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Act now or face consequences Arjuna warns at Silver Jubilee function

Published

2 years ago

2021/03/18

by Rex Clementine

World Cup winning former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga warned authorities that unless they acted now and take steps to address burning issues in the sport, cricket will suffer further. Ranatunga’s team was felicitated yesterday at Temple Trees as the nation celebrated 25 years of Sri Lanka’s World Cup triumph.

The function was attended by Ministers, Ministry officials, former cricketers’ cricket administrators and other dignitaries. Ranatunga urged Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to address Sri Lanka’s cricketing woes.

“While we have established records in cricket, our administration is also creating records off the field. Honourable Prime Minister, I am not sure whether you are aware of this, today, an Anti Corruption Unit has been established in our country for there is so much corruption in the sport. Pakistan was considered the most corrupt country in cricket but even there, there was no Anti Corruption Office. But in our country they have now opened an Anti Corruption Unit,” Ranatunga revealed

“We recently saw how our respected coaches have been treated. As I entered the Temple Trees today, I felt like turning back and going home looking at some of the people attending today’s function. There are things that we can do and there are things that we can not do. When there are things that we can not do, we should hand them over to the people who are capable and move on. Some people in cricket have no shame. I have seen our cricket officials going to COPE and having no answers for the questions that are being posed,” Ranatunga went onto say.

“I humbly request from you to appoint a committee and find out what has gone wrong. How money belonging to cricket end up in off shore accounts. How coaches with no reputation end up here while our coaches are left stranded. We don’t need batting coaches from overseas. We have some excellent coaches be it Aravinda de Silva, Marvan Atapattu or Mahela Jayawaradene.”

The International Cricket Council presented gold plated medallions to members of the World Cup winning team.

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Dominant Delhi Capitals dethrone Mumbai Indians from top spot

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1 hour ago

2023/03/21

Priyan

Mumbai Indians were given a rude awakening by a dominant Delhi Capitals as the top of the table clash turned out to be a one-sided affair on Monday (March 20). MI, who won five in a row to stay at the top, were dethroned as a result by a resurgent DC who have now edged closer to fetch a place in the final.

Brief scores:

Mumbai Indians Women 109/8 in 20 overs (Pooja Vastrakar 26; Marizanne Kapp 2/13, Shikha Pandey 2/21) lost to Delhi Capitals Women 110/1 in 9 overs (Alice Capsey 38*, Shafali Verma 33, Meg Lanning 32*) by 9 wickets.

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Harris, McGrath power UP Warriorz into playoffs

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8 hours ago

2023/03/20

Priyan

Half-centuries from Grace Harris and Tahlia McGrath powered UP Warriorz into the playoffs as they secured a three-wicket victory in a high-scoring thriller against Gujarat Giants at the Brabourne Stadium on Monday (March 20). UPW went past GG’s total off 178 off the penultimate ball, thus knocking out the Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the process.

Brief scores:

Gujarat Giants 178/6 in 20 overs (Ash Gardner 60, Dayalan Hemalatha 57; Parshavi Chopra 2-29) lost to UP Warriorz 181/7 in 19.5 overs (Grace Harris 72, Tahlia McGrath 57; Kim Garth 2-29) by 3 wickets.

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New Zealand seal 2-0 whitewash despite Sri Lanka’s resistance

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16 hours ago

2023/03/20

Priyan

Southee and Tickner picked three wickets each

Despite a strong resistance by Sri Lanka’s lower order, three wickets apiece by Tim Southee and Blair Tickner helped bundle out the visitors for 358 to help New Zealand clinch the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington by an innings and 58 runs, on Monday. With the win, the hosts also sealed the two-match Test series 2-0.

Brief scores:

Sri Lanka 164 (Dimuth Karunaratne 89; Matt Henry 3-44, Michael Bracewell 3-50) & 358 (Dhananjaya de Silva 98, Dinesh Chandimal 62; Tim Southee 3-51, Blair Tickner 3-84) lost to New Zealand 580/4 decl. (Kane Williamson 215, Henry Nicholls 200*; Kasun Rajitha 2-126) by an innings and 58 runs