Muttiah Muralitharan has earned the right to be called the greatest spinner of all-times. Some Aussies might not agree with that statement, but statistically, no one even gets close to the magician spinner, and should English fast bowler James Anderson retire from Test cricket before turning 50, there is a good chance that the famous 800 remains iconic.
Two Sri Lanka junior players Ivanka Samarasinghe and Methwan Wijemanne advanced to the girls’ and boys’ categories quarter finals respectively of the ITF Tennis Circuit Week2 tournament when they came out victorious in the second round matches played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo.
Shamar Joseph scripted West Indies’ unbelievable win in the second Test of the two-match series against Australia. He is set to be in high demand in the T20 leagues worldwide and has also been picked by Peshawar Zalmi in the PSL.
Fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Colombo International School, Reshan Algama was recognised as the Most Outstanding Schools Golfer of the Year 2023 at the second Sportunleash Schools Sports Awards 2024, which took place at the BMICH in Colombo.
Three Sri Lankans Dinara de Silva in the girls category along with Vichinthya Nilaweera and Methwan Wijemanne in the boy’s category made their way to book semi- final berths of the ongoing ITF Junior Circuit Week1 tennis tournament by coming out victorious in the quarter-final encounters played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo.
Five Sri Lanka players three in the boys and two in the girls categories qualified to the quarter final of the ongoing ITF Junior Tennis tournament by winning the second round matches played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo.
It was not long ago CR and FC looked like a modern-day Manchester United with zero hopes of winning the league. In fact CR finished in the bottom of the league a couple of years ago with more than half of their senior men leaving for other top division clubs. But club the management had faith on one guy to change their fortunes; Dushanth Lewke.
Sri Lanka will look to produce another winning performance and seal their place in the Super Six stage when they take on Namibia in the 2024 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Group ‘C’ fixture at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley, South Africa tomorrow.
Durdanto Dhaka’s Sri Lankan opener Danushka Gunathilaka left the field retired hurt after getting struck on the with the ball early on in the innings in their ongoing Bangladesh Premier League match against the Chattogram Challengers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today.
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