Flashback 2017 - June

Flashback 2017 - June

Jun 3: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 96 runs in a Group B match of the ICC Champions Trophy at The Oval

Jun 3: Royal College beat tradition rivals Trinity College 13-8 to win the second leg and the Bradby Shield at the 73rd annual Rugby encounter played at the Royal Sports Complex in Colombo. Two weeks earlier Royal  won the first leg by 22-18 and regained the Bradby Shield with an aggregate of 35-26

Jun 4: Ranga Nirosh of YMBA Colombo defeated Shanaka Fernando of Straight Club to win the David Silva Memorial Cup Snooker Championship

Jun 4: Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation celebrated the 25th year anniversary of Beach Volleyball in Sri Lanka

Jun 5: Upul Tharanga, who was the stand in captain to Angelo Mathews, was suspended by the ICC after Sri Lanka's slow over rate against South Africa at the Champions Trophy

Jun 5: Sri Lanka Table Tennis team had to return to the island without a single win after the World Table Tennis Championship 2017 held in Dusseldorf, Germany

Jun 8: Sri Lanka beat India by 7 wickets in a Group B match of the ICC Champions Trophy at The Oval

Jun 8: Sri Lanka's greatest ever spinner and current world record holder in Test cricket, Muttiah Muralidaran, was inducted to the ICC Hall of Fame, becoming the first from Sri Lanka to be names so

Jun 11: Kasun Maduranga and Kumari Gamage were adjudged the best boxers in Men's and Women's categories at the ABA Novices Boxing Championship held at Royal MAS Arena

Jun 11: Hidramani Group beat Stafford Motors by 2 wickets to win the MCA Division 'F' Cricket Championship

Jun 12: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets in a Group B match of the ICC Champions Trophy at Cardiff

Jun 12: Sri Lanka Navy won the 8th Trinco Blu Sailing Regatta held in Trincomalee

Jun 13: Sri Lanka women's cricket team, led by Inoka Ranaweera, left for England for the ICC Women's World Cup 2017

Jun 16: Rienzi Ranil Ganewatte, representing Hayleys Group, suddenly collapse during a game of the 27th Mercantile Services Basketball Association, and later pronounced dead 

Jun 17: Sampath Niroshan and Kalhari Madurika of the Western Province won the Men's and Women's titles respectively at the National Race Walking Championship

Jun 18: Colombo Reds and Kandy Blues retained their titles at the Sri Lanka Combined Schools Under-20 Boy's and Girls' Hockey Tournament held at the Astro Turf in Torrington

Jun 20: A 6-member Sri Lanka team left for Schulz, Germany to represent country at the World Junior Shooting Championship

Jun 21: Sri Lanka cricket coach Graham Ford left the team midway through his four-year contract with Sri Lanka Cricket, due to unknown reasons. Fielding coach Nic Pothas was named the Interim Coach of the team

Jun 21: Mandira Chathurangi was named the captain of the Sri Lanka team for the 8th World Youth Netball Championship

Jun 24: St. Joseph's College beat Isipathana College 19-13 to win the Milo Inter-School Under-20 Knockout Rugby Championship, played for the Presidents Cup

Jun 28: Sri Lanka Cricket issued a 6-month suspected sentence and 50% fine after his breach of Tour Contract 

Jun 29: Sri Lanka's Chamari Atapattu made the third highest ODI score in women's cricket when she hit an unbeaten 178 off 143 balls against Australia in a ICC Women's World Cup match in England

Jun 30: Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the first ODI at Galle