Jaffna Kings – Galle Gladiators clash in LPL curtain raiser-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews The third edition of the Lanka Premier League ( LPL) cricket tournament will commence today ) at three venues Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium Hambantota, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. This is the first time LPL the main franchise cricket tournament of Sri Lanka will be conducted at three venues Hambantota, Pallekele and Colombo and five teams will battle it out for this tournament which will commence today from Hambantota Said Tournament Director Samantha Dodanwela. Five teams Colombo Stars, Aura Dambulla ,Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Kings and Kandy Falcons will compete in this tournament which attracts several international players from West Indies, England, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Pakistan, and New Zealand. ...

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Record breaking Mahindian cricketer Navod, youngest to play in LPL Navod Paranavithana Source:Dailynews School boy Navod Paranavithana from Mahinda College Galle was picked to the squad of Colombo Kings as ‘Supplementary Local’ under the captaincy of Angelo Mathews in the inaugural Lanka Premier League T20 (LPL) tournament which is to be commenced in November at Hambantota. Navod Paranavithana was the youngest player in the upcoming Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 tournament. Navod, the skipper and left hand opener of Mahinda College Galle and Sri Lanka Youth cap made a new batting record in the schools cricket history in the last season of the Under 19 Division One inter Schools Cricket (Two day) tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association. Left hand aggressive batsman Navod was the first school boy cricketer to pass 400 runs in an innings in the schools cricket history of Sri Lanka. He scored a mammoth ...

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Sri Lanka Emerging cricketers to play in Australia Eight young and talented emerging Sri Lanka cricketers are in lucks way and if everything goes well they will be playing in the Australian domestic cricket tournament called Dandenong League. This tournament was to begin in October but due to the Covid-19 pandemic it has been pushed back. The agreement between Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Cricket Australia was signed last year and the cricketers were to take wing in September this year. ...

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