Pradeep Sanjaya Wins Sri Lanka’s First Medal-2012 Paralympic London

400m T46 men`s final London 2012 Paralympic

Sri Lanka’s first ever Paralympic Games medal.

Pradeep Sanjaya won the first ever medal for Sri Lanka at the Paralympics by winning the Bronze medal in the Men’s 400m T46 event at the London Paralympic 2012.

Gunther Matzinger of  Austria won the gold medal with a timing of 48.45 while Yohansson Nascimento of Brazil taking the silver with a timing of 49.21.     

Pradeep Sanjaya end the event with timing of 49.28 seconds and it was read as a new Regional record.

Sri Lankan athlete Pradeep Sanjaya qualify for the Men’s 400m - T46 final at the Paralympic 2012

2012 Paralympic London

Sri Lanka in London Paralympic  2012 

Sri Lankan  athlete Pradeep Sanjaya Uggl Dena Pathirannehelag qualified for the Men’s  400m - T46 final at the Paralympic Games in London  2012 
2012 Paralympic Men’s  400m - T46 heat results

Heat 2

Official

Rk	Bib	Athlete	Mark			+
1	2690	MUVUNYI Hermas	49.75	Q	RR	+
2	2708	UGGL DENA PATHIRANNEHELAG P	49.82	Q	PB	+
3	2182	KIMOU Addoh	50.17	Q	PB	+
4	2102	SOUZA Emicarlo	50.40	q		+
5	2631	BHEBE Tshepo	52.24			+
6	2170	YAO Jianjun	54.37		SB	+

Sri Lanka wins bowl Championship in Borneo

Sri Lanka wins bowl Championship

Sri Lanka wins bowl finals at  the HSBC Borneo Sevens

Sri Lanka Sevens team was managed to secure defending bowl Championship  by beating Malaysia in Bowl Finals.

Sri Lanka beat Thailand 19-12 in Bowl Semi Finals in the morning & the final was played against host Malaysia. Malaysia lead the first half 12-05 . 

Sri-Lanka-wins-bowl-finals-at--the-HSBC-Borneo-Sevens

Chathuranga Kumara, Nigel Ratwatte and Vishwamithra Jayasinghe  were able to score in 2nd half for Sri Lanka to end the game 19-12.

Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand & Sri Lanka played battle for the bottom 4 rankings

Defending Champions won the cup finals beating Hong Kong and 3rd place won by South Africa.

Sri Lanka Premier League(SLPL) 2012:Uva Next WinThrilling Final

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Dilshan Munaweera, blasted unbeaten 44 in 23 balls...

Uva Next clinched their maiden Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) 2012 title by beating by Nagenahira Nagas  in SLPL final.
Sri Lanka's find of the tournament, Dilshan Munaweera, blasted unbeaten 44 in 23 balls to take Uva Next to the title of the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League(SLPL) tournament, concluded at the R. Premadasa Stadium. Chasing 137 in 15 overs, in reply to Nagenahira Nagas total of 134 for 4, Uva Next batters were storming at the middle with 63 for one on the board after 5.1 overs when a pouring rain came down.

Six hit by Dilshan Munaweera-Uva Next

More than 40 ground staffers were struck with a massive cover, few feet away from the wicket as heavy rain dampened the wicket leaving no chance of a replay. However, Uva was home by one ball as the par score on D/L method was 44 after five overs.
Munaweera hit an elegant 44 with five towering sixes and couple of fours while Seekuge Prasanna smashing 15 in 5 balls with two massive sixes.
Earlier Angelo Mathews cracked a power packed unbeaten 73 from 27 balls to steer Nagenahira Nagas to 134 for 4 in 15 overs. The rain hit innings was shortened to 15 overs after play was interrupted by rain in the 10th over.
Mathews hit four towering sixes and 8 boundaries along the ground, leaving only 16 balls to his two partners after the rain. Nagas won the toss and elected to bat under threatening clouds and they were at 47 for 3 when the rain came down after 9.1 overs. However, they picked it up quickly as play resumed and blasted 87 runs off 35 balls.
Mathews hit Dilhara Fernando to all parts of the grounds, steeling 20 runs in 8 balls from his national team-mate.
Being the Nagas skipper, who is also the vice captain of Sri Lanka national team, Mathews completed his half century in 21 balls and ended his innings in style, hoisting a massive six to the last ball of the innings, bowled by Umar Gul. 

Uva Next have also qualified for the Champions League to be held in South Africa. 

Singapore wins 8th Asian Netball Championship 2012

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Sri Lanka Lose Asian Netball Championship Final by 1 point

Singapore won the 8th Asian Netball Championship after defeating Sri Lanka in final  at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,Colombo,Sri Lanka

Singapore beat Sri Lanka by one point as the scores were at 48-47 in the end of the match.

Sri Lanka beat Malaysia in the semifinal yesterday to qualify for the final while Singapore reached the final after a 53-27 win over Hong Kong.

Malaysia beat Hong Kong by 56-27 to claim the second runner-up spot.

Sri Lanka Premier League(SLPL) final today

Nagenahira-Nagas-vs-Uva-Next-SLPL-final

SLPL Final Nagenahira Nagas Vs Uva Next

The historic first T20 final in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League  tournament(SLPL) between Nagenahira Nagas and Uva Next will be played today(31/08/2012) Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT)  at the R.Premadasa Stadium Colombo,Sri Lanka

The Nagenahira Nagas advanced to the final on round-robin results, after heavy rain forced abandonment of the second semi-final without a ball being bowled.

The Kandurata Warriors, who sit one point behind the Nagas, will bemoan their luck, as the only other washout was their clash with Uva Next on Saturday, which if they had won, would have seen them through to the final on net run-rate.

Nagenahira Nagas squad(SLPL)

• AD Mathews*

• Ahmed Shehzad

• KG Alvitigala

• TR Birt, PVD Chameera

• Elias Sunny

• RMS Eranga

• CS Fernando

• Imran Nazir

• HIA Jayaratne

• MDUS Jayasundera

• S Randiv

• KMDN Kulasekara

• B Laughlin

• VWAG Maneshan

• MR Marsh

• BAW Mendis

• Mushfiqur Rahim

• Nasir Hossain

• SS Pathirana

• AK Perera

• TN Sampath

• AD Solomons

• S Weerakoon

Uva Next squad(SLPL)

• SHT Kandamby*

• S Chanderpaul

• TDD Darshanapriya

• Fawad Alam

• CJ Ferguson

• CRD Fernando

• MVT Fernando

• JEC Franklin

• Hammad Azam

• DHA Isanka

• CU Jayasinghe

• PASS Jeewantha

• AB McDonald

• LD Madushanka

• EMDY Munaweera

• JDP Oram

• S Prasanna

• SMA Priyanjan

• PBB Rajapaksa

• SMSM Senanayake

• Shoaib Malik

• WAAM Silva

• WU Tharanga

• Umar Gul

Sangakkara in running for both ICC Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer the Year

ICC Awards 2012

ICC Awards 2012...

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara,South Africa's Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander, Australia's Michael Clarke  are in the running for the ICC Cricketer of the Year award for 2012. The ICC announced the shortlists for the annual awards on Thursday, and the winners will be announced at a function ahead of the World Twenty20, on September 15, in Colombo,Sri Lanka. 

The four cricketers have also been nominated for ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, while Lasith Malinga, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli join Sangakkara as the contenders for ODI Cricketer of the year.

The nominees were picked off the ICC's longlists, via voting by an academy of 32 people consisting of former players, members of the media, and representatives of the ICC's panel of umpires and match referees. The players were picked based on their performance between August 4, 2011, and August 6, 2012. 

List of nominees for ICC awards 2012

• ICC Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla, Michael Clarke, Vernon Philander, Kumar Sangakkara 
• ICC Test Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla, Michael Clarke, Vernon Philander, Kumar Sangakkara 
• ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year: MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Lasith Malinga, Kumar Sangakkara 
• ICC T20 Performance of the Year: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Richard Levi, Ajantha Mendis 
• ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: Lydia Greenway (Eng), Anisa Mohammed (WI), Sarah Taylor (Eng), Stafanie Taylor (WI) 
• ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year: Alyssa Healy (Aus), Lisa Sthalekar (Aus), Sarah Taylor (Eng), Stafanie Taylor (WI) 
• ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year: Doug Bracewell, Dinesh Chandimal, Sunil Narine, James Pattinson 
• ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year: Kevin O'Brien, George Dockrell, Ed Joyce, Paul Stirling (all four Ireland), Dawlat Zadran (Afg) 
• ICC Umpire of the Year: Billy Bowden, Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Richard Kettleborough, Simon Taufel, Rodney Tucker 
• ICC Spirit of Cricket: Mohammad Hafeez, Jacques Kallis, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers 
• People's Choice Award: James Anderson, Jacques Kallis, Vernon Philander, Kumar Sangakkara, Sachin Tendulkar

Sri Lanka Netball team qualifies for Asian Netball Championship final

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Sri Lanka beat Malaysia to reach final...

Sri Lanka won the semifinal against Malaysia and qualified for the final in the 8th Asian Netball Championship at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium Colombo,Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Netball team beat Malaysia by 67-58 to reach the final

Sri Lanka will meet  the winner of the second semi-final clash between Hong Kong and Singapore which will be played in Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium Colombo,Sri Lanka.

The 8th Asian Netball Championship  national representative teams:

• Sri Lanka 
• Singapore
• Malaysia
• Hong Kong
• India
• Maldives
• Pakistan
• Nepal
• Japan 
• Brunei

SLPL is a good preparation for the T20 World Cup 2012 :Lasith Malinga Said

T20 world cup 2012 Lasith Malinga  

Sri Lanka premier league is a good preparation for the Twenty20 World Cup 2012

Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga feels that his side will have a distinct advantage over other countries during next month's Twenty20 World Cup 2012 as most of the island nation's players have prepared well by competing in the Sri Lanka Premier League.

"SLPL is a good preparation for the Twenty20 World Cup 2012. All the Sri Lankan players know the conditions very well and we have a chance to win the Twenty20 World Cup 2012," Lasith Malinga Said

"It is advantage for us and we are ready for the T20 World Cup," he added.
Ruhuna crashed out of the SLPL after losing to table toppers Wayamba by 12 runs and Malinga said that his players were their best as many youngsters have are not used to such T20 leagues.
"It's the first year of SLPL and the local players are yet to adjust to T20 leagues. They don't know how to play T20 cricket. They will learn and get better in future. It's a good thing for Sri Lanka," he said.
Malinga was not satisfied with his own performance in the SLPL but said that he hoped to do well in the Twenty20 World Cup.
"Definitely, my performance was not up to the mark. But I am hoping that I will do well in the Twenty20 World Cup," said Malinga who took seven wickets from six matches in SLPL.
Malinga's side lost four matches out of the six in the league phase of SLPL to end the tournament at fifth spot. Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene also backed Malinga's views.
"In a way it was a good preparation but I was a bit worried that injuries might happen to the players just so near the Twenty20 World Cup.
"We had some injuries to players but fortunately they will be OK for the T20 World Cup. In all, there were more positives from the SLPL than the negatives," he said.

Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL T20 2012)

Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL T20 2012)

Sri Lanka Premier League 2012

Ruhuna's defeat to Wayamba  at the R. Premadasa Stadium has decided the four teams to qualify for the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League 2012(SLPL).

Ruhuna had managed to keep alive their hopes of qualifying with a win against Basnahira on Saturday evening, but their 14-run loss to Wayamba has allowed Nagenahira to qualify.

The semi-final fixtures will be decided after the Uva vs Nagenahira clash tomorrow.

The four teams to qualify are as follows,

Team	M	W	L	N/R	Points	Net RR
Wayamba	6	5	1	0	10	+1.371
Kandurata	6	3	2	1	7	+0.420
Uva	5	3	1	1	7	+0.208
Nagenahira	5	3	2	0	6	-0.534

Sri Lanka Premier League Semi-final and final

Aug 28 - 1st Semi-final at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Aug 29 - 2nd Semi-final at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Aug 31 - Final at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.