that all payments to suppliers, service providers, employees, players, and other parties continue to be settled on time, with no interruption to the organization’s commitments.

The statement was issued in response to growing speculation in sections of the media regarding the financial status of Sri Lanka Cricket after the recent administrative changes.

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Sri Lanka, India to Clash in Two-Test Series in August

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Sri Lanka and India are set to play a two-match Test series between August 15 and 27 as part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle.

Although the official schedule is yet to be announced, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reserved a two-week window for the series following the conclusion of the Lanka Premier League on August 9. Discussions between SLC and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are continuing to finalise the venues and match dates.

The proposed tour was initially expected to include three Twenty20 Internationals as well, but there has been no confirmation regarding those matches. The T20 games were originally planned as a fundraising initiative for victims affected by Cyclone Ditwah last year.

Meanwhile, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia is currently in Sri Lanka as part of an International Cricket Council delegation reviewing recent developments in Sri Lanka Cricket administration. The Sri Lankan government recently dissolved the previous SLC body and appointed an interim Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee.

Cricket scheduling remains challenging for India due to a packed international calendar later this year. India are expected to tour Bangladesh in September for a white-ball series, although the tour is still uncertain after being postponed previously because of political tensions between the two nations.

India also have commitments against West Indies and Afghanistan later in the year, along with the Asian Games in Nagoya scheduled from September 9 to October 4.

India’s international season resumes in June with a Test series against Afghanistan before tours of Ireland, England and Zimbabwe.

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ICC Delegation Holds Key Talks With President on Cricket Reforms

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Senior representatives of the International Cricket Council (ICC) met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo yesterday as discussions intensified over the future of cricket administration in Sri Lanka.

The ICC delegation, which includes Imran Khwaja and Devajit Sakia, is currently in the country following recent changes within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Their visit comes amid growing attention on governance reforms and the restructuring of the national cricket administration.

During their stay, ICC officials also held meetings with members of the newly appointed SLC administration at the board’s headquarters, where discussions focused on restoring stability and strengthening the management framework of Sri Lankan cricket.

The latest developments follow the appointment of a nine-member Cricket Transformation Committee by Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage after the resignation of the previous SLC leadership.

The committee, chaired by Eran Wickremaratne, has been entrusted with overseeing the administration of the sport and implementing a series of reforms until new elections are conducted.

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