Sri Lanka national deaf cricket team

Sri Lanka National Deaf Cricket Team represents Sri Lanka in international deaf cricket arena. The team consists of players who are having hearing problems (deaf). The team also participated in the 3rd edition of the 2017 Deaf Cricket Asia Cup tournament in India.[1][2][3] The team ended up as runnersup to India in the finals, lost the match by a big margin of 156 runs.[4][5][6][7]

Sri Lanka
ConferenceDeaf International Cricket Council
Personnel
CaptainTharaka Sampath Jayasinghe

On November 2017, the national deaf cricket team played their first ever leather ball ODIs and T20Is against Pakistan, a team which is considered as the most consistent team in deaf cricket history.[8][9]

On 30 November 2018, Sri Lanka created history after winning the 2018 Deaf T20 World Cup which was also the first ever instance where Sri Lanka managed to win a Deaf T20 World Cup defeating India by 36 runs.[10][11]

Current squad
  • Tharaka Sampath Jayasinghe (Captain)
  • Lakshan Fernando (VC)
  • Sumudu Lanka
  • Tharinda Deepika Wimalasena
  • Goyum Shanaka Walgama
  • Nalin Sameera
  • Asanka Manjula
  • Udaya Lakmal
  • Priyankara Madushanka
  • Kumarasamy Thirukumaran
  • Alenross Kalep
  • N.P.G.Ushan Lakshitha
  • G.A. Nuwan Hasaranga
  • A.P. Dinuka Sachin
  • Anton Jayasegaram
  • Antony Norman

See also

Sri Lanka national blind cricket team

References
  1. "Sri Lanka to participate at Asia Deaf Cricket Cup 2017". Island Cricket. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  2. "SL Deaf Cricket Team to participate at Asia Deaf Cricket Cup 2017 | Sri Lanka Cricket". www.srilankacricket.lk. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  3. Admin (2017-02-19). "Sri Lanka to participate at Asia Deaf Cricket Cup 2017". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  4. "3rd Asia Deaf Cricket Tournament : Sri Lanka finish runner-up to India". Daily News. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  5. "Lankans face a huge defeat". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  6. "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  7. "Indian deaf cricket team beats Sri Lanka to lift Asia Cup - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  8. "Sunday Times - Cricket: Sri Lanka to play 'deaf international' ODIs and T-20 against Pakistan". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  9. "Sri Lanka to play 'Deaf International Cricket' ODIs and T-20 against Pakistan". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  10. "Champion cricketers from the blues". Sunday Observer. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  11. Sridheran, Sharmeegan (2018-11-30). "Sri Lanka win inaugural Deaf-ICC T20 World Cup - 2018". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
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