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Nishan and Dimuth ton set Sri Lanka’s strong reply

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Openers Nishan Madushka and Dimuth Karunaratne both registered centuries in a 228-run opening stand while Kusal Mendis was unbeaten on 83 when rain brought an early end to day three of the second Test against Ireland.

At stumps, Sri Lanka was 357-1 with young Nishan Madushka and Kusal Mendis at the crease looking solid.

Earlier Sri Lanka, resuming the day on 81 without loss in response to their opponents’ highest-ever Test total of 492, raced along at more than four and a half an over with Karunaratne reaching his ton off only 116 balls.

The Sri Lanka captain perished for 115 off 133 deliveries after injudiciously top-edging seamer Curtis Campher – one of Ireland’s centurions on Tuesday – to Matthew Humphreys at deep fine leg.

Madushka, who made just 29 in Sri Lanka’s big win in the first Test last week, looked immovable with an unbeaten 149 runs including 18 boundaries and a six.

He was well supported by Kusal Mendis who was also looking in fine form with an unbeaten 83 runs.
Mendis, who made 140 in the first Test, reached his half-century off just 59 balls. He hit seven boundaries and five hits over the ropes, including three consecutive sixes off Matthew Humphreys.

Madushka and Mendis were involved in an unfinished stand of 129 runs for the second wicket, with Mendis showing great aggression in accumulating runs.

The match will continue today for day 4.

Brief scores: Ireland 492 (Curtis Campher 111, Paul Stirling 103; Prabath Jayasuriya 5/174) lead Sri Lanka 357/1 (Nishan Madushka 149*, Dimuth Karunaratne 115) by 135 runs

නිශාන් සහ දිමුත්ගේ ශතක ශ්‍රී ලංකා පිලේ ප්‍රබල ස්ථානය තහවුරු කළේය

ආරම්භක පිතිකරුවන් වන නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක සහ දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න ලකුණු 228ක ආරම්භක සබඳතාවයක් තුළ ශතක වාර්තා කළ අතර අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව පැවැත්වෙන දෙවැනි ටෙස්ට් තරගයේ තෙවැනි දිනයට වර්ෂාවෙන් බාධා පැමිණෙන විට කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් නොදැවී ලකුණු 83ක් ලබා සිටියේය.

තරගය නතර කරන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකා පිල ලකුණු 357-1ක් ලෙසින් යොවුන් නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක සහ කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් ක්‍රීඩාගාරයේ රැඳී සිටියේය.

මීට පෙර, ප්‍රතිවාදීන්ගේ ඉහළම ටෙස්ට් ලකුණු සංඛ්‍යාව 492 ට ප්‍රතිචාර වශයෙන් කිසිවකු නොදැවී ලකුණු 81 ක් ලබාගෙන දිනය ආරම්භ කළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ඕවර හතරහමාරකට වඩා වැඩි වේගයකින් දිව ගිය අතර කරුණාරත්න සිය ශතකය වෙත ළඟා වූයේ පන්දු 116 ක් පමණි.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා නායකයා අඟහරුවාදා අයර්ලන්තයේ ශතකලාභියෙකු වන කර්ටිස් කැම්ෆර් – ගැඹුරු ෆයින් ලෙග්හිදී මැතිව් හම්ෆ්‍රීස් හමුවේ අසාධාරණ ලෙස පන්දු 133 කදී ලකුණු 115 කට දැවී ගියේය.

පසුගිය සතියේ පැවති පළමු ටෙස්ට් තරගයේ දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ලැබූ විශාල ජයග්‍රහණයේ දී ලකුණු 29ක් පමණක් ලබා ගත් මධුෂ්ක හතරේ පහර 18ක් සහ හයේ පහරක් ඇතුළුව නොදැවී ලකුණු 149ක් ලබා ගනිමින් නොසැලී සිටියේය.

නොදැවී ලකුණු 83ක් රැස්කරමින් දක්ෂ පන්දු යැවීමක නිරත වූ කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් ඔහුට මනා සහයක් ලබාදුන්නා.
පළමු ටෙස්ට් තරගයේදී ලකුණු 140ක් රැස්කළ මෙන්ඩිස් සිය අර්ධ ශතකය ලබාගත්තේ පන්දු 59කදී පමණි. ඔහු හතරේ පහර 7ක් සහ හතරේ පහර 5ක් එල්ල කළ අතර, මැතිව් හම්ෆ්‍රීස්ගේ පිට පිට පිට හයේ පහර 3ක් ද ඇතුළත් විය.

මෙන්ඩිස් ලකුණු රැස්කිරීමේදී දැඩි ආක්‍රමණශීලී බවක් පෙන්නුම් කරමින් දෙවැනි කඩුල්ල සඳහා ලකුණු 129ක නොබිඳුණු සබඳතාවයකට මධුෂ්ක සහ මෙන්ඩිස් සම්බන්ධ වූහ.

තරගය අද 4 වැනි දිනයටත් පැවැත්වේ.

කෙටි ලකුණු: අයර්ලන්තය 492 (කර්ටිස් කැම්පර් 111, පෝල් ස්ටර්ලින් 103; ප්‍රභාත් ජයසූරිය 5/174) ශ්‍රී ලංකාව 357/1 (නිෂාන් මධුෂ්ක 149*, දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න 115) ලකුණු 135කින්

நிஷான் மற்றும் திமுத் ஆகியோரின் சதங்கள் இலங்கையின் வலுவான நிலையில்

தொடக்க ஆட்டக்காரர்களான நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா மற்றும் திமுத் கருணாரத்ன இருவரும் 228 ரன்களில் தொடக்க நிலையில் சதம் பதிவு செய்தனர், குசல் மெண்டிஸ் 83 ரன்களுடன் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் இருந்தார், அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிரான இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட் போட்டியின் மூன்றாம் நாள் மழையால் ஆரம்பமாக முடிந்தது.

ஆட்ட நேர முடிவில், இலங்கை அணி 357-1 என்ற நிலையில் இளம் வீரர் நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா மற்றும் குசல் மெண்டிஸ் ஆகியோர் கிரீஸில் திடமாக இருந்தனர்.

முன்னதாக, இலங்கை அணி, எதிரணியின் அதிகபட்ச டெஸ்டில் 492 ரன்களுக்கு ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 81 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது, கருணாரத்னே 116 பந்துகளில் தனது சதத்தை எட்டியதோடு, நான்கரை ஓவருக்கும் மேலாக ஓடியது.

செவ்வாயன்று அயர்லாந்தின் செஞ்சுரியன்களில் ஒருவரான சீமர் கர்டிஸ் கேம்பர், டீப் ஃபைன் லெக்கில் மேத்யூ ஹம்ப்ரேஸிடம் தவறாக வீசிய பிறகு, இலங்கை கேப்டன் 133 பந்துகளில் 115 ரன்களுக்கு ஆட்டமிழந்தார்.

கடந்த வாரம் நடந்த முதல் டெஸ்டில் இலங்கையின் பெரிய வெற்றியில் வெறும் 29 ரன்கள் மட்டுமே எடுத்த மதுஷ்கா, 18 பவுண்டரிகள் மற்றும் ஒரு சிக்ஸர் உட்பட ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 149 ரன்களுடன் அசையாமல் இருந்தார்.

அவருக்கு குசல் மெண்டிஸ் நன்கு உறுதுணையாக இருந்தார், அவர் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 83 ரன்களுடன் நல்ல நிலையில் இருந்தார்.
முதல் டெஸ்டில் 140 ரன்கள் எடுத்த மெண்டிஸ், 59 பந்துகளில் அரை சதத்தை எட்டினார். அவர் ஏழு பவுண்டரிகள் மற்றும் ஐந்து வெற்றிகளை ரோப்களுக்கு மேல் அடித்தார், இதில் மேத்யூ ஹம்ப்ரேஸின் மூன்று தொடர்ச்சியான சிக்ஸர்கள் அடங்கும்.

ரன் குவிப்பதில் மெண்டிஸ் அபாரமாக ஆக்ரோஷத்தை வெளிப்படுத்த, இரண்டாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 129 ரன்கள் என்ற முடிவடையாத நிலையில் மதுஷ்காவும் மெண்டிஸும் ஈடுபட்டனர்.

இன்று 4-வது நாளாக ஆட்டம் தொடரும்.

சுருக்கமான ஸ்கோர்கள்: அயர்லாந்து 492 (கர்டிஸ் கேம்பர் 111, பால் ஸ்டிர்லிங் 103; பிரபாத் ஜெயசூர்யா 5/174) இலங்கை 357/1 (நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா 149*, திமுத் கருணாரத்னே 115) 135 ரன்களால் முன்னணியில் உள்ளது.

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Sri Lanka U19 Women suffer narrow defeat in thrilling encounter

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Sri Lanka U19 Women suffered their first defeat of the tri-series after a dramatic one-wicket loss to Australia U19 Women in Match 3 of the Under-19 Women’s Tri-Series in Australia.

Batting first, Sri Lanka U19 Women posted a modest total of 174 in 49.3 overs. The innings was built around a patient 25 off 56 balls by V. Balasuriya and a brisk 20 from U. Peiris, but the side struggled to build lasting partnerships. Australia’s bowling attack kept things tight throughout, with M. Barwick leading the effort with an impressive 3 for 22, well supported by disciplined spells from the rest of the unit.

In response, Australia U19 Women chased down the target in 43.1 overs, finishing at 175 for 9 in a nail-biting finish. A. Dermody anchored the innings with a crucial 59 off 81 deliveries, while I. Panelli added a valuable unbeaten 37 off 43 balls to guide the hosts over the line.
Sri Lanka’s bowlers made a strong effort to defend the total, led by A. Thalagune’s outstanding five-wicket haul (5 for 42), which kept the contest alive until the final moments. N. Upeksha also provided excellent support with 3 for 5, applying pressure during the middle overs.

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Sri Lanka’s journey back to cricketing excellence will require patience, planning, and sustained effort, according to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage, who addressed Parliament on the future of the sport.

Highlighting the challenges facing the national game, the minister noted that the decline in cricket along with other sports—has unfolded over more than a decade. As a result, he cautioned against expectations of a quick turnaround, emphasizing that meaningful progress will take time.

Building strong athletes and competitive teams is a gradual process. It’s not something that can be rushed or treated like a short-term project

Gamage revealed that the government has already put in place a comprehensive, structured programme designed to rebuild the foundations of Sri Lankan cricket. He stressed that the initiative is focused on long-term development rather than immediate results.

Responding to criticism from opposition groups, the minister dismissed claims questioning the effectiveness of the plan, insisting that the strategy is firmly on track.

He also expressed confidence in the country’s ability to reclaim its former cricketing stature, assuring that the efforts underway will ultimately deliver results.

We are committed to restoring Sri Lanka cricket to its rightful place, and we are confident in the path we have taken,

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Jaiswal, Sooryavanshi blitz helps Royals continue winning streak

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A breathtaking opening assault from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi powered Rajasthan Royals to their third consecutive victory in the Indian Premier League 2026, as they defeated Mumbai Indians by 27 runs in a high-octane 11-over contest in Guwahati.

After being asked to bat, Rajasthan came out firing on all cylinders. Jaiswal was at his explosive best, smashing 77 off just 32 balls, peppered with 10 fours and four sixes. He found an able partner in Sooryavanshi, who produced a stunning cameo of 39 from only 14 deliveries, including five towering sixes. The duo stitched together a rapid 80-run opening stand in under five overs, setting the tone for a massive total.

Despite a brief slowdown following a couple of wickets from AM Ghazanfar, contributions from skipper Riyan Parag ensured the Royals finished strongly at 150/3.

Chasing 151 in a shortened game, Mumbai never truly recovered from early setbacks. Jofra Archer and Sandeep Sharma struck crucial blows upfront, removing key batters including Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav cheaply.

A late flourish from Sherfane Rutherford, who hammered 25 off just eight balls, briefly raised hopes, but disciplined bowling from Ravi Bishnoi and Nandre Burger kept things in control.
Mumbai Indians eventually finished at 123/9, falling well short.

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