Four more games of the SLC Major Clubs T20 Tournament were held today (30th May), at NCC and CCC Grounds in Colombo. Ace Capital CC vs Kurunegala YCC Ace Capital Cricket Club secured a comfortable 62-run by beating Kurunegala Youth CC at CCC Grounds in Colombo. After putting Ace Capital CC to bat first, they managed to post 190/7 in the ...
The Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union, the governing body of Sri Lankan Aquatic Sports announced the swimming, open water swimming, and the water polo national pools for the year 2023. The National pools consist of athletes from multiple islandwide schools and clubs. Swimming The swimming national pool 2023 was selected considering the top performances at the National and Junior National ...
Magnificent Shubman Gill dazzled in the Ahmedabad night sky to power Gujarat Titans into the IPL 2023 final with a 62-run win over Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Gallant Gill (129 off 60) smashed his third century of the season with some sensational strokeplay, ably supported by Sai Sudharsan (43 off 31), to propel Gujarat ...
Navy demolished Army 5-0 in the final of the Defense Services Games Women’s Football Championship 2023 at the Racecourse International Stadium. Heavy favourites with star players, Navy took control of the game from the start. They dominated possession and staged numerous attacks from the two wings. However, it took them until the 39th minute to open the scoring. Ayomi Wijerathne ...
Moose Clothing Company is proud to announce their partnership with Sri Lanka Cricket as they sealed the rights as the Official Cricket Clothing Sponsor for the period of 2023-2027. Under the new partnership, Moose will provide official cricket clothing for Sri Lanka’s national teams during the upcoming tournaments, covering all formats of the game, including the International Cricket Council (ICC) ...
Several matches of the U23 Women’s District Tournament 2023 organized by Sri Lanka Cricket, were held on the 9th, 10th & 11th May at several grounds across the island nation. Schedule announced for U23 Girls District Tournament 2023 Brief Scores: Anuradhapura Women’s U23 106 (19.4) Nimasha Maduwanthi 45, Hanika Nipuni 3/18 Kurunegala Women’s U23 105/5 (20) Chamodi Devindya 28, Chamodya ...
The New Zealand Women’s Cricket team is set to arrive in Sri Lanka on the 23rd of June, for 3-match ODI and T20I series, which will run from 27th June – 12th July. This will be the first ever Tour of Sri Lanka by a New Zealand women’s side for a bilateral series (the NZ team have travelled to Sri ...
Galle, Jaffna, Kandy, Gampaha and Anuradhapura emerged provincial winners of the Under 23 Girls District Tournament 2023. All five winners managed to maintain their unbeaten streak on their way to the championship. Gampaha managed to clinch the Western Province championship overcoming the strong outfits from Colombo South and Colombo North. Gampaha earned the championship title winning 3 out of 6 ...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has introduced several guidelines to improve the standards of domestic cricket in the country. The new guidelines will come into effect with the beginning of upcoming SLC Major Clubs T20 tournament which will commence on the 27th of May. One of the major guidelines imposed on domestic cricket is related to the registration of overseas players ...
Six matches of the SLC Major Clubs T20 Tournament were played today (31st May) at several venues across the island. Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC) registered a convincing win over Sri Lanka Air Force SC at P. Sara Oval Grounds, Colombo. After being put into bat first, Air Force SC was restricted to just 111/8 in the allotted 20 overs. Asel ...
The warm-up fixtures have been confirmed ahead of the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. All 10 teams will play a total of two warm-up matches ahead of the start of the Qualifier on June 18, with sides to get some valuable match practice in prior to the commencement of the crucial event. Every team will ...
Royal College, Visakha Vidyalaya and Nalanda College swept the awards in the RCUAC Challenge Sheld 2023 worked out last weekend at the Royal College Pool, Colombo. Royal won the U11, U13 and U15 Boys Championships, while Visakha Vidyalaya lifted the Girls U13, U15 and U18 Championships. Nalanda College emerged victorious in the U17 Boys category. A staggering 25 Water polo ...
The 12th Battle of the Fraternal between St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa and St. Mary’s College, Chilaw played yesterday (17th May) and today (18th May) at BOI Grounds in Katunayake. >>Photos – St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa Big Match Preview 2023 St. Mary’s College captain Shaveen Weerasooriya won the toss and invited St. Joseph Vaz College to bat first. Most ...
Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni is of the opinion that the 20-year-old Sri Lankan slinger Matheesha Pathirana should focus on only white-ball cricket and stay away from red-ball cricket. Pathirana who has emerged as one of the aces in Dhoni’s bowling attack in this year’s IPL, produced a match-winning spell (3/15) against Mumbai Indians at Chepauk on Saturday (06th ...
Ritzbury, Sri Lanka’s favourite chocolate brand of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL), recently announced at a press conference held on the 16th of May 2023, that it will serve as the sole sponsor for the upcoming Vidudaya Ritzbury Swimming Championship 2023, organized and conducted by the Department of Physical Education, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, the swimming championship will be held on ...
Under 17 Division 1 Inter Schools Cricket Tournament set to kick off from the middle of June with 76 teams competing in 14 groups. This tournament will be conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket. Trinity College, Kandy and St. Joseph’s College, Colombo were declared joint champions in the last season. First round matches ...
The Vidudaya Ritzbury Swimming Championships 2023 organized by the Sports Council and the Department of Physical Education of University of Sri Jayewardenepura and powered by “Ritzbury”, Sri Lanka’s favorite chocolate brand of Ceylon Biscuit Limited came to an end yesterday successfully, crowning Triton Aquatics and St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa with overall champion titles. Triton swimmers won the girl’s overall championship ...
Sri Lankan white-ball Skipper Dasun Shanaka has been signed by the Seattle Orcas for the inaugural edition of the Major League Cricket Tournament, which will be held in USA. Shanaka will be the fifth Sri Lankan to be signed for the American franchise-based T20 Tournament, after Wanindu Hasaranga (Washington Freedom), Shehan Jayasuriya (Seattle Orcas), Angelo Perera (Seattle Orcas) and Lahiru ...
Sri Lankan selectors have picked a 16-member squad for the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan, The Sunday Times reports. The veteran batters Dimuth Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews have been recalled to the ODI squad in order to strengthen the batting lineup which has been struggling to bat out the full quote of 50 overs consistently. The wicket-keeper batter Kusal Janith ...
The ICC have announced the prize pot for the World Test Championship 2021-23 cycle with a total purse of $3.8 million to be shared between the nine teams. Australia and India will meet in the Ultimate Test at The Oval in London from 7 June with the triumphant team set to take home more than just the WTC mace. The ...
