Kandy Sports Club, fresh from winning their eighth consecutive Rugby League title, have indicated that they are likely to pull out from the Clifford Cup knock-out tournament after their request for the Nittawela ground to be used as for their home games was turned down by Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR).
An unbeaten knock of 65 in 76 balls with four boundaries by Nipun Dhananjaya helped Sri Lanka ‘A’ coast to an easy six-wicket win over the visiting England Lions in the deciding unofficial ODI encounter played at the R. Premadasa Stadium today.
Sri Lanka Women’s team captain Chamari Athapaththu has pledged to continue representing the country for “one or two more years” and hopes that more exposure at international level will help build on the promise of some of the young talent in her team.
Richmond College, helped by a fine knock by Tharinda Nirmal and a match bag of eight wickets by Malsha Tharupathi, recorded a convincing 112-run win over Ananda College, who crashed to a fourth successive outright defeat in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Galle.
Opener Jacob Bethell and Sam Hain shone with support coming from Jordan Cox in England Lions comfortable four-wicket win against Sri Lanka ‘A’ in the first of the three limited over encounter played at the R. Premadasa Stadium to take a 1-0 lead.
A century from opener Kusal Wijetunge and a match bag of 12 for 52 from Dinuka Tennekoon paved the way for Trinity College to record a massive innings and 62-run win over Royal College at Reid Avenue today, their first outright victory at this venue in the 130-year history of the encounter between the two schools.
Former national cricket captain Angelo Mathews has been retained for Sri Lanka ’’A’’s second unofficial ODI against the England Lions, named in the 15-member squad led by Sadeera Samarawickrama.
Opener Jacob Bethell and Sam Hain shone with support coming from Jordan Cox in England Lions’ comfortable four-wicket win against Sri Lanka ‘A’ in the first of the three limited over encounters played at the R. Premadasa Stadium to take a 1-0 lead.
Wicket-keeper Anushka Sanjeewani was fined 15 per cent of her match fees by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following Sri Lanka Women’s seven-wicket win against Bangladesh Women at the T20 World Cup on Sunday, charged with breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct.
In this episode of Counter Point, Lankadeepa’s Daminda Wijesuriya and Daily Mirror’s Shehan Daniel discuss the potential implications of the Minister of Sports dictating who is appointed to the national cricket selection committee.