Pakistan have been let down by the ’’Western bloc’’ and the back-to-back pullouts by New Zealand and England could have a ’’domino effect’’ for cricket in the South Asian country, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja said.
Championship leader Fawzul was close behind mounting the pressure and making his presence felt, this fight went on for almost half way of the race and saw the leader Andrew making a mistake which paved the pathway for Fawzul who didn’t need a second chance.
It doesn’t take a deep dive into cricket analytics to see what the biggest headache for Sri Lanka cricket is ahead of the T20 World Cup – a cursory glance at the list of top run scorers in the recently concluded T20I series against South Africa would do. The man chastised for his slow scoring rate is also the team’s highest run scorer, and the only batsman to have scored a half-century.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today denied media reports that certain players in the national team that played in the T20I series against South Africa did not fully commit themselves or deliberately underperformed on the field.
Sri Lanka’s embarrassing defeat to South Africa in the T20I series has made their chances of winning the upcoming World Cup a distant dream, and qualifying for it, playing against the likes of Ireland, Netherlands and Namibia, a fair challenge.
From winning the World Cup in 2014 to a home whitewash, signifies the downfall of Sri Lanka’s cricket. Sri Lanka never looked like winning a single moment during the recent 3-0 thrashing thanks to horrendous team selections and tactics from the selectors and coaching staff.
The Sri Lankan team management had sought the match official’s permission to allow Dinesh Chandimal, the reserved player, to keep wickets in place of Kusal Perera, who batted but was unfit to field in the last T-20I against South Africa on Tuesday.
It is perhaps hard to imagine an e-race where spectators were forced to the edge of their seats, but that is exactly what happened on the 8th of September as local boys took on Italy’s Mugello circuit at what is Sri Lanka’s first ever Formula One championship - courtesy of Mandarin Reid eSports and SRL.
Chamika Karunaratne has the opportunity to become Sri Lanka’s first ever genuine all-rounder after Sanath Jayasuriya, only if the management around him gives him the opportunity to showcase his talent or else he could easily be another Asela Gunaratne.
In what has been a career year for Abeykoon, he became the first Sri Lankan athlete to be invited for a Diamond League meet in June, where he broke his own national record, also becoming the first sprinter in 25 years to represent the country at the 100m event at the Olympics.
In an enthralling final to the world championship of the 2020/21 I-Racing season that ended at Daytona on the 5th of September, Mandarin Reid eSport sponsored Sri Lankan team SRL made history with a top ten placement beating much fancied opponents.
Beauden, as expected, has replaced Richie Mo’unga at flyhalf, with Scott replacing lock and captain Sam Whitelock. Jordie has been promoted in place of Damian McKenzie at fullback in the Ardie Savea-captained side for the match at Perth Stadium.
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP), a proposal put forward by the Minister of Youth & Sports Namal Rajapaksa, has received cabinet sanction. It allows the private sector companies to manage the high-profile public grounds as well as sports complexes such as the Sugathadasa Stadium and the R. Premadasa International Stadium.
The previous week saw Fawzul Aleem lead the pack at Nürburgring Germany with a commanding drive that left everyone a great distance behind. The power of his performance was such that most would have drawn the conclusion the championship was his and he would remain unchallenged.
Attesting to this, Moremada, Captain of Team SRL, remarked, “We are thrilled to partner with Mandarin Reid eSports and benefits from their expertise and clout. Prashanth Supramaniam, Managing Director of Mandarin Reid Group highlighted “We must give wings to new heroes that can inspire a generation. These boys have heart and the hunger to place Sri Lanka on the global field in gaming.’’
’’He has been cleared by Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the Chairman of the Medical Panel of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and therefore was included in the squads but as he has not been training. He is ’’most likely’’ to be out of the ODI matches and will be considered to play the T-20Is’’, a source said.
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