{"id":80022,"date":"2021-12-07T03:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T03:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=80022"},"modified":"2021-12-07T03:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T03:35:25","slug":"destiny-of-progress-in-womens-cricket-rests-in-hands-of-hashan-and-apsari-duo-by-sunil-thenabadu-sports-editor-elanka-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/destiny-of-progress-in-womens-cricket-rests-in-hands-of-hashan-and-apsari-duo-by-sunil-thenabadu-sports-editor-elanka-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Destiny of progress in women\u2019s cricket rests in hands of Hashan and Apsari duo  &#8211; By Sunil Thenabadu (sports editor \u2013 eLanka)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Destiny of progress in women\u2019s cricket rests in hands of Hashan and Apsari duo\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8211; By Sunil Thenabadu (sports editor \u2013 eLanka)<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80023\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Destiny-of-progress-in-womens-cricket-rests-in-hands-of-Hashan-and-Apsari-duo-By-Sunil-Thenabadu-sports-editor-\u2013-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"Destiny of progress in women\u2019s cricket rests in hands of Hashan and Apsari duo - By Sunil Thenabadu (sports editor \u2013 eLanka)\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75799 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunil-Thenabadu02.jpg\" alt=\"Sunil-Thenabadu\" width=\"160\" height=\"156\" \/>The fate of Sri Lanka women\u2019s cricket is now in the hands of former Sri Lanka Test cricketer\u00a0 Hashan Tillakaratne the new head coach of the women\u2019s cricket team , his wife Apsari\u00a0 Tillakaratne who hunted for flair available in very remote areas in meeting school Principals which she did tirelessly until this June when her contract expired .During this period Apsari succeeded in the outstations\u00a0 evolution and fostering cricket amongst mostly the rural schools, Hashan is the Head Coach of the national cricket team preparing them for the international matches ahead.It has been confirmed that via Apsari\u2019s intervention eight young girls were able to be selected to the squad of 17 players.Due to the Covid-19 scare the preliminary qualifying matches in Harare were cancelled before\u00a0 the women\u2019s WC in New Zealand.in 2022.It is learnt that an invitation 50 over tournament for women is in the process of been organized with four teams participating..<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Apsari\u00a0 was assigned as Convenor \u2013 Women\u2019s Cricket by SLC said that she is primarily engaged with the Development Squad.\u00a0Added as \u201cMy job is to tap the talent at the grassroot level and bring them up to national standard. The players I prepare from the Development Squad are the one that acts as a feeder to the national team coached by my husband Hashan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Apsari confessed added we did the Development Squad for two years and 70% of the players who were in that squad are the ones who are playing in the national team today.Of course as in every sport had lost a lot of ground in the past two years due to COVID-19 but is regretted that her bond not being prolonged. As a result, the newcomers are all at home and they have been sending messages to her saying \u2018we are getting old, what do we do?\u2019The goal of the SLC is to absorb 20 girls to devise the Development Squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Owing to identifying talent there are many players unlike previously the girls were playing against the same opposition players recycled but with new talent surfaced there is severe competition for places a new\u00a0 pathway via the district and provinces without having a school or district tournament. Apsari had added that there a lot of gifted players but because of the pandemic. There is no SLC district or provincial tournament because of the pandemic their growth has been stalled.The talent identified are absorbed into the district squad under competent coaches to groom them further. It is stated that Apsari\u2019s number one priority is the safety and security of the girls.She had given an assurance that the safety is guaranteed which the school Principals have been fully convinced. Currently there are 20 players in 25 districts..The coaches are conducting zoon practices\u00a0.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Apsari has the full assistance of the SLC \u2018s management to carry out their vision for women\u2019s cricket. SLC has set aside a budget for the promotion of girls\u2019 cricket. Apsari has been given a vehicle and a driver to visit rural areas in the outstations. Apsari had confessed she carry out the SLC\u2019s vision for women\u2019s cricket by launching cricket to the villages sprouting the hidden talent at grassroot levels which she had added was her role which she had discharged impeccably&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Destiny of progress in women\u2019s cricket rests in hands of Hashan and Apsari duo\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; By Sunil Thenabadu (sports editor \u2013 eLanka) The fate of Sri Lanka women\u2019s cricket is now in the hands of former Sri Lanka Test cricketer\u00a0 Hashan Tillakaratne the new head coach of the women\u2019s cricket team , his wife Apsari\u00a0 Tillakaratne [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,37869],"tags":[4413,40034,32076,40035,37737,40036],"class_list":{"0":"post-80022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-sunil-thenabadu","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-apsari-tillakaratne","11":"tag-hashan-tillakaratne","12":"tag-national-cricket-team","13":"tag-sunil-thenabadu","14":"tag-womens-cricket-team","15":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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