The two finalists of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi will secure their spots in this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh. The 10 teams competing in the Qualifier have been divided into two groups of five each. The top two from each group will enter the semi-finals with the semi-final ...
Sri Lanka Cricket in a media statement expressed their deepest sympathies at the passing away of B. S. Perera, the former secretary of the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association. Perera’s contribution to the development of school cricket in the country is well remembered. On behalf of the cricket fraternity, we wish to express our condolences to the late B. S. ...
Unbeaten, Hatton National Bank “B” (HNB), led by veteran, Damitha Hunukumbura will go out as the firm favourite to win, when they take on the unbeaten Dialog Axiata led by Damith Weerasinghe, in the 06th Fairfirst Insurance Limited sponsored, “Fairfirst Insurance” Trophy – Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) “F” Division 25 Over League Tournament 2024 Final, on Saturday 20th April at ...
The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier is set to commence on Thursday, 25 April at two Abu Dhabi venues – the Zayed Cricket Stadium and the adjacent Tolerance Oval. The tournament will provide 10 teams an opportunity of securing one of the two available spots in this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup which will be played in Bangladesh ...
The 18th Annual Limited Overs Cricket Encounter between D.S. Senanayake College and Mahanama College will be played on the 21st of April at the SSC Grounds, Colombo. The post LIVE – D.S. Senanayake College vs Mahanama College | 18th Battle Limited Overs Cricket Encounter appeared first on ThePapare.
Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon started the 2024 season victoriously with his return to the athletic field after a short break. Yupun, who participated in the Florence Sprint Festival 2024 held in Italy, won 1st place in the 150m event clocking his 2nd fastest time ever finishing in 15.19 seconds. It is also special that Yupun holds the Asian record ...
South Africa Women registered a convincing win over Sri Lanka Women in the second ODI of the three-match series at Kimberley. Having won the toss, South African skipper Laura Wolvaardt invited the visitors to take first lease of the wicket at Diamond Oval Grounds in Kimberley. Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu once again managed to provide a good start chipping ...
England/Asia Cup Indoor Cricket Tournament will be played from 14th to 18th April at U-Pro Indoor Arena in Colombo. The post LIVE – Indoor Cricket England – Asia Cup 2024 appeared first on ThePapare.
When you have worked so hard at your game and kept knocking on the door, when the opportunity comes your way, you just need to turn up and everything falls in line. That seems to be the case with Kamindu Mendis. Everything the left-handed batter touched turned gold in Bangladesh. He hit a purple patch on his return to the ...
St. Peter’s College, Colombo was crowned as champions of the U19 Division I Tier ‘B’ schools cricket tournament today (4th April) at the MCA grounds against Lumbini College, Colombo. St. Peter’s College secured the first-innings points in the final against Lumbini College which was enough to be crowned champions in Tier ‘B’ as per the tournament rules. Batting first, St. ...
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee has announced a 15-member national women’s squad to take part in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier 2024. Chamari Athapaththi will lead the Sri Lankan contingent as usual. All the players except for Shashini Gimhani were part of Sri Lanka squad who are currently engaged in a white-ball series against South Africa. ...
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Trinity College, Kandy and Richmond College, Galle resumed their battle in the U19 Division I schools cricket tournament tier ‘A’ final for day 3, as well as Royal College and Wesley College resumed their encounter yesterday (9th April) for day 02 in their relegation game at Nalanda College grounds. In Tier B segment St. Peter’s College and Lumbini College met ...
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Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) Veterans, led by former MCA President, Rohana Dissanayake, took charge of the glittering, Bandula Warnapura Memorial Challenge Trophy for the first time as they beat the Sir Henry Steel Olcott Sports Foundation (SHSOSF) by 08 wickets, in their 03rd Annual 20+20 Cricket Encounter 2024, concluded on Sunday, 07th April at the MCA Grounds. The match winners for MCA ...
Sri Lanka all-rounder Kamindu Mendis and former captain Angelo Mathews have progressed in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after contributing to their team’s 192-run victory in Chattogram that helped complete a 2-0 win in the ICC World Test Championship series against Bangladesh. Kamindu Mendis’s scores of 92 not out and nine have lifted him 18 places to 46th position ...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced today that the ‘Overseas Player Registration’ for the 5th edition of the Lanka Premier League 2024 has now commenced. The overseas players who wish to take part in the upcoming edition can now register themselves by visiting the registration portal at https://srilankacricket.lk/lpl-player- registration-portal/, under two categories: capped and uncapped. Capped Players A player is considered ...
Trinity College, Kandy and Richmond College, Galle resumed their battle in the U19 Division I schools cricket tournament tier ‘A’ final for day 2, while Royal College met Wesley College today (9th April) in their relegation game at Nalanda College grounds. On day two, Richmond College resumed their innings with the overnight score of 14 for no loss. Richmond openers ...
The young Sri Lankan wrist-spinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth has been roped in by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the remainder of Indian Premier League 2024. The 22-year old Viyaskanth will replace the injured Wanindu Hasaranga in the SRH squad who has been officially ruled out from the tournament due to heel injury. Viyaskanth played for MI Emirates in the recently concluded International League ...
Sri Lanka registered a convincing win over England in the third ODI match of the Women’s U19 Tri-Nation Series 2024 played today (9th April) at Galle International Cricket Stadium. After winning the toss, Sri Lanka opted to bat first and posted 226 runs on the board on the back of a fine half-century from Rashmika Sewwandi. Sewwandi stroked 59 runs ...