Sri Lanka A beat South Africa in South Africa … A Feat-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Playing a five-day match away from home in unfamiliar territory is no joke and Sri Lanka A’s emphatic triumph over their SAF counerparts at Kimberley this month of September augurs well for the future.  The scores suggest that medium-pacer Isitha Wijesundara‘s haul of seven wkts for 34 runs in the second Saf innings was one of the main factors behind this win. As a result South Africa only made 134 runs all told. Led by opener Oshada Fernando’s 80 runs the Lankans reached the target of 179 for the loss of four wkts. It was Oshada who received the Man of the Match Award  …. because he had also mustered a century in Lanka’s first innings total of 334.  Oshada Fernando  Isitha Wijesundara  ESPN SCORESHEETS …. seem to have disappeared ….. !!!$$$!!! …. while I was batting ...

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Thirty member cricket pool named for Zimbabwe tour-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Kusal Mendis who was named ODI Vice captain playing football while at training (pix courtesy SLC) Source:Dailynews Sri Lankan ODI cricket team is getting ready for the world Cup qualification tournament which is scheduled to commence on June 18 in Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka already have been relegated to play in the 10 team qualifier tournament where the finalists will join the eight automatic qualifiers in the main draw. South Africa is the latest addition to automatic qualifiers list and they were able to edge out Ireland to qualify for the direct qualification slot. Sri Lankan also an uphill task to get qualification slot while Ireland, Netherlands, West Indies, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka (five super league bottom teams), Nepal, Oman, Scotland (League 2 top three teams) and UAE and USA Qualifier play off top two teams) are expected to take part ...

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Dickwella, Gunathilake and Mendis given a pardon, permitted to play in domestic cricket- Lanka Premier League to commence on 5th December  By sunil Thenabadu (sports editor-eLanka) Banned Sri Lanka cricketers  for misconduct for breaking the Bio-Bubble while touring England with SL team Niroshan Dickwella, Dhanushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis in June this year have got a reprieve  before their one year ban period expired have been granted permission to play in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) that will have top players both overseas and local in action when it begins on December 5 in Sri Lanka.  The three players were banned from both international and domestic cricket and fined Rs.10 million each at a time they were also involved in a pay dispute with Sri Lanka Cricket.  The squads:  Jaffna Kings: Faf du Plessis, Thisara Perera, Wahab Riaz, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shoaib Malik, Usman Shinwari, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Avishka Fernando, Upul Tharanga, Chaturanga de Silva, ...

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Earby CC quick to replace one Sri Lankan talent with another By Rowan Newman   Source:-cravenherald EARBY have been quick to put the blow that was losing Nuwanidu Fernando to one side by signing another talented Sri Lankan professional. Krishan Wijesuriyaarachchi will be coming over to represent the club in their 2021 Ribblesdale League campaign. The Lankan Premier League came calling for all-rounder Fernando who was originally signed for the 2020 season, only for the pandemic to cause the deal to break down. In his place comes Wijesuriyaarachchi who is quite the prospect making waves in Sri Lankan domestic cricket. “We can’t pronounced his surname yet,” Earby secretary Lee Parkinson chuckled. “We’ve been told it is ‘Wjie’ so that is what he will be christened as when he comes over here.” The schoolboy prodigy enjoyed a barnstorming 2019/20 Premier Tournament, hitting 383 runs at 47.87. When starring for Sinhalese Sports ...

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