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Danushka Gunathilaka’s trial hit by delay

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Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will push NSW’s public prosecutor to pay legal costs after being made to wait another two weeks to submit a plea for rape charges.The 32-year-old is facing four counts of sexual intercourse without consent while in Sydney for the T20 World Cup.

After matching on Tinder, meeting up for a date and heading back to her home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, the complainant alleges the cricketer refused to wear a condom and choked her three times.

A police fact sheet filed with the court said the woman “was fearing for her life and could not get away from the accused” during the November 2022 incident.

The prosecution successfully applied for the adjournment, which will take the hearing beyond the statutory six-month requirement for charge certification, at Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday.

Gunathilaka’s lawyer Alen Sahinovic opposed the delay, arguing his client was being subjected to undue hardship as a foreign citizen with strict bail conditions and limited familial and social support.

Sahinovic will apply for the Director of Public Prosecutions to pay legal costs at the next hearing.

Gunathilaka travelled to Australia with Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup team last year but only played in their first game before being ruled out of the competition with a hamstring tear.

He was arrested in the early hours of November 6 at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency Hotel, shortly before he was scheduled to board a flight home with the rest of the team after they bowed out of the tournament.

Gunathilaka remains on bail ahead of a committal hearing at Downing Centre in Sydney on May 18.

(9news.com.au)

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SL clinch series with innings victory over Bangladesh

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Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by an innings and 78 runs in the second Test match, sealing the two-match series 1-0.

It was Sri Lanka’s ninth innings-victory over Bangladesh, which also gave them crucial World Test Championship points.

On the fourth day of the match at SSC Grounds today (June 28), Bangladesh resumed their second innings at 115 for 06 but were bowled out for just 133 runs.

No Bangladesh batsman managed to cross 30 runs, with Mushfiqur Rahim top-scoring with 26.

Prabath Jayasuriya starred with the ball, claiming 05 for 56, while captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Tharindu Ratnayake picked up 02 wickets each.

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SL squad named for ODI series against Bangladesh

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The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee has selected the following 16-member Sri Lanka squad to play in the upcoming ODI series vs. Bangladesh. 

The ODI series will be played on the 2nd, 5th, and 8th of July. 

The first two ODIs will be played at the RPICS, Colombo, before the series moves to the PICs, Pallekele, for the final game.

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Pathum Nissanka shines again with another 150

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Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka continued his impressive form by scoring 150 runs off 245 balls in the first innings of the second Test against Bangladesh. His composed innings featured 18 boundaries, anchoring Sri Lanka’s strong batting display.

At stumps on Day 2, Sri Lanka stood at 297 for 2, leading Bangladesh by 50 runs with eight wickets still in hand.

Remarkably, this is Nissanka’s second consecutive 150+ score in the series, underlining his dominance with the bat and consistency at the top of the order.

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