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Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket 1 THE SCORE Contents

National team 3 Umpiring 9

‘A’ Team 6 Cricket Development 10

U19 and U17 Teams 7 Cover stories 14

Women’s National team 8 Marketing and Communications 15

Commercial Partners 20

Sri Lanka wins the Dialog cup ODI 2013

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Kandurato Maroons become the UltraTech Super 4s Champions Redistribution For Page 14

Dialog Sri Lanka Cricket Awards Night Not

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Cover Story and ­appointed as Test/ ODI & T20 Captains

2 Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket THE SCORE ICC Champions Trophy 2013 - Sri Lanka started off poorly with defeats in both their warm-up games - including one to - and then losing to New Zealand after being out for 138 in the ICC Champions Trophy in June 2013.

4th Match, Group A: NZ v SL at Cardiff - Jun 9, 2013 12th Match, Group A: AUS v SL at The Oval - Jun 17, 2013 SL 138 (37.5 ov) (K Sangakkara 68, M McClenaghan 4/43) SL 253/8 (50 ov) ( M Jayawardena 84*, M Johnson 3/48) NZ 139/9 (36.3 ov) (N McCullum 32, L Malinga 4/34) AUS 233 (42.3 ov) ( A Voges 49, N Kulasekara 3/42) NZ won by 1 SL won by 20 runs 8th Match, Group A: ENG v SL at The Oval - Jun 13, 2013 2nd Semi-Final: IND v SL at Cardiff - Jun 20, 2013 ENG 293/7 (50 ov) (J Trott 76, J Root 68, R Herath 2/48) SL 181/8 (50 ov) (A Mathews 51, I Sharma 3/33);

SL 297/3 (47.1 ov) (K Sangakkara 134, J Anderson 2/51) IND 182/2 (35 ov) (S Dhawan 68, A Mathews 1/10) National Team SL won by 7 IND won by 8 wickets

West Indies Tri Series 2013 The tri-series in the West Indies featured India, Sri Lanka as well as the host began on June 28. The­ tri-series comprised seven matches, with each team playingRedistribution the ­other twice before a final. For 1st Match: WI v SL at Kingston - Jun 28, 2013 SL 208 (48.3 ov) (A Mathews 55*, S Narine 4/40) WI 209/4 (37.5 ov) (C Gayle 109, R Herath 1/37) Not WI won by 6 wickets 3rd Match: IND v SL at Kingston - Jul 2, 2013 5th Match: WI v SL at Port of Spain - Jul 7-8, 2013 SL 348/1 (50 ov) (U Tharanga 174, M Jayawardena 107) SL 219/8 (41/41 ov) (K Sangakkara 90, K Roach 4/27) IND 187 (44.5 ov) (R Jadeja 49*, R Herath 3/37) WI 190/9 (41/41 ov, target: 230) (D Bravo 70, S Eranga 3/46) Sri Lanka won by 161 runs SL won by 39 runs (D/L method)

6th Match: IND v SL at Port of Spain - Jul 9, 2013 Final: IND v SL at Port of Spain - Jul 11, 2013 IND 119/3 (29/29 ov) (R Sharma 48*, R Herath 2/32) SL 201 (48.5 ov) (K Sangakkara 71, R Jadeja 4/23) SL 96 (24.4/26 ov, target: 178) (D Chandima 26) IND 203/9 (49.4 ov) (R Sharma 58, R Herath 4/20) IND won by 81 runs (D/L method) IND won by 1 wicket

Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket 3 THE SCORE Sri Lanka wins the Dialog cup ODI 2013 who first came to Sri Lanka in 1993 under the captaincy of Kepler Wessels, toured our island for the 3rd time to play 5 ODIs & 3 T20Is from the 20th of July to 6th August this year.

1st ODI: at (RPICS) - Jul 20, 2013 SL 320/5 (50 ov) (K Sangakkara 169, M Morkel 2/34) SA 140 (31.5 ov) (A Petersen 29, R Herath 3/25) SL won by 180 runs 2nd ODI: at Colombo (RPICS) - Jul 23, 2013 Redistribution SL 223/9 (49.2/49.2 ov) (TM Dilshan 43, M Morkel 3/34) SA 104/5 (A Petersen 24, R Herath 2/16) SL won by 17 runs (D/L method)

3rd ODI: at Pallekele (PICS) -For Jul 26, 2013 1st T20I: at Colombo (RPICS) - Aug 2, 2013 SA 223/7 (50 ov) (D Miller 85, A Mendis 3/35); SA 115/6 (20 ov) (JP Duminy 51, S Senanayyake 3/14) SL 167 (43.2 ov) (T Perera 65, L Tsotsobe 4/22) SL 103/9 (20 ov) (K Sangakkara 59*, JP Duminy 3/18) SA won by 56 runs SA won by 12 runs

4th ODI: at PallekeleNot (PICS)- Jul 28, 2013 2nd T20I: at Hambantota (MRICS) - Aug 4, 2013 SA 238 (48.4 ov) (JP Duminy 97, A Mendis 4/51) SA 145/6 (20 ov) (D Miller 36, S Senanayake 2/18) SL 239/2 (44 ov) (TM Dilshan 115*, L Tsotsobe 1/48) SL 123/7 (20 ov) (K Sangakkara 39, L Tsotsobe 2/17) SL won by 8 wickets SA won by 22 runs

5th ODI: at Colombo (RPICS) - Jul 31, 2013 3rd T20I: at Hambantota (MRICS)- Aug 6, 2013 SL 307/4 (50 ov) (TM Dilshan 99, K Sangakkara 75) SA 163/3 (20 ov) (F du Plessis 85, JP Duminy 51*) SA 179 (43.5 ov) (AB de Villiers 51, S Lakmal 3/22) SL 164/4 (18.1 ov) (TM Dilshan 74*, M Jayawardena 33) SL won by 128 runs SL won by 6 wickets

4 Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket THE SCORE becomes 8th batsman to cross 11,000- mark in ODIs

Mahela Jayawardene surpassed 11,000 runs in One-Day Internationals (ODI) when he reached 61 against in the Group A encounter of ICC ­Champions Trophy 2013 at Oval.

He is the eighth player in the world and third Sri Lankan after and to cross the 11,000-run mark in the ODI format. and Sangakkara are the only other cricketers in the elite list apart from Jayawardene to be still playing.

Upul Tharanga’s 174 National Team A career-best 174 by Man of the Match and his record-breaking 213-run with Mahela Jayawardene helped Sri Lanka beat India by 161 runs in the third match of the Celkon Mobile Tri-Nations Series Cup in Kingston on July 2. Redistribution Sri Lanka remains No 1 ranked T20I side after annual update Sri Lanka has retained its positionFor as the (+/-) Team Rating number-one ranked ­International 1 (-) Sri Lanka 134 (+2) (T20I) side after the annual update of the 2 (-) West Indies 127 (+1) Reliance ICC T20I Rankings Table was 3 (-) India 121 (+2) ­announced on Thursday. 4 (-) Pakistan 118 (-1) Not 5 (-) England 113 (-1) 6 (-) South Africa 112 (-2) 14 out of the 16 countries with T20I status are 7 (-) Australia 103 (+1) ranked, with Afghanistan and Canada yet to 8 (-) New Zealand 102 (-) play the required eight rated matches. 9 (-) Ireland 81 (-1) 10 (-) Bangladesh 74 (-2) Afghanistan needs to play one more and 11 (-) Scotland 62 (-) ­Canada two more T20 Internationals prior to 12 (-) 48 (-) May 2014 in order to join the rankings. 13 (-) Netherlands 36 (-6) 14 (-) Kenya 34 (+2)

Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket 5 THE SCORE Sri Lanka A Tour of West Indies The A team played two four-day matches against West Indies A, in St Kitts and St Vincent, before embarking on the limited-overs leg, which fea- The team was captained tured two in St Vincent and and three by Sri Lanka Test opener ODIs in Grenada. , with middle order batsman An- gelo Perera serving as his deputy.

New Zealand A Tour of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka A played two unofficial Test and 3 unofficial one day games against New Zealand A.

Final OD: The New Zealand A ended their tour of the sub-continent with a narrow series ODI loss to Sri Lanka ‘A’. The win gave Sri Lanka ‘A’ the three-match one-day series 2-1 after the tourists won the opener.

‘A’ Team/ Under 17 Under Team/ ‘A’ Dimuth Karunaratne passed 50 for the fifth time in a row against the Kiwis on his way to a match-high 70 while 23-year-old skipper Dinesh Chandimal scored 48 and 47. All-rounder Ramith Rambukwella starred for the home side taking 4-30 from his Redistribution10 overs then scoring 36 from 29. Sri Lanka’s first Under17 cricket tour of England - A success The first-ever Under 17 cricketFor tour of England by a Sri Lankan Schools Team ended on a successful note when the Lankan lads won the three-day game by an innings and 72 runs, the one-day games ( 2-1) and drew the two encounter with their English counterparts on their short tour of the United Kingdom from April 8-25. Not

6 Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket THE SCORE India U19 in Sri Lanka

Kusal Mendis of Prince of Wales College lead the Sri Lanka Under 19 squad in this two-week long series which were played between July 23rd – Aug 8th. The two ‘Youth Tests’ were drawn and the first Youth ODI was abandoned due to rain. India manage to take a 22-run victory in a closely fought match against Sri Lanka in the second Youth ODI in .

Heartbreaking end for Sri Lanka Under-23 in Singapore

Sri Lanka Under-23 returned home heartbroken after an outstanding show in Singapore during the ACC Emerging Teams Cup where they came into the semi-finals with an unbeaten record and suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Pakistan ­under-23. The efforts of the two openers stood out for Sri Lanka during the series. Udara Jayasundara hit three fifties including 94 in the semi-final. meanwhile scored a and a­h alf-century. Under 19/ Under 23 Team

Redistribution For Tamil UnionNot clinch third consecutive U-23 title Tamil Union won the Under-23 inter-club ­cricket title for the third consecutive year by beating Moors Sports Club by massive 258 runs in the U23 Division One final encounter ended at the R Premadasa Sta- dium, on 01 September 2013.

Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket 7 THE SCORE Sri Lanka and Pakistan share trophy: ICC WWT20 Qualifiers

The heavy overnight rain fell which made the pitches at Merrion and YMCA unplayable in the morning and final matches were abandoned. The Pakistan v Sri Lanka match was abandoned and therefore the trophy was shared, Sri Lanka finish above Pakistan in the rankings due to net run rate as both teams had won an equal amount of matches throughout the tournament. Women’s National team National Women’s ‘ Redistribution

Women’s Limited Tournament Rain was the ultimate winner inFor the Women’s Limited-Overs Tournament final between Navy SC and Air Force which ended in a no soon after the completion of the Air Force innings. The teams were declared joint champions. Air Force won the toss and elected to bat as the Navy SC bowlers restricted the Air Force below par score of 177 (49.3). Yashodha Mendis 47, Chamari Athapattu 30 - Udeshika Prabodini took 2/15, Sashikala Siriwardene tookNot 2/36

8 Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket THE SCORE SLC Umpires get trained by

The ICC’s umpires coach Simon Taufel was invited by Sri Lanka Cricket to conduct a series of programmes with a view to enhance the skills of local umpires. Simon was in Sri Lanka from October 14 to 22 of October 2013. SLC’s Cricket Actg. Head of Cricket Operations Carlton Bernadus said, “Simon Taufel will be in Sri Lanka conducted a workshop which ran from October 15 to 21. All Level I and Level II umpires, including the Lankan ICC Elite Panel which comprises Kumar Dharmasena, Ranmore Martinez, Ruchira Palliyaguru and Ravindra Wimalasiri along with the emerg- ing panel of umpires are scheduled to attend this workshop. At present there are 30 Level I and II um- pires in Sri Lanka.” Bernadus further stated that Simon would speak on the subject of ‘What is it to be an Elite ’. During his speech he was billed to touch on the subjects of ­nutrition, Umpiring conditions and work pressure. Besides Taufel, the ICC’s regional coach Peter Manuel and the ICC Manager of Umpires Vince Vandberg also attended this workshop. Peter Manuel took the local umpires through the new playing conditions which were recommended by the ICC . Redistribution Vince Vandberg conducted a separate workshop for local match referees so that the SLC could earmark them for future development. During the workshop Lankan elite umpire Kumar Dharmasena, who was adjudged the ICC’s Best Umpire ­delivered his speech on ‘My wayFor to the top of the elite panel’. Also on the agenda was a Train the Trainer Programme and at the end of it the SLC’s Umpire Coach Educator T.H. Wijewardena and Carlton Bernadus worked with the 50 umpires who are not in the Level I and Level II categories. Not

Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket 9 THE SCORE Level 1 Coach Educator Course for Provincial & District Coaches

The Coach Education Unit of SLC conducted a ‘Level 1 Coach Educator’ Course for s­elected Provincial & District Coaches from the 11th to 13th June at the ‘Max Academy’ located at R. ­Premadasa International Cricket Stadium.

The whole purpose of this exercise was to cater to the growing demand throughout the C­ ountry for many who would like to join the Cricket ­Coaching Industry by enhancing their k­ nowledge & ­obtaining a qualification by­ following the SLC Level 1 Cricket Coaching Course which is ­endorsed by the ‘International Cricket Council’.

While currently the ‘Coach Education Unit’ of SLC only conducts such Courses at present it is the belief of the National Coaching Department that building a bench strength of Coach Educators for the future is of utmost importance.

Women’s Level 1 Cricket Coaching Course The SLC ’Coach Education Unit’ of the ‘National Coaching Department’ conducted an Level 1 Cricket ­Coaching Cricket Development Cricket Course for the current ‘Women’s Cricket ‘ development Squad players, Provincial Players & also a few ex ­National Players who are engaged in the CoachingRedistribution fraternity in Sri Lanka. The course was conducted from the 11th to 14th June 2013 at the Max Cricket Academy, Kettarama.

The recent performances in the World Cup by our Women Cricketers has been noteworthy with their ­special performances against England For& India where Sri Lanka ended up victorious. This Course was specially­desig ned & conducted for Womens’s Cricket with the intention of developing our future players & Coaches to have an better understanding of the basic principles of playing & Coaching. Not

10 Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket THE SCORE SLC Level 2 Coaching Certificate Distribution

The first ever SLC fully owned Level 2 Cricket Coaching certificate distribution was held at the SLC­ Headquarters recently. The accreditation Coaching Course was conducted in September 2012 & was held over a six day ­period, fifteen of the twenty Coaches who participated in the said course were successful in fulfilling all course requirements to be accredited as an SLC Level 2 Cricket Coach.

The Syllabus for this Course was constructed over a 10 month period by the Coaching Department & was developed by the National Coaching Staff & the Coach Education Unit of SLC. The SLC National Specialist Coaches& Coach Educators were utilized as presenters in the said Course. The National at that time ‘Mahela Jayawardne’ also presented a topic on ‘Mental Toughness & leadership’ at this program.

The conducted Coaching Course attracted Ex ­National players such as ‘Avishka Gunawardne, & Ravindra Pushpakumara who are currently involved in the Coaching fraternity in Sri Lanka. The Coaching Department who currently has the ‘International Cricket Council’ endorsement for Cricket Development SLC’s Level 1 Coaching Course intends obtaining the ICC classification for its Level 2 Coaching Course in the future.

Three Day Coaching ProgrammeRedistribution with Les Lenham Sri Lanka Cricket successfully conducted its first of two three day Coaching Programs for selected Cricket Coaches in the Country at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium.

Les Lenham’ who comes fromFor Sussex, England last visited Sri Lanka in late 1990;’s, while he is a renowned Cricket Coach in the UK for many years over the last few decades he is well known for his teaching skills in basic & advance techniques in the game of Cricket. Not

Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket 11 THE SCORE National Development through Districts

Thirty cricket wickets for North & East

The first cement practice net, built at an approximate cost of Rs. 300,000, was declared open on Tuesday Nov. 5 in the presence of President and other senior officials of SLC, including Nishantha Ranatunga, its secretary, and and the officials of the Foundation of Goodness at the Killinochchi Central College.

SLC through its National Development Committee, The first cement practice net, built at an approximate headed by SLC President Jayantha Dharmadasa, has cost of Rs. 300,000, was scheduled to be declared open started an infrastructure development plan for its on Tuesday Nov. 5 in the presence of President and stakeholders, such as Districts, Clubs, Associations, other senior officials of SLC , Muralitharan and the Provinces, and Schools. The development programme officials of the Foundation of Goodness at the Kill- for schools was supported by legendary cricketer inochchi Central College. Muttiah Muralitharan.

Special Grant to Controlling & Affiliated Clubs for Infrastructure Development National Development Committee headed by Cricket Development Cricket ­President SLC Mr. Jayantha Dharmadasa compiled a document based on all the proposed projects andRedistribution the Executive Committee decided to provide special grant to the Clubs. For Not

The Distribution of the Grants took place on 9th October 2013 with the President Secretary and the officials of the­E xecutive Committee in attendance.

12 Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket THE SCORE Dinner Dance to raise funds for Schools’

Cricket Ball 2013 organised by the Sri Lanka Cricket UK Committee was held at the Grange Hotel, St Paul’s on Saturday the 15th of June to raise funds for schools’ cricket and also to honour the Sri Lanka Cricket team who are in the UK to take part in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament.

The 420 guests were hosted to a glittering reception of exquisite canapés and drinks, with Sri Lanka C­­ricket’s newest sponsor Sri Lanka Tea Board displaying its wares with gift tea packs for the guests whilst enjoy- ing the Latin music played by the trio ‘Los Musicos’, followed by dinner in the elegant Shakespeare suite.

The Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews then ­introduced his team to those assembled, followed by the lighting of Fund raising/ Charity events the traditional brass lamp by the High C­ ommissioner for Sri Lanka Dr Chris Nonis, The ­Secretary of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board, Mr ­Nishantha ­Ranatungu, Angelo Mathews and the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket UK Committee Asitha Jayaweera.

RedistributionThe funds raised from the event was utilised to ­improve school and district cricket in every corner of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Cricket UK Committee has already made a significant contribution to schools For cricket this year by donating much needed cricket balls to 134 schools including cricket training aids for the National Coaching Department. Not

Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket 13 THE SCORE Prima Champions Cup Commenced for 7th Consecutive Year The Prima Champions Cup inter-district and inter-provincial under 15 cricket tourna- ment conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket and sponsored by Prima Group will commence on September 2 2013. The press conference was held at the SLC headquarters on 23rd August 2013 with the participation of all senior officials from SLC and Prima Group.

The tournament commenced on the 2nd September 2013 and allowed the p­ articipation of 560 players from all around the country ­including the north & east. 28 team ­competed against each other.

Cover Kandura Maroons become the UltraTech Super 4s Champions Kandurata Maroons beat Basnahira Greens by 7 wickets to win the final of the UltraTech Super 4’s Twenty20 tournament on 17th August at R Premadasa and ensured them a berth in the Champions League T20 which was played in India in September. Redistribution

Nuwan Kulasekara’s early wickets formed the bedrock of the victory, as Basnahira failed to muster a counterat- tack, despite an unbeaten 53 fromFor Angelo Mathews. Not

14 Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket THE SCORE Kandurata Maroons Sponsored by JAT Holdings for CLT20

JAT Holdings, entered into a partner- ship with Sri Lanka Cricket as the Official Sponsor of Kandurata Ma- roons, the winner of SLC’s 2013 Super 4’s Tournament which qualified them for the Champions League T20 2013 which was held in India. Cover

Redistribution Record breaking Billion Rupee Bids for Sri Lanka Cricket For Sri Lanka Cricket received record breaking Billion Rupee bids for the Sponsorship of it’s National Teams. SLC has proven the growth of it’s brand image with the receipt of highly competitive bids from four parties vying to Sponsor the National Cricket teams for a period of three years, starting from June Not2013.

Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket 15 THE SCORE

Dialog Sri Lanka Cricket Awards Night

Top spinner grabbed the coveted Dialog Cricketer of the Year and Kumar ­Sangakkara took home the Dialog People’s Player of the Year at the colourful Dialog Sri Lanka Cricket Awards 2013 cer­ emony held at the Water’s Edge in September.

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ForDialog Cricketer of the Year 2013 – Rangana Herath Not

Dialog People’s Player of the Year 2013 – Kumar Sangakkara

16 Best All Rounder: Angelo Mathews Emerging Cricketer: Dinesh Chandimal Redistribution For Not

Dialog Women’s Cricketer of the Year- Shashikala Siriwardena

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Best Batsman (Test): Kumar Sangakkara

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A special award to Channaka De Silva for being adjudged the “Best Sports Journalist of the Year” by the Editor’s Guild of Sri Lanka. Not

Premier League Champion(SSC): Special Awards for Journalist

18 Official Quarterly Newsletter of Sri Lanka Cricket THE SCORE Dialog Sri Lanka Cricket Awards 2013 Winners List

Best Batswoman Shiromi Athukorala - Army Best Bowler Ama Kanchana - Air force Women s’ Cricket Division II Best All rounder Ayesha Sandamali - Army Runner Up Airforce SC Winner Army SC Best Batswoman Yashoda Mendis - Air Force Best Bowler Inoka Ranaweera - Navy Women s’ Cricket Division I Best All rounder Shashikala Siriwardana - Navy Runner Up Airforce SC Winner Navy SC Best Batsman Tharindu Madushanka - Sebastinites Best Bowler Mohomed Aslam - Saracens SC Under 23 Award winners 2012/13 Division II Best All rounder Kalpa Bandaranayake - Old Vidyalaya Runner Up Negombo CC Winner Ambalangoda SC Best Batsman Shihan Kamaleen - Colts Best Bowler Dulanjana Mendis - Navy Under 23 Award winners 2012/13 Division I Best All rounder Shehan Jayasuriya - Moors Runner Up Moors SC Winner Tamil Union All Island Div III Winner Horana CC Best Batsman Gihan Nimsala (Old Seravation SC) Best Bowler Nipuna Ranasinhe (Narammala SC) Donovan Tournament Best All rounder Chanaka Wijewardene (Col - University) Runner Up Narammala CC Winner Negombo CC Best Batsman Shehan Aravinda - Antonian SC) Best Bowler Buddika Sanjeewa - Kalutara Town Club Sara League Best All rounder Thilina Herath - Kurunegala SC Runner Up Police SC Winner Kalutara TC Best Batsman S Nikethana Best Bowler Aravinda Premarathna Club T20 Best All rounder K Lokuaratchi Runner Up Colts Winner BRC Best Batsman Kusal Janith Perera (Colts) Best Bowler (Army) Premier Limited Over Best All rounder Geeth Kumara (Chilaw) Runner Up SSC Winner Ragama Best Batsman Kaushal Silva (SSC) Best Bowler Malinda Pushpakumara (Moors) Premier League Best All rounder (Panadura SC) Runner Up Moors Winner SSC Nomination - Chamari Attapatu Best Batswoman Winner Deepika Rasangika Best Bowler RedistributionNomination - Shashikala Siriwardene Winner Chamani Seneviratne Nomination - Eshani Lokusuriya Best All rounder Winner Shashikala Siriwardene Winner Shashikala Siriwardene DIALOG Womens Cricketer of the Year Nomination - Chamini Seneviratne Nomination - Eshani Lokusuriya Outstanding Achievement Elmo Rodrigopulle Outstanding Achievement Daminda Wijesuriya For Outstanding Achievement Nevil Anthony Media Awards Appciation Award Palitha Perera Adjudged the “Best Sports Jour- nalist of the Year” by the Editor’s Channaka De Silva Guild of Sri Lanka Premier A Panel Raveendra Wimalasiri Premier B Panel Nilan de Silva Sara Panel Chrishantha Rodrigo Nomination - Saminda Eranga Emerging CricketerNot Nomination - Jeewan Mendis Winner Dinesh Chandimal Nomination - Mahela Jayawardena Best Batsman Nomination - T.M. Dilshan Winner Kumar Sangakkara Nomination - Best Bowler Nomination - Winner Rangana Herath Nomination - Dinesh Chandimal Best Batsman Nomination - Kumar Sangakkara Winner T.M Dilshan Nomination - Nuwan Kulasekara Best Bowler Nomination - Tissara Perera Winner Nomination - Tissara Perera Best All rounder ODI Nomination - Nuwan Kulasekara Winner Angelo Mathews

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