Five uncapped players named for Zimbabwe series
Five uncapped players are in the ODI side for the three-match series against Zimbabwe but selectors for various reasons have dropped as many as 10 players from the side that played Sri Lanka’s last ODI series against South Africa last year. Kamil Mishara, Kalana Perera, Chamika Gunasekera, Nuwan Thushara and Janith Liyanage are in the [...]
New-look National Super League: tournament to follow LPL style team names
The revamped National Super League (NSL) scheduled to start on January 20 with the 50-over format will see a big change of the names of the teams being switched to the cities they have been named after from the original provincial based titles. Initially, this two-format tournament, consisting of four day matches also, formally called [...]
All cricketers complete fitness test; Avishka tests positive for Covid-19
Avishka Fernando, who is named in the 18-man squad for the Zimbabwe series, has tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, risking his chances of playing during the home series. Sources said that Fernando missed the mandatory 2km run yesterday as an Antigen test has returned positive. A PCR test has been conducted with results pending. Meanwhile, [...]
SLC gets tough on retiring players
After three national players announced their retirement within a span of three days Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) made a sudden resolution on retiring players and the issuance of ‘No Objection Certificates’ (NOC), as the board showed its intention to get tough on players who are more tempted to play franchise cricket than turning out for [...]
Thurstan thrash Rajans
Thurstan College thrashed Dharmaraja College by an innings and 58 runs in their traditional two-day first XI cricket encounter played at Lake View, Kandy yesterday. In a game where the batsmen failed to impress much and bowlers stood out, Dharmaraja were totally outplayed by the visitors, who bowled them out twice under 86. Opting to [...]
The wonder woman at Tamil Union
Cricket has always been dubbed as the gentleman’s game. But it’s increasingly becoming a gender-neutral game with terms treating both genders, now in usage. The sport is also seeing more and more women participation at the once-male-dominated game. Locally and globally, there have been only a few and rare women handling the affairs of ground [...]
Colombo Malay Cricket Club to celebrate 150th anniversary in 2022
The Colombo Malay Cricket Club (CMCC), Sri Lanka’s oldest cricket club established in 1872, will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2022. To mark this momentous occasion the CMCC has organised a series of sports activities throughout the year. “The anniversary celebrations will kick off with the launch of the First Day Cover to mark CMCC’s [...]
Fitness and Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s resignation
Sri Lankan cricket fans got a rude shock in the New Year when Bhanuka Rajapaksa, a vital cog in Sri Lanka’s white-ball plans, ‘resigned’ from Sri Lanka Cricket prematurely citing his inability to handle the “mental trauma of conforming to the challenges posed in the rules and regulations in being contracted to Sri Lanka Cricket”. [...]
Shirantha Peries, now with NOC, keen to contribute more to sports
Shirantha Peries, the incumbent President of National Shooting Sport Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF), added another feather to his cap in contributing to sports and its development activities, by being elected as the new Assistant Treasurer of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC). He was elected uncontested after the NOC Election Committee rejected [...]
Janith Liyanage — the man on a mission
As the Lanka Premier League (LPL) continues to grow in stature, it provides the perfect platform for young cricketers to showcase their talents. Janith Liyanage is one such player who benefited from the five-team franchise tournament. Liyanage, who represented Dambulla Giants in his debut season, was crowned the ‘Emerging Player of the Tournament’. He scored [...]
Can Sri Lanka juniors turn tables this time?
Despite a heartbreaking defeat at the recently concluded ACC Under-19 Asia Cup Championship against India, the Sri Lanka juniors will be obstinate to complete the mission they are destined to at the upcoming ICC Under-19 Men’s World Cup, which begins in five more days. The Lankan youth outfit had ample time to try and test [...]
Career path of a tennis player
Playing efficiency of a player is transient. Meaning, it varies match to match and according to the challenges of the opponent. Even at the peak of player’s physical, stroke making skills and mental abilities, match play efficiency could fluctuate within a game, a set, a match and in an event. The reasons are many and [...]
Diran and Oneli emerge best paddlers
Diran Hamer of Royal College was awarded the Norton Perera Memorial Challenge Trophy while Oneli Lehansa of Musaeus College won the Irangani Perera Memorial Challenge Trophy for their prolific performances at the Western Province Table Tennis Championships 2021. Diran won a double crown, the Men’s Singles and the Under-17 Boy’s Singles titles while Oneli too [...]
Ritzbury Junior Squash Championship 2021
Navindu Lakshan of D.S. Senanayake College and Yeheni Kuruppu of Visakha Vidyalaya emerged the Boy’s and Girls champions respectively at the Ritzbury Junior Squash Championship, which concluded at the SSC courts last weekend.
Joes Under-15 skipper Kanishka shows promise for future
Kanishka Dissanayake, the captain of St. Joseph’s College Under-15 ‘A’ team, is a technically sound and stylish right-handed opening batsman as well as right-arm off-spinner. He has been showing great promise for St. Joseph’s College in the All-Island Inter-School Under-15 Division I Cricket Tournament this season. Kanishka, who captained the school’s Under-13 ‘A’ team and [...]
Skipper Dinek leads Royal to first win in U-15 cricket encounter
Dinek Kinigama, the skipper of Royal College Under-15 team hit an enterprising knock of 107 and led his team to a commanding win of 260 runs against Sri Jayewardenepura Maha Vidyalaya in a Division I cricket encounter played at the Royal Junior ground in Colombo. Electing to bat first, Royal amassed 332 runs for the [...]
Gateway continues to shine at squash
Gateway College juniors excelled in squash by dominating the younger age groups at the 32nd National Squash Championship that concluded last weekend at the Sinhalese Sports Club Complex. The eight-member team of Gateway consisting of Ranuk Mendis (Under-9), Disara Dillon Perukanda and Ravith Mendis (Under-11), Manuth Dassanayake (Under-11 and 13), Bihandu Nanayakkara (Under-13 and 15), [...]