After the two games from week one ended inside three days, week two began with Jaffna taking the field for the first time in the tournament facing Dambulla who lost to Galle last week. In the other clash of the week, Kandy who beat Colombo during week one is facing Galle, the other team that registered a win last week. ...
Galle registered a convincing win over Kandy, with Dambulla closing in on recording a win against Jaffna in the other clash played on day 3 of the second week’s matches of the National Super League 2023. Kandy began their 2nd innings 75 runs behind on day three and failed to make an impression with the bat, being bowled out for ...
England Lions Opener Alex Lees scored 103 runs off 97 deliveries in the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka 2023 – Warm up match. The match was played on 25th – 27th of January at R. Premadasa International Cricket Grounds, Colombo. The post WATCH – Alex Lees 103 (97) vs Sri Lanka Cricket XI – England Lions tour of Sri Lanka 2023 appeared first on ThePapare.com.
Sri Lankan match referee Vanessa de Silva has been named as the match referee for the final of ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. De Silva will be the first Sri Lankan Woman to officiate an ICC World Cup Final. ICC had announced 15 match officials for the tournament where De Silva head the panel of Match Referees which ...
India produced a dominant performance against England to triumph in the first-ever ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup. A brilliant new-ball performance was followed by a calm run-chase as India cruised to victory over England in the final, sealing their triumph with seven wickets in hand and six overs to spare. Having won the toss and decided to put England ...
Sri Lanka Board President’s XI take on England Lions in the Warm-up Match of the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka 2023 on the 25th (Day 1) of January at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo. The post Highlights – SLC XI vs England Lions – England Lions tour of Sri Lanka 2023 | Warm up – Day 1 appeared first on ThePapare.com.
Sri Lanka Board President’s XI take on England Lions in the Warm-up Match of the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka 2023 on the 26th (Day 2) of January at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo. The post Highlights – SLC XI vs England Lions | England Lions tour of Sri Lanka 2023 – Day 2 appeared first on ThePapare.com.
Lasith Croospulle struck 116 off 84 deliveries as the Sri Lanka Board President’s XI chased down 309 in 50 overs to complete a comfortable 4-wicket win against the England Lions at the R Premadasa earlier today. The Lions came into the day 222 runs ahead after two run-filled days. The overnight batters Jack Haynes and Josh Bohannon struck half centuries ...
The Team of the Tournament has been announced after India beat England in the final of the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa. Shweta Sehrawat (India) In a lineup with incredible hitters like Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh, it was Shweta Sehrawat who shined the brightest for India in the inaugural U19 Women’s T20 World ...
New Zealand romped to victory in both the women’s and men’s finals of the HSBC Sydney Sevens to increase their leads at the top of the HSBC World Rugby Seven Series 2023 standings. It is the first time the teams in black have achieved such a tournament double since Hamilton in 2020. The Black Ferns Sevens beat France 35-0 while ...
Sri Lanka Board President’s XI take on England Lions in the Warm-up Match of the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka 2023 on the 27th (Day 3) of January at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo. The post Highlights – SLC XI vs England Lions | England Lions tour of Sri Lanka 2023 – Day 3 appeared first on ThePapare.com.
President’s College Mahara from Western Province will meet Sri Parakrama National School Kobeigane from North Western Province in the final of the Under 13 Division Three Inter Schools cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association with sponsor Sri Lanka Cricket tomorrow (01st February) at Ananda Sastralaya ground Kotte. 510 teams from the whole Island participated in this tournament ...
The Adani Sportsline Pvt Ltd, the sports wing of Gautam Adani, has made the biggest bid for a team in the Women’s Premier League (WPL), as reported by Cricbuzz. Adani splurged INR 1289 Crore to bag the Ahmedabad franchise, having narrowly missed buying an IPL team sometime back. The four others with the biggest bids, and who resultingly will ...
Five 2-day matches of the U19 Inter Schools Cricket Tournament were played today (27th January) at several venues across the island. Thurstan College managed to claim honours in the drawn traditional encounter against Maliyadeva College, played today at Thurstan College Grounds. Shanikya Deshapriya’s heroics with the bat and the all-round brilliance of Vihas Thewmika were the highlights of the drawn ...
Veteran Coach Thilaka Jinadasa has been appointed as Head Coach of the National Netball team, following an interview conducted by the Sri Lanka Netball Federation. Jinadasa and former National Cap Somitha de Alwis are said have been shortlisted for the position vacated by Hyacinth Wijesinghe at the end of 2022. The interview panel consisted of C. Rathnamudali, Yasa Ramachandra and ...
Former South Asian 100m record-holder Himasha Eashan will be out of the sport until 2027 after his 4-year ban was extended by the Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency (SLADA). Having met on the 3rd of November to the case, SLADA has extended Eashan’s ban to 6 year, making the former 100m and 200m national champion’s comeback into the sport less likely. ...
Sri Lanka Cricket Scorers Association elected their new office bearers for 2023/2024 during their Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on the 28th of January in Colombo. Nearly a membership of 70 participated in the AGM and Chinthaka Munasinghe was elected as the new President whilst Jagath Premachandra and Saman Peiris were elected as the two Vice-Presidents. Nuwan Wijewardene was elected ...
Courtesy: Outlook India The ODI leg of Sri Lanka’s tour of India produced expected outcomes both on the field and off it. Sri Lanka were expected to lose the ODI series to India in India—to one of the favorites to win the World Cup in a country Sri Lanka have historically fared worse. At the same time, the demands to ...
Image courtesy AlJazeera The petition from 182 economists and development experts calling for the cancellation of Sri Lanka’s sovereign debt has provoked rather interesting discussions in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. W. A. Wijewardena calls these petitioners “academics” in a recent article, but the latter constitute a diverse crowd: they include, as Dayan Jayatilleka points out, “prize-winning celebrity economists and a ...
Screenshots from ExxonMobilPopular science books are all about wonder and discovery and a bit of woe about the state of the world, but that’s what science says, not what science does. In the western delusion of words over actions, science is portrayed as a hero in the fight against climate collapse when in fact is the primary villain. Because that ...
