{"id":650689,"date":"2026-05-05T07:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650689\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:33:11","slug":"minister-gamage-vows-to-restore-sri-lankas-cricket-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650689\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Gamage vows to restore Sri Lanka\u2019s cricket glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"heateor_sss_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newswire.lk%2Fgxzz\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:32px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Twitter\" class=\"heateor_sss_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Minister%20Gamage%20vows%20to%20restore%20Sri%20Lanka%E2%80%99s%20cricket%20glory&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newswire.lk%2Fgxzz\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:32px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Whatsapp\" class=\"heateor_sss_whatsapp\" href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=Minister%20Gamage%20vows%20to%20restore%20Sri%20Lanka%E2%80%99s%20cricket%20glory%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newswire.lk%2Fgxzz\" title=\"Whatsapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:32px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.lk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/newswire-icon.jpg\" style=\"width:108px; height:20px; margin-top:10px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sunil-Kumara-Gamage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"488\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Minister of Sports Sunil Kumara Gamage said cricket will be developed with the aim of securing a World Cup victory.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media, the Minister said that a nine\u2011member committee has been appointed to drive the effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are outsiders willing to assist us. I am confident we can resolve the issues and restore the glory of Sri Lankan cricket,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gamage noted that the government\u2019s policy is \u2018A Thriving Nation, A Beautiful Life\u2019, adding that sports are vital to a fulfilling life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our responsibility to develop sports. We will deliver on our promise to develop cricket,\u201d he added. (Newswire)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister of Sports Sunil Kumara Gamage said cricket will be developed with the aim of securing a World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-650689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}