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Ireland’s tour of Sri Lanka’s second test

Nishan Madushka and Kusal Mendis smashed maiden double centuries to help Sri Lanka take control of the second test match against Ireland as they ended their first innings on 704-3.

Earlier Madushka converted his maiden Test century into a double hundred, becoming the second-youngest Sri Lankan to score a Test 200 after Mahela Jayawardene before he was dismissed for 205 in the third over after lunch when he was struck lbw off Andy McBrine’s bowling.

On the other hand, Kusal Mendis, showing his class with the bat reached his first Test 200 and went on to score 245 runs before he was caught at long-off.

Scoreboard reading at 3-629, Angelo Mathews who was dismissed for a duck in the first Test and bounced back to score a quick unbeaten century to lay the final touches for the Sri Lanakan innings. It also registered as the quickest century the former skipper had scored.

Scoreboard reading at 704-3 skipper Dimuth Karunaratne declared their innings with a lead of 212 runs.

Earlier Captain Dimuth Karunaratne, also contributed with a watchfull 115 from Tom of the order.

At stumps on day four, Ireland for their second innings was 54 for the loss of two wickets that of openers James McCollum (10) and Peter Moor (19) and still 159 runs from making Sri Lanka bat again.

McCollum was brilliantly bowled by offspinner Ramesh Mendis and Moor was dismissed when Angelo Mathews held a superb low catch at short extra cover.

Other highlights of the day were Dinesh Chandimal who lasted only 14 balls before having to retire hurt. The wicketkeeper-batter appeared to have hurt his shoulder while diving into the crease to avoid a runout, and couldn’t continue.

According to sources at SLC the wicket keeper batter has been sent to the hospital to obtain an x-ray.

Brief Scores: Ireland 492 & 54/2 (Ramesh Mendis 1-17, Prabath Jayasuriya 1-28) trail Sri Lanka 704/3 decl. (Kusal Mendis 245, Nishan Madushka 205, Dimuth Karunaratne 115; Graham Hume 1-87) by 158 runs

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ජයග්‍රහණය අබියස

අයර්ලන්ත සංචාරය ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෙවන ටෙස්ට් තරගය

නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක සහ කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් සිය මංගල ද්විත්ව ශතක රැස්කරමින් අයර්ලන්තය සමග පැවැත්වෙන දෙවන ටෙස්ට් ක්‍රිකට් තරගයේ සිය පළමු ඉනිම ලකුණු 704-3කට අවසන් කරන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම සිය පාලනය සියතට ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

මීට පෙර මධුෂ්ක සිය මංගල ටෙස්ට් ශතකය ද්විත්ව ශතකයක් බවට පරිවර්තනය කළ අතර, මහේල ජයවර්ධනට පසුව ටෙස්ට් ලකුණු 200ක් රැස් කළ දෙවැනි ලාබාලතම ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රීඩකයා බවට පත්වෙමින් දිවා ආහාරයෙන් පසු තෙවැනි ඕවරයේදී ලකුණු 205කට දැවී ගියේ ඇන්ඩි මැක්බ්‍රයින්ගේ පන්දුවකට එල්බීඩබ්ලිව් පහරක් එල්ල කරමිනි.

අනෙක් අතට කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් තම පළමු ටෙස්ට් ලකුණු 200 දක්වා පිත්තෙන් තම පන්තිය පෙන්වමින් ලකුණු 245ක් ලබාගෙන ලෝන්ග් ඕෆ්හිදී දැවී ගියේය.

ලකුණු පුවරුව කියවීම 3-629,
පළමු ටෙස්ට් තරගයේ දී කඩුල්ල මුවා කිරීමේ වරදට දැවී ගිය ඇන්ජලෝ මැතිව්ස් වේගවත් නොදැවී ශතකයක් රැස් කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉනිමේ අවසන් කටයුතු සිදු කළේය. එය හිටපු නායකයා රැස් කළ වේගවත්ම ශතකය ලෙසද සටහන් විය.

ලකුණු පුවරුව 704-3ක් වෙද්දී නායක දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න ලකුණු 212ක් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටිමින් ඔවුන්ගේ ඉනිම අත්හිටුවීය.

මීට පෙර නායක දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න ද ලකුණු 115ක් ලබා ගනිමින් සිය දායකත්වය ලබා දුන්නේය.

සිව්වන දිනයට තරගය නතර කරන විට ඔවුන්ගේ දෙවැනි ඉනිම සඳහා අයර්ලන්ත පිලේ ආරම්භක පිතිකරුවන් වන ජේම්ස් මැකලම් (10) සහ පීටර් මුවර් (19) කඩුලු 2 ක් දැවී ලකුණු 54 ක් ලබා සිටි අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට නැවත පන්දුවට පහර දීමට තවමත් ලකුණු 159 ක් රැස් කරගෙන සිටියේය.

McCollum දක්ෂ ලෙස පන්දුවට පහර දුන් අතර රමේෂ් මෙන්ඩිස්ගේ පන්දුවක් හමුවේ මුවර් දැවී ගියේ ඇන්ජලෝ මැතිව්ස් විසින් කෙටි අමතර ආවරණයකදී විශිෂ්ට අඩු උඩ පන්දුවක් රැකගැනීමෙන් පසුවය.

දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල් දැවී ගියේ පන්දු 14කට පසුවයි. කඩුල්ලක් දැවී යාමක් වළක්වා ගැනීම සඳහා ක්‍රීස් එකට කිමිදීමේදී කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරුගේ උරහිසේ තුවාලයක් ඇති වූ අතර ඔහුට ඉදිරියට යාමට නොහැකි විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආරංචි මාර්ග සඳහන් කළේ කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරු එක්ස් කිරණ පරීක්ෂණයක් සඳහා රෝහලට යවා ඇති බවයි.

සංක්ෂිප්ත ලකුණු: අයර්ලන්තය 492 සහ 54/2 (රමේෂ් මෙන්ඩිස් 1-17, ප්‍රභාත් ජයසූරිය 1-28) ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පසුපසින් 704/3 දෙසැම්බර්. (කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් 245, නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක 205, දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න 115; ග්‍රැහැම් හියුම් 1-87) ලකුණු 158 කින්

வெற்றியின் விளிம்பில் இலங்கை.

அயர்லாந்து இலங்கை சுற்றுப்பயணம் இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட்

நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா மற்றும் குசல் மெண்டிஸ் ஆகியோர் முதல் இரட்டைச் சதங்களை விளாசி, அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிரான இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் இலங்கை அணி தனது முதல் இன்னிங்ஸை 704-3 ரன்களில் முடித்துக் கொள்ள உதவியது.

முன்னதாக மதுஷ்கா தனது முதல் டெஸ்ட் சதத்தை இரட்டை சதமாக மாற்றினார், மஹேல ஜெயவர்தனவுக்கு பிறகு டெஸ்ட் 200 அடித்த இரண்டாவது இளம் இலங்கை வீரர் ஆனார், மதிய உணவுக்குப் பிறகு மூன்றாவது ஓவரில் 205 ரன்களில் ஆட்டமிழந்தார், ஆண்டி மெக்பிரைன் பந்துவீச்சில் எல்பிடபிள்யூ அடித்தார்.

மறுபுறம், குசல் மெண்டிஸ், மட்டையால் தனது கிளாஸைக் காட்டி, தனது முதல் டெஸ்டில் 200 ரன்களை எட்டினார், மேலும் லாங்-ஆஃபில் கேட்ச் ஆகி 245 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார்.

ஸ்கோர்போர்டு வாசிப்பு 3-629,
முதல் டெஸ்டில் ஆட்டமிழந்த ஏஞ்சலோ மேத்யூஸ், இலங்கை இன்னிங்ஸுக்கு இறுதித் தொடுதல்களை வழங்குவதற்காக விரைவாக ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் சதம் அடிக்க மீண்டு எழுந்தார். முன்னாள் கேப்டன் அடித்த அதிவேக சதமாக இது பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டது.

ஸ்கோர்போர்டை 704-3 என்ற நிலையில் கேப்டன் திமுத் கருணாரத்ன 212 ரன்கள் முன்னிலையுடன் அவர்களின் இன்னிங்ஸை டிக்ளேர் செய்தார்.

முன்னதாக கேப்டன் திமுத் கருணாரத்னவும் 115 ரன்களை குவித்தார்.

நான்காம் நாள் ஆட்டநேர முடிவில், அயர்லாந்து தனது இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸிற்காக தொடக்க ஆட்டக்காரர்களான ஜேம்ஸ் மெக்கல்லம் (10), பீட்டர் மூர் (19) ஆகியோரின் இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 54 ரன்கள் எடுத்துள்ளது, இன்னும் 159 ரன்கள் எடுத்து இலங்கையை மீண்டும் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடச் செய்தது.

மெக்கல்லம், ஆஃப்ஸ்பின்னர் ரமேஷ் மெண்டிஸால் அற்புதமாகப் பந்துவீசப்பட்டார், மேலும் ஷார்ட் எக்ஸ்ட்ரா கவரில் ஏஞ்சலோ மேத்யூஸ் ஒரு சிறந்த குறைந்த கேட்சை பிடித்தபோது மூர் ஆட்டமிழந்தார்.

நாளின் மற்ற சிறப்பம்சங்கள் தினேஷ் சண்டிமால் 14 பந்துகளுக்கு மட்டுமே நீடித்தது, அவர் காயத்துடன் ஓய்வு பெற்றார். விக்கெட் கீப்பர்-பேட்டர் ரன் அவுட்டைத் தவிர்ப்பதற்காக கிரீஸில் டைவிங் செய்யும்போது தோள்பட்டையில் காயம் ஏற்பட்டது, மேலும் தொடர முடியவில்லை.

விக்கெட் கீப்பர் பேட்டர் எக்ஸ்ரே எடுப்பதற்காக மருத்துவமனைக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளதாக SLC வட்டாரங்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.

சுருக்கமான ஸ்கோர்: அயர்லாந்து 492 & 54/2 (ரமேஷ் மெண்டிஸ் 1-17, பிரபாத் ஜெயசூர்யா 1-28) இலங்கை 704/3 டிக்எல். (குசல் மெண்டிஸ் 245, நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா 205, திமுத் கருணாரத்ன 115; கிரஹாம் ஹியூம் 1-87) 158 ரன்கள்

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Pakistan Cricketer Salman Mirza Issues Legal Notice Over Kandy Hotel Allegations

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Pakistan fast bowler Salman Mirza has served a legal notice to broadcaster ARY Communications and journalist Shahid Hashmi, accusing them of spreading false and defamatory claims about his conduct during the team’s recent stay in Sri Lanka.

The notice, dated March 12, refers to a report aired on March 5 by ARY News which alleged that Mirza had misbehaved with a female staff member at the team hotel in Kandy and that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had fined him over the incident.

Mirza has strongly denied the allegations, with his legal team describing the broadcast as baseless and damaging to his reputation. The PCB also rejected the claims through its official X account, calling the report “agenda-driven fake news” and stressing that no disciplinary action had been taken against the player.

In the legal notice, Mirza’s lawyers demanded that ARY News and Hashmi retract the report from all platforms, issue an unconditional public apology, and pay damages of 100 million Pakistani rupees for the harm caused to his reputation and goodwill. The notice further warns that court proceedings will be initiated if these demands are not met within seven days.

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Gary Kirsten Sets Ambitious Plans for Sri Lanka Cricket

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Sri Lanka’s newly appointed head coach, Gary Kirsten, has outlined his vision for the national team, emphasizing consistency, depth, and adaptability as key pillars for success. Speaking to Wisden Cricket, Kirsten shared his thoughts on the challenges ahead and the roadmap he hopes to build with the players.

“Our goal is to move significantly up the rankings. Everyone wants to be part of a winning team, and that means we must focus on achieving victories more consistently,” Kirsten said.

He highlighted the unique challenge faced by subcontinental teams: performing well outside their home conditions. With the ICC World Cup approaching, Kirsten stressed the importance of preparing for South African conditions.

“It’s vital that we adapt to those environments, especially with a major tournament around the corner,” he noted.

Kirsten’s primary ambition is to establish stability within the system while also identifying the squad’s depth.

“How many players are competing for the same position? As an international coach, creating competition within the team is crucial. Relying on just two or three individuals for wins is a risky strategy,” he explained.

Looking ahead, Sri Lanka will play several bilateral series, which Kirsten sees as an opportunity to strengthen the foundation of the team.

“My focus in the coming months is to build a strong background that supports long-term success,” he added.

Earlier Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed the appointment of Gary Kirsten as the new head coach, succeeding Sanath Jayasuriya, who stepped down following the recently concluded T20 World Cup

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Afghanistan’s White-ball Series against Sri Lanka officially postponed

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The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announces that the Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka bilateral series, originally scheduled to commence on 13 March in the United Arab Emirates, has been rescheduled to the last quarter of 2026 due to logistical challenges, including flight constraints arising from the ongoing regional situation.

The series, which was to mark the first occasion of Afghanistan hosting Sri Lanka, was scheduled to feature six white-ball matches. The three T20 International matches were planned to be staged at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 13, 15, and 17 March, followed by three One Day Internationals at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 20, 22, and 25 March.

Following the receipt of the required sanction from the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), preparations had been finalized for hosting the matches across the two venues. However, in early March, unforeseen developments created logistical constraints that affected travel arrangements and operational planning for the series.

To address the situation, the Afghanistan Cricket Board held a series of consultations with key stakeholders, including the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), Sharjah Cricket Stadium (SCS), and Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS). A joint meeting convened by the ACB on 4 March resulted in a recommendation to monitor the situation and reassess by 6 March, in the hope that conditions would improve. A subsequent follow-up meeting on 7 March recommended waiting until 9 March before making a final determination.

Despite the collective efforts of all parties to proceed with the event as planned, the logistical challenges remained beyond operational control, leading to the decision to postpone the series and explore rescheduling options.

Throughout this process, the Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) was kept fully informed, and the decision to postpone the series was made in consultation and with the consent of Sri Lanka Cricket.

The preferred venue for the rescheduled series remains the United Arab Emirates, and the new dates will be announced in due course following further coordination between the respective boards and stakeholders.

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