Madushanka’s hat-trick on debut seals title for Sri Lanka
DHAKA, Jan 27, 2018 (AFP) - Shehan Madushanka became the fourth bowler in history to claim a hat-trick on debut as Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 79 runs to win the tri-nation one-day international tournament in Dhaka on Saturday. The 22-year-old pacer claimed Bangladesh’s last three wickets before finishing with 3-26 as Sri Lanka defended [...]
Savindu, Kaumal spin Cambrians to victory
The right and left arm spin combination of skipper Savindu Peiris and Kaumal Nanayakkara steered Prince of Wales to victory for the second successive week as the duo combined to give the side a 74 runs win over Wesley in their match concluded at Campbell Park yesterday. The pair shared nine wickets in the first [...]
Dellon and Denuwan go past personal marks
Leg-spinner Dellon Peiris of S. Thomas’ College continues to dominate the All-Island Schools category, while surpassing the landmark of 20000 votes, as the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2018 competition reaches the end of 17th week. While Dellon earns that feat the leader of Emerging Schools, Denuwan Perera of [...]
SSC outclass SLPA CC by innings
Silva among the runs again for SSC; Vandersay and Shanaka bag 6 wickets each SSC outclassed SLPA CC with nearly two days to spare by an innings and 82 runs in the Premier Super Eight inter-club cricket encounter concluded at P. Sara Stadium yesterday. Chilaw Marians look set for an early kill against Saracens SC [...]
Negombo CC dominate against fancied Air Force SC
Negombo CC continued to dominate proceedings against fancied Air Force SC as they put themselves in line to record an outright win when play ended on day two in their Premier League Tier B inter-club cricket encounter played at Kadirana. Negombo CC bowling pair Umega Chathuranga and Ravindra Karunaratne were the heroes as they shared [...]
Fifty-six individual events completed on day one
Fifty-six individual events were completed on day one at the Vidudaya Ritzbury Inter Schools Swimming Championship at the University of Sri Jayawardenapura Swimming Complex yesterday. Organised by the Department of Physical Education and Sports Council of the university the event was participated of over 1300 schools swimmers both boys and girls from sixty seven schools [...]
Chamod Fernando of Isipathana is the Ruggerite of 2017
Thomian Aabid Cader the Most Popular Hundreds of school rugby players were recognised last Thursday for their untiring efforts during the concluded school rugby season which resulted in taking their respective teams to the helm at the annual awards ceremony of the Singer Schools Rugby League Championship. The event took place at the Bishops’ College [...]
Malinga hints at packing his bags
After being consistently snubbed for national selection, fast bowler Lasith Malinga this week hinted at retirement from international cricket to build a career in mentoring. It is not that he wants to end his international playing career before the 2019 World Cup. It is just that the prospect of a return seems a distant dream. [...]
Local match-fixing scandal: SLC found guilty
An independent inquiry into alleged match-fixing involving two local clubs has absolved players of all charges on a technicality but recommended tough action against the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and clubs officials whose involvement in the process which it says is now established. Kalutara PCC and Panadura SC players appealed against a ban instituted on [...]
Ruwini and Suranga come ‘bullseye’ with perfect scores
Top shooters of all levels were recognised for their achievements in 2017 at the annual Awards Ceremony of National Shooting Sports Federation (NSSF) of Sri Lanka, held at the Sports Ministry Auditorium in Colombo on Thursday. Among the top events that were conducted last year, the NSSF earmarked its National Championship, Trap and Skeet Nationals [...]
Innovative school cricket system to hit the turf from April
The streamlining of Inter-school cricket under the Education Department’s ‘Schools Cricket National Operation Plan’ (SCNOP) will get under way in April this year. First to hit the turf are the Under (U)-15 and U-17 seasons from April, according to its programme head – well known cricket administrator and former national cricketer Jayantha Seneviratne. As a [...]
Could Yoshitha’s army quell the marauding Soldiers in today’s battle
Losses don’t usually lead to confidence. But, at times, a loss is almost as good as a win. The CH&FC find themselves in this situation when they engage the Army today at Havelock Park. If Yositha Rajapaksa had been permitted by the Kandy defence to run another five yards and touch down, the result of [...]
AGM of Sepaktakraw Assn. on February 17
The Amateur Sepaktakraw Association of Sri Lanka will hold its Annual General Meeting on Feb. 17, 2018 at the Archery Pavilion of the CR & FC, Longdon Place, Colombo -07. According to an Association source this years’ AGM will see a few changes in the administration of office-bearers due to the long-standing doyen T. Nizam [...]
Members of the Athletic Committee make a show of strength with 18 signatories
The NOCSL conundrum turned another phase when a letter with twenty international and national sports personnel that carried seventeen signatures was sent to the IOC Director Relations Pere Miro claiming that the NOCSL Athletic Commission was duly elected. It was only last week that the Sunday Times came up with the story on the election [...]
‘Unparliamentary’ language taboo now at local Rugby matches
A proposal by Vice President and Chairman Tournament Committee, Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) Council, Lasitha Gunaratne, to curb on-field crude and abusive language by players, has been accepted. It is acknowledged that resorting to derogatory, abusive language during the game is ugly and brings the game to disrepute,which all teams have been informed of. This [...]
Hathurusingha – messiah or scapegoat?
Talking of Sri Lanka’s coaches, invariably, you talk about Australian Tom Moody as the coach who made the biggest impact in our short history of international cricket. It is argued that Moody, who took over the Lankan cricket reigns in 2005, made an impact so strong that, he managed to mould the Lankan ensemble into [...]
A pillar of Schools Rugby is no more
Nihal Mudannayake or, ‘Mudan’ as he was popularly known, will be missed by the local Rugby fraternity, more so in Schools Rugby. His voice calling for teams to take the field at Schools tournaments will never be heard again. May his soul Rest in Peace. An old boy of Carey College, Colombo, he was interested [...]
CDB’s Piyumal’s 10-3-15-7 is weekend’s highpoint
An devastating spell by Chamod Piyumal, 10-3-15-7, of Citizens Development Business (CDB) destroyed last year’s runners-up, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) for a paltry 83 runs in 27.5 overs, enabling CDB to coast to an 8-wicket victory– 84 for 2, in 11.3 overs, in the ongoing 7th Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd., – ‘BMW/Hyundai’ Trophy, MCA ‘C’ [...]
School Cricket – Dead and Buried!
The Sri Lanka Under (U)-19 team made an unceremonious exit from the U-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, after recording just a solitary win against minnows Ireland, while going down to Afghanistan and Pakistan. After making it to the last four in the previous World Cup, this year the team recorded one of its [...]
Who can say what is right in Cricket?
Cricket is played on the field or inside (Administrators of the game) for the cricket enthusiast to judge who is better than the other. Now two ministers in the government is at each others throat fighting to prove who is better. One Minister has played Cricket and trying to show it is a former cricketer [...]
Sensational Chung stuns Djokovic
Hyeon Chung of Korea made his mark last year entering the top 100 and is currently ranked 58. At 21, he has proved himself to be the best New-Generation player when he won the ATP’s New-Gen event in Milan last year. At the Australian Open (AO) last week, he beat Russian born German ‘Wunderkind’ Alexander [...]