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Star Garments, CBC Finance, Allianz Insurance, VS Information Systems, Home Land and Millennium IT ESP register wins on Monday

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1 month ago

2026/03/6

15TH MCA G DIVISION T 20 LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

Star Garments, CBC Finance, Allianz Insurance, VS Information Systems, Home Land and Millennium IT ESP registered wins in the MCA G division league stage matches played last Monday.At the Nationalised Services Cricket Association grounds at Rathmalana, Nadeesha Rajakaruna scored 54 runs and Chathuranga Dilshan claimed a four-fer to help Star Garments overcome AIA Insurance by 8 wickets.

In the afternoon game at the same venue, an unbeaten half ton by Dilan Buddika and a four fer by Pradeep Kumar saw CBC Finance defeat Ceyline Holdings by 101 runs.

An unbeaten 116 off 52 balls which included 17 boundaries and 4 sixes by Dulan Avishka and three wicket hauls by Charinda Fernando and Naveen Vass Alianz Insurance overcome Trans by 169 runs in the morning.

In the afternoon game VS Information Systems registered their second win of the tournament to lead group F by defeating DSI group by three wickets.

At the D S Senanayake College grounds half tons by Suranga Gamage [65 not out] and Thevindu Senarathne [55] helped Hoe Lands Group overcome Swisstek Ceylon by nine wickets with 8 overs to spare. Powered by a four wicket haul [4-04] and an unbeaten 34 by Uvindu Andurajith, Millenium IT ESP beat Coats Thread by seven wickets In a low scoring game in the afternoon.

At NSCA ground Ratmalana

Star Garments won by 8 wickets

AIA Insurance

118/10 in 20 overs [Sasanka Kularathna 44,Nuwan de Silva 21, Sujith Siriwrdana 13; Suwahas Yapa 1-29, Dunik Perera 1-13, Dulanjana Abeysinghe 2-29, Chathuranga Dilshan 4-08]

Star Garments

122/2 in 11.1 overs [Nadeesha Rajakaruna 54, Dileep Fernando 43, Dunik Perera 11*; Isuru Madhusanka 1-21, Avindu Fernando 1-31]

CBC Finance by 101 runs

CBC Finance

162/7 in 20 overs [Asanka Fernando 15, Methusha Wijethilaka 19, Harsha Fernando 21, Shehara Fernando 26, Dilan Buddhika 50*, Keshika Dilshan 11; Anushka Fernando 2-35, Tharindu Munasinghe 1-14, Chameera manamperi 1-12, Devindra Fernando 1-31, Kaviru Sannasooriya 1-37]

Ceyline Holdings

61/10 in 12.4overs [Tharindu Munasinghe 10, Shane Deshabandhu 10, Anushka Fernando 12; Ravindu Nimsara 2-17, Dilan Budhdhika 2-14, Pradeep Kumar 4-12, Keshika Dilshan 2-06]

At MCA grounds

Allianz Insurance won by 169 runs

Allianz Insurance

243/3 [Yohan Ravishka 58, Dulan Avishka 116*, Sameera Fernando 40, Ranga Dias 10*; Shiran Chathuranga 2-33, Dasun Gunathilake 1-55]

Trans

74/10 in 19.1 overs [Sachin Silva 12, Thilanka Sachin 28; Charinda Fernando 3-06, Mayura Ranasinghe 2-21, Naveen Vaas 3-14, Sameera Fernando 1-10, Ranga Dias 1-0]

VS Information Systems by three wickets

DSI Group 114/9 in 20 overs [Ochintha Nadeeshan 14, Avishka Madushan 13, Yasas Weerasekera 13, Udith Indunil 32, Mahesh Wediwardena 11; Adeesha Bandaranayake 1-29, Chamath Chamupathi 3-17, Nimnada Kirindage 1-12, Ayesh Lakmal 2-16, Kasun Bandara 2-28]

VS Information Systems 118/7 in 19.4 overs [Nimnada Kirindage 10, Chamath Chamupathi 18, Shamilka Wickramathilaka 51, Shan Aniketh 19*; Mahesh Wediwardena 2-20, Asitha Wijesekera 1-40, Udith Indunil 1-23, Nilinda Maddumage 2-17]

At D S Senanayake College grounds

Home Lands Group by nine wickets

Swisstek Ceylon

156/8 in 20 overs [ Lasith Karunathilake 13, Danidu Wijekoon 20, Supun Wijesinghe 30, Dushmantha Dias 23, Tihan Senanayake 37; Sanura Dias 1-13, Umesh Lakshan 1=22, Thiwanka Ginige 1-24, Malith Fernando 3-21, Reshan Basnayake 1-30]

Home Lands Group

157/1 in 12 overs [Suranga Gamage 65*, Thevindu Senarathne 55, Sehan Herath 11*; Gamini Wanasingha 1-31]

Uvindu powers Millennium IT ESP to seven wicket win

Coats Thread

57/10 in 16.1 overs [Ravi Lakshan 22; Uvindu Adurajith 4-04, Yehan Hettiarachchi 3-10, Eeshan geethanjana 2-14, Charith Rathnaweera 1-05]

Millennium IT ESP

61/3 in 7.5 overs [Uvidu Andurajith 34*; Thushan Malintha 2-14, Arun Nagalingm 1-19

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Brazil bowler Laura Cardoso takes 9 Lesotho wickets in record-breaking T20 win

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3 hours ago

2026/04/10

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Laura Cardoso has taken the best bowling record in a T20 Women's International following her nine-wicket haul against Lesotho [Aljazeera]

Brazil are the unlikely candidates to have claimed two cricket records as one of their bowlers took a record nine wickets – including five in a row – in their 189-run T20 Women’s International victory against Lesotho in Botswana.

Having won the toss on Thursday, at the BCA Kalahari Women’s T20 International Tournament, Brazil posted a daunting 202-8 with wicketkeeper Monnike Machado hitting 69 off 41.

The fun, for the Brazilians, was only just beginning, though, as Laura Cardoso claimed a hat-trick with the last three deliveries of her first over – the second of the Lesotho innings – to set in motion the incredible feat that eventually saw the Africans bowled out for 13.

The 21-year-old then continued her wicket-taking achievement with a Women’s T20 International first of five dismissals in a row as she struck with the first two balls of her second over. This was all part of claiming the first nine Lesotho wickets to fall, but being denied the chance to take all 10 after a change of bowling following her third over. Her final wicket was Ret’sepile Limema, who fell to the fifth ball of the fifth over, with Cardoso replaced for the following over at that end. Her nine wickets, nevertheless, is the best return in either men’s or women’s T20 internationals.

The right-arm seamer did, indeed, come close to another hat-trick, when she claimed wickets with the last two balls of her second over, which itself totalled four victims.

Cardoso, who has has taken 55 wickets in 48 T20 matches for Brazil, replaces Indonesia’s Rohmalia Rohmalia at the top of the Women’s T20 best bowling rankings, as she finished with figures of 3-2-4-9.

Rohmalia had claimed seven wickets in 2024 in a match against Mongolia in Bali. Only three other women have claimed seven in a T20 international.

The men’s record, and the overall in the format, had been held by Bhutan’s Sonam Yeshey after ⁠he took eight wickets for seven ⁠runs against Myanmar ⁠last year.

The previous record for the number of wickets in consecutive deliveries was four, and was jointly held with the most prominent occasion in women’s cricket being when Shakera Selman pulled off the feat for the West Indies against Pakistan in 2018. Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga are among the most notable bowlers from the men’s game to have claimed four consecutively in the format.

Although a huge winning margin, Brazil’s overall win does not compare with Argentina’s record after they beat Chile by 364 runs in 2023. The Argentinians had struck 427-1 to set up their victory.

Lesotho’s part in the record extends to no further than Cardoso’s haul, with the record-lowest total belonging to Mali, who were bowled out for 6 in 2019 by Rwanda.

Brazil, ‌who lead the six-team tournament with five straight wins, play ‌Mozambique ‌on Friday.

[Aljazeera]

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Zimbabwe Women set for maiden tour of Pakistan

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5 hours ago

2026/04/10

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Pakistan and Zimbabwe will play 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is [Cricbuzz]

Zimbabwe Women are set for their maiden tour to Pakistan for three ODIs and three T20Is.

The ODIs kick off on May 3 and will be part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2025-29. The T20I series will be played from May 12. All six matches will take place at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi.

Pakistan are currently placed fifth on the Women’s Championship table after a 2-1 series loss to South Africa. Zimbabwe are placed seventh after a three-match series loss to New Zealand.

Zimbabwe are scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on April 29.

Date	Match
May 3	1st ODI
May 6	2nd ODI
May 9	3rd ODI
May 12	1st T20I
May 14	2nd T20I
May 15	3rd T20I

[Cricbuzz]

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Bangladesh advance match timings to save energy

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7 hours ago

2026/04/10

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BCB aim to wrap up the matches by sunset, which is around 6:30 pm local during this time of the year [Cricbuzz]

The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced that they have decided to change match timings of the upcoming international assignments of the national cricket team in order to support the government’s energy-saving initiative.

As a result, the match timings of the upcoming men’s white-ball series against New Zealand and the women’s T20I series against Sri Lanka have been changed.

“The board has decided to readjust the match timings of the forthcoming Bangladesh vs New Zealand ODI and T20I series to support the energy saving initiative of the Bangladesh Government. The revised timing will aim to make maximum use of daylight in the day-night games,” the BCB said in a statement.

The board said they will bring the start time forward by three hours for all three ODIs scheduled in Dhaka and Chattogram, with the aim to finish the matches by sunset, which is around 6:30 pm during this time of the year. The ODIs will start at 11:00 am. The three T20Is will start from 2:00 pm with an aim to finish them by 5:30 pm.

Instead of the originally planned 6 pm starts, women’s T20Is will begin at 1:30 pm at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The women’s T20Is are scheduled on April 28 and 30, and May 2.

New Zealand are scheduled to arrive on April 13 for the tour, which comprises three ODIs and three T20Is. The first two ODIs will be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on April 17 and 20, before the teams travel to Chattogram for the third match on April 23 at the Bir Shreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium.

The first two T20Is will be held in Chattogram on April 27 and 29, with the final game scheduled in Dhaka on May 2. Bangladesh began their preparations for the series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on March 27.

[Cricbuzz]