Irish Women beat Sri Lankans in Nail-biting ODI Match in Ireland-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Late at night in Adelaide I followed the last few overs in their internet written form in the absence of TV media footage. Prendergast was unstoppable and clearly unflappable.   Chamari had failed in batting for once and the Irish may have benefited from home advantage.  Outcome is good for cricket. OLGA PRENDERGAST”s photo defied copying !@#! Report in the Island … because ESPN has removed theirs !@#! Orla Prendergast pulled off a stunning heist, picking up 3 for 25 and following it up with an unbeaten 122 off 107 balls as Ireland beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the first ODI in Dublin. Sent in, Sri Lanka rode on Vishmi Gunaratne’s  maiden ODI century to rack up 260 for 8. In reply, Prendergast scored a maiden ODI century of her own to help Ireland record ...

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Watch Asia Cup Women’s T20, 2024 – Final – Sunday 28th July 2024 – Sri Lanka Women beat India Women by 8 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Scorecard: India Women: 165/6 (20.0) Sri Lanka Women: 167/2 (18.4) Result: Sri Lanka Women beat India Women by 8 wickets Player of the match: Harshitha Samarawickrama 69 (51) Player of the series: Chamari Athapaththu Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox! ...

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Athapaththu eyes T20 World Cup after Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup success The Sri Lanka skipper was thrilled to defeat India in the final of the Asia Cup and wants some more success at this year’s T20 World Cup. Source:-www.icc-cricket.com Victorious Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu believes her side’s success in the Women’s Asia Cup was well deserved as the island nation turns its attention to this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka claimed their first Women’s Asia Cup title on Sunday, with Athapaththu leading from the front with a hard-fought half-century to help her team chase down India’s total of 165/6 with eight balls remaining. The victory helps cap off a tremendous 14-month period for Sri Lanka, who have claimed T20I series triumphs over Bangladesh, England and South Africa in recent times as well winning the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament to earn a place at ...

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Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh in Asia Cup opener. Seven wicket win suggests India- Sri Lanka final.-BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE.  (eLanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka started their Asia Cup campaign in commanding form dispatching Bangladesh to record a 7-wicket win in Dambulla. Sri Lanka and India are the in-form teams in the Asian region and both have shown that they are the teams to beat in their respective groups.  India are sitting pretty at the top of their group with two wins over Pakistan and UAE and unless things go pear shaped, Sri Lanka should get through their group on current form. India needs to beat Nepal to move to the next stage while Sri Lanka having a resounding win over  Bangladesh have Thailand and Malaysia ahead of them in what looks like a tantalising India- Sri Lanka final if things go to plan.  Keeping their heads and not getting ...

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Two Huge Centuries …. One Winner as Sri Lankan Women down South Africans-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis VISIT https://thuppahis.com/2024/04/19/two-huge-centuries-one-winner-as-sri-lankan-women-down-south-africans/ Skipper Chamari Aththapaththu’s 195 runs in 139 balls at a strike/rate of 140.28 nullified the benefits of Laura Wolfvaardt’s 184 runs in 147 balls; ….  and enabled Sri Lanks’s female cricketersto  overhaul the Saf total of 301 for 5 wkts in some comfort in 44.3 overs. SEE https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sri-lanka-women-in-south-africa-2023-24-1398245/south-africa-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-3rd-odi-1398267/full-scorecard AND …. . note that Firdose Moonda marked this event thus: “Sri Lanka completed highest successful run-chase of 302 in women’s ODIs and levelled the series 1-1” Sri Lanka 305 for 4 (Athapaththu 195*, de Silva 50*, Khaka 2-54) beat South Africa 301 for 5 (Wolvaardt 184*, Dilhari 2-47) by six wickets Sri Lanka completed the highest successful chase in women’s ODIs, against South Africa, and the only one over 300 thanks to a sensational 195* from their captain Chamari Athapaththu. She finished with her career-best ODI score and the third-highest individual score by a batter in women’s ODIs to help Sri ...

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The Seenigama FOG’s Widespread Sports Outreach-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Rex Clementine in Seenigama, Island, 16 August 2022, where the title is  “Olympic gold in 2028, Kushil’s dream” You’ll be amazed at the number of international sportsmen and women the Foundation of Goodness has produced. Test cricketer Ramesh Mendis is the most high profile product to come through the institute while there are others like Kavisha Dilhari, a rising star in the Sri Lankan women’s cricket team and Amasha de Silva, the South Asian Junior Champion in 100 and 200 meters. Seenigama, a village in Galle district, previously was only famous for the Devalaya, a must stop place for everyone travelling along the Galle Road. The Devalaya is dedicated to Devol Deviyo, who is believed to be protecting fishermen and their boats. The Devalaya was particularly popular for grinding of chillies wishing harm on those whom you don’t see eye to eye with. But Seenigama is nowadays more famous for ...

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Atapattu moves ahead in world rankings   Source:sundayobserver.lk Sri Lanka captain Chamari Atapattu and Pakistan opener Sidra Ameen have made notable progress in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after finishing as the top run makers for their teams in the first series of the ICC Women’s Championship. Sidra, who scored 218 runs including a match-winning 123 in the second ODI to be named Player of the Series after the 2-1 win, has moved up 19 places to a career-best 35th position. Her previous best was 51st attained during this year’s ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. Atapattu, who smashed a match-winning 101 in the second ODI and totaled 142 runs, has re-entered the rankings in 23rd position. Atapattu’s career-best is the eighth position attained during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 in England. Captain Bismah Maroof remains the top-ranked Pakistan batter, her 98 runs ...

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Coach Hashan confident Sri Lanka women’s team can qualify for the WC-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Sri Lankan women’s cricket Head Coach Hashan Tillakaratne is confident that his team can qualify for the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3, 2022. Sri Lankan 17 member women’s cricket team left yesterday to take part in the world cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe which will commence on November 23. Before the tournament, Sri Lanka will be playing against Bangladesh in the practice game on 19. followed by the first qualifier tournament game against Netherlands on 23. ...

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Three uncapped players in SL Women’s WC Squad-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Vishmi Gunaratne-Imesha Dulani-Sachini Nisansala Source:Dailynews Three uncapped players have been included in Sri Lanka’s 17-member Squad for next month’s ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe. The three newcomers are Imesha Dulani (Devapathiraja MV, Ratgama), Vishmi Gunaratne (Seenigama Ladies CC) and Sachini Nisansala (Devapathiraja MV and Seenigama Ladies CC). Five standby players have also been named as cover for any injury before the team leaves for Zimbabwe on November 15. ...

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