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Sri Lanka women in grand win over Australia image Source:-dailynews Source:-dailynews.lk Sri Lanka women’s team showed fighting spirit as they recorded a thrilling seven run victory over Australia in their under 19 Tri nation T-20 cricket series fixture played at Mahinda Rajapaksa International cricket Stadium yesterday. The opening fixture of this tournament Sri Lanka led by Manudi Nanayakkara gave a superb performances to beat Aussie lasses in a close fight . In fact Sri Lanka and Australia both teams made low scores yesterday while Sri Lanka team limited to 117 for 6 wickets in their 20 overs but Sri Lankan lasses very well defended that score and Aussies had to be satisfied with 110 for 5 wickets in 20 overs and Sri Lanka team coached by Mahesh Weerasinghe had a morale booster with this opening game victory Sri Lanka women’s made a slow start by openers Dewmi Wijeratne (15) and ...

Mar 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Australia, batting performance, bowling performance, cricket match analysis, Dewmi Wijeratne, Eleanor Larosa, Grace Lyons, Hasrat Gill, Lucy Hamilton, Mahesh Weerasinghe, Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Manudi Nanayakkara, match report, match summary, Rashmi Nethanjali, Rashmika Sewwandi, Sanjana Kavindi, sports News, Sri Lanka vs Australia, Sri Lanka women’s cricket, Sumudu Nissansala, Tri nation T-20 series, under 19, victory, women's cricket tournament

Triumphant Sri Lanka grab a piece of history with first ever emphatic series win over England. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (Elanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka’s women continued a rampant run as they shocked England and threw down the gauntlet to the men’s team currently in the top four in the Asia Cup, that nothing is unsurmountable. Chamari Athapaththu’s ladies swept past England to claim a historic series 2-1 win and announced themselves as big time competitors against anyone. Beating England in England makes this triumph even more special and goes down as the best effort yet by the rapidly rising Lankans who under new coach Rumesh Ratnayake are making giant strides. From a team mostly dependent on Skipper Athapaththu, and perhaps a couple of handy allrounders, a different mindset has breathed belief into the group as they now perform as a perfect fighting unit. Yes, they rode on ...

Sep 7, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Athapaththu, Chamari Athapaththu, Cricket News, cricket victories Of sri lanka, eLanka sport News, England vs Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Cricket, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, sri Lanka national cricket team, Sri Lanka women’s cricket, Sri Lanka's landmark, Sri Lanka's women cricket team, TREVINE RODRIGO

The Pioneering Female Cricketers in Ceylon: Facing England in 1948-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis KKS Perera, in Daily Mirror, March 2023, where the title reads thus: “three Johnians in First International Womens’ Match vs England in 1948 Sri Lanka Cricket with [its] record profit of Rs 6.3 billion made in 2022 could easily allocate more funds for developing women’s cricket. Times have changed. The gentlemen’s game is not only meant for men; today it is the ladies’ game too. The Ceylon Times headline on November 2, 1948 — “Ceylon team goes down fighting.” ‘ [while also referring to ] ….a catch which any first-class cricketer would have been proud to make, a brilliant one-handed effort above her head with which Beverly Roberts ended centurion Hide’s innings.” ...

Mar 2, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Jean Roberts, Sri Lanka women’s cricket, The Pioneering Female Cricketers in Ceylon