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Galle Gladiators record first win in LPL
Left-arm quick Mohammad Amir picked up a five wicket haul as Galle Gladiators beat Colombo Kings in the LPL at Suriyawewa yesterday. It was the first five wicket haul in the competition.
Galle Gladiators got some momentum behind their campaign in the inaugural Lanka Premier League as they recorded their first win in the tournament beating Colombo Kings by eight wickets at Suriyawewa yesterday
Galle have struggled in the competition and to make matters worse their skipper Shahid Afridi remains unavailable having returned to Pakistan due to personal reasons.
Galle although have only two points, they are ahead of Kandy Tuskers in the points table on Net Run Rate which means they still have a chance of making it to the semi-finals. Both teams have two games each in the five team competition. Jaffna Stallions, Colombo Kings and Dambulla Viikings all have eight points each and they are certain of semi-final slots.
Left-arm quick Mohammad Amir was the hero for Galle Gladiators picking up the first ever five wicket haul in the competition. Amir picked up wickets with the new ball and came back to run through the tail. He bowled last over of the innings and accounted for three wickets as Colombo were bowled out for 171.
It was good to see Lakshan Sandakan finally finding some control and the left-arm wrist spinner finished with three wickets.
The run chase was perfect for Galle as all four batsmen got starts and converted. The openers added 97 runs in 63 balls to steady the ship. Ashan Ali top scored with 56 off 38 balls with nine four and one six. Danushka Gunathilaka with 38 runs off 28 balls continued his good form in the competition. He was dismissed by a clever piece of bowling by leg-spinner Qais Ahmad. The left-hander was playing for the wrong’un but the leg-break crashed onto his back foot and he was plumb in front.
Captain Bhanuka Rajapaksa (37) and Azam Khan (35) then sealed the deal for Colombo adding 68 runs for the third wicket without being separated. Galle Gladiators won with 15 balls to spare and that helped boost their Net Run Rate.
Colombo’s bowling lacked venom particularly as they had rested Dushmantha Chameera, who had bowled with fire throughout the competition.
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named the following squads for the upcoming Tri-Nation ‘A’ Series and the Four-Day Series.
The Tri-Nation One-Day Series, featuring Sri Lanka ‘A’, India ‘A’, and Afghanistan ‘A’, will be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS), Dambulla, commencing on 9 June 2026.
The Four-Day Series between Sri Lanka ‘A’ and India ‘A’ will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium (GICS), Galle, with the first match scheduled to begin on 25 June 2026.
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026.
The West Indies and Sri Lanka emerging teams will play two four-day games and three one-day games during the bilateral contest.
The tour will begin on the 8th of June with the first four-day game at MRICS, Hambantota, while the second four-day game will start on the 15th of June at the same venue.
One-day games will be played on the 22nd, 24th, and 26th of June.
The first two one-day games will be played at the SSC, and the final at the NCC.
A two-member ICC delegation that visited Dhaka earlier this week will report its findings and observations to the governing body. According to an ICC media release, directors Dr Mohammed Moosajee and Tavengwa Mukuhlani engaged with “a range of stakeholders to review developments linked to the BCB”.
Moosajee and Mukuhlani arrived in Dhaka on June 1, after which they met BCB’s ad-hoc committee members, including president Tamim Iqbal. The pair also met with members of the BCB’s election commission, with the polls scheduled to be held on June 7.
ESPNcricinfo has learned that the delegation also met with BCB directors who had resigned from the previous board. Among the directors who didn’t resign, Asif Akbar and Ahsan Iqbal Chowdhury were in the group that also met the ICC delegation in a separate meeting on June 2.
Afterwards, Aminul Islam, the former Bangladesh captain who was the BCB president until April, claimed that they urged the ICC to not recognise any election conducted by or under the authority of the ad-hoc committee on June 7 or at any other time. Aminul, who still considers himself the BCB president, said that the BCB’s ad-hoc committee should correct their May 31 press release regarding the ICC delegations’ visit to Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s High Court rejected a writ petition that challenged the legality of the election schedule and voter list for the upcoming BCB elections on June 7.
The bench of Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice Md Ashif Hasan passed the rejection order stating that the petition was not presented properly before it. The petition was filed on May 18, a month and a bit after the country’s sports ministry dissolved the BCB’s board of directors on April 7. They appointed an 11-member ad-hoc committee led by Tamim, the former Bangladesh captain, on the same day.
[Cricinfo]
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