Related Research Articles
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer who represented Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015. A former captain in all formats. He was born in Matale,Central Province. In first-class cricket,he played for Nondescripts Cricket Club from 1997–98 to 2013–14 and for Surrey County Cricket Club from 2015 to 2017. Sangakkara is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time. He was a key part of the Sri Lankan squads which won the 2001-02 Asian Test Championship,2002 ICC Champions Trophy and 2014 T20 World Cup.
The Kenya men's national cricket team represents the Republic of Kenya in international cricket. Kenya is an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has Twenty20 International (T20I) status after the ICC granted T20I status to all its members.
Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan national cricket team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen from Sri Lankan cricket.
The Sri Lanka national football team represents Sri Lanka in Association football and is administered by Football Federation of Sri Lanka,the governing body of football in Sri Lanka. They have been a member of FIFA since 1952 and a member of AFC since 1954. Sri Lanka's home stadium is the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Sri Lankan team was known as the Ceylon national football team until 1972 when Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka.
Jonathan Lewis is a former England cricketer and current head coach of England Women's Cricket and UP Warriorz in Women's Premier League. He was brought up in Swindon where he was educated at Churchfields School and Swindon College. He played for Swindon CC and,in Minor Counties cricket,for Wiltshire County Cricket Club in 1993. He joined Northamptonshire in 1994 and played for its Second XI but returned to Wiltshire in 1995. In the same year,he joined Gloucestershire and made his first-class debut. He has played for the English cricket team in Twenty20,One Day International and Test matches. He was appointed Gloucestershire captain in 2006.
Mohamed Naveed Nawaz,is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who played one Test and 3 One-Day Internationals for Sri Lanka. He is appointed as under-19 coach of Bangladesh. Under the coaching of Nawaz,in The 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Bangladesh beat India by three wickets to win the tournament.
Pubudu Bathiya Dassanayake is a Sri Lanka-born Canadian former international cricketer and coach who represented both Sri Lanka and Canada internationally. He has coached Everest Premier League side Bhairahawa Gladiators,and the national teams of the United States,Canada,and Nepal.
Arachchige Manjula Nishantha Munasinghe,best known as Manjula Munasinghe,is a Sri Lankan Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1994 and 1996. He currently lives in Australia.
The Sri Lanka women's national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international women's cricket. One of ten teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship,the team is organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC),a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Thusara Prabath Kodikara is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who represented the Malaysian national team between 2004 and 2009. He was born in Sri Lanka,and played first-class cricket there in the 1990s before emigrating to Malaysia. Kodikara played as an all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium pace.
Gyanendra Malla is a Nepalese cricket coach and former captain of the Nepal national cricket team,currently serving as head coach of Nepal A team. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. He made his debut against Namibia in March 2006. He was one of the cricketers who played in Nepal's first One Day International (ODI) match,against the Netherlands,in August 2018.
Ashton James Turner is an Australian cricketer who debuted for Western Australia during the 2012–13 season,and is also contracted to the Perth Scorchers. From Perth,Turner represented Western Australia at under-15 (schoolboys),under-17 and under-19 level. and captained the under-17 team to their National Championships win. A right-arm off spinner,he toured India with the Australian under-19 team in September and October 2011,taking eight wickets from six matches in a quadrangular tournament involving the Australian,Indian,Sri Lankan,and West Indian under-19 teams. At the 2012 Under-19 World Cup,he was Australia's first-choice spinner,ahead of Victoria's Ashton Agar,and took eleven wickets from six matches,with his best figures 4/28 against Nepal.
Sachith Shanaka Pathirana is a former Sri Lankan cricketer,who played for the national team and domestically in first-class,List A and Twenty20 matches. Pathirana was a bowling all-rounder who bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin and left handed lower-middle order batsman. Presently he serves as the spin bowling coach of the Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket team.
Syed Aziz is a Malaysian cricketer. He played for Malaysia in the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in May 2017. In April 2018,he was named in Malaysia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament,which was held in Malaysia.
Shivam Mavi is an Indian international cricketer,who is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He made his international debut for the Indian cricket team in January 2023.
Dushan Hemantha is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is an all-rounder who is a right-handed batter and a right-arm legbreak bowler. He currently plays for Dambulla Aura in domestic cricket.
Winifred Anne Duraisingam is a Malaysian cricketer and the current captain of the women's national cricket team. A right-handed all-rounder,she opens the batting,and is also an opening medium pace bowler.
The 2022 Asia Cup Qualification was a men's cricket tournament which took place in Oman in August 2022 to determine qualification for the 2022 Asia Cup. The 2020 editions of the ACC Western and Eastern regional T20 tournaments were held in February and March of the same year by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Thirteen teams competed,with the aim of progressing to the qualifier. These were scheduled to be followed by the Asia Cup Qualifier tournament in Malaysia,which was due to be played in August 2020. However,in July 2020 the Asia Cup was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,resulting in the postponement of the qualifier. In May 2021,the Asian Cricket Council confirmed that there would be no Asia Cup in 2021,with that edition of the tournament deferred until 2023. It was later announced that there would be a T20I Asia Cup in 2022,to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates.
The 2022 Malaysia Quadrangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament took place in Malaysia in July 2022. The participating teams were the hosts Malaysia along with Bhutan,Maldives and Thailand.
The 2022–23 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament,that took place in Hong Kong in March 2023. The participating teams were the hosts Hong Kong along with Bahrain,Kuwait and Malaysia. Shortly before the tournament,Cricket Hong Kong announced that former Kent County Cricket Club player Simon Willis became the new head coach of their senior men's team.
References
- 1 2 "Trishen Nonis". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ Thattil, Roscoe (23 January 2018). "Mazenodians looking to finish on a high". The Papare. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ "Baig to lead Qatar Under-19 in Elite event in Malaysia". Gulf Times. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ "Sri Lankan head coach for Bhutan Cricket". Bhutan Cricket. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ "Bhutan settles for second place in Quadrangular Series in Malaysia". Kuensel. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
