Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge has won the silver medal in the women’s javelin throw event at the 2023 Asian Games currently being held in Hangzhou, China.

She won the silver with an impressive throw of 61.57m which is also her personal best.

India’s Annu Rani won the gold medal in the event while China’s Lyu Huihui won the bronze medal.

This is the first athletics medal for Sri Lanka at the Asian Games in 17 years and only the second medal for the island nation so far this year.

The warm-up match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the Cricket World Cup series will be held today at 2 pm at the Thiruvananthapuram Stadium.

The Sri Lanka team is led by Dasun Shanaka and the Afghan team is led by Hashmatullah Shahidi.

In the first warm-up match, Sri Lanka was defeated by Bangladesh.

Afghanistan’s warm-up match with South Africa was abandoned due to rain.

The warm-up matches will end today and the World Cup matches will begin on the 5th with the match between England and New Zealand.

The Marylebone Cricket Club has announced that former star cricketer of Sri Lanka – Kumar Sangakkara will remain on the MCC Committee as the new Chair of the MCC World Cricket committee.

He will chair a committee which includes other exceptional cricketers including Sourav Ganguly, Heather Knight, Justin Langer, Eoin Morgan and Graeme Smith, the MCC notes.

He replaces former England captain Mike Gatting, who had six years in the role.

Sangakkara was President of MCC from 2019-2021.