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The Sri Lanka Army Sports Club qualifies for the finals of the Inter Club First Division One Day Tournament.

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Sri Lanka Army Sports Club qualified for the final after defeating ACE Capital Cricket Club by 123 runs in the second semi-final of the Inter-Club One Day Tournament yesterday (30) at the NCC Sports Club Ground.

Army Captain Thisara Perera won the toss and decided to bat first and although the Army batsmen got off to a successful start, the middle order batsmen failed to get between the runs and the Army score was 152 for six wickets. After that, Mahesh Kumara and Suminda Lakshan, who came together on the pitch, built a partnership of 74 runs for the seventh wicket, when all the players were dismissed in 48.2 overs, the Army Sports Club managed to score 246 runs. Sikkuge Prasanna hit 6 sixes and 6 fours with a quick 89 runs and Mahesh Kumar and Suminda Lakshan did well for the Army in batting. While bowling for ACE Capital Cricket Club, Chanaka Devinda, Tanuka Dabare, Pramud Hettiwatte and Captain Lasith Kauspul managed to take two wickets each.

The Army bowlers did not allow the ACE Capital batsmen who started the chase to raise their target of 246 and managed to score 123 runs in 27.4 overs by losing all the wickets. Oshadha Fernando scored 31 runs for ACE Capital and Sikkuge Prasanna and Suminda Lakshan took four wickets each for the Army team who did not give any other batsman a chance to cross the thirty-run mark.

Accordingly, the Army team managed to qualify for the finals with a huge victory of 123 runs.

Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
Sikku’s Prasanna 89 (66)
Mahesh Kumar 46 (68)
Suminda Lakshan 33 (51)
Pramud Hettiwatta 26/2 (10)
Lasith Kauspul 32/2 (10)
Chanaka Devinda 47/2 (10)
Tanuka Dabare 52/2 (9)

ACE Capital Cricket Club 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
Oshadha Fernando 31 (33)
Lasith Kauspul 23 (18)
Sikku’s Prasanna 26/4 (10)
Suminda Lakshan 42/4 (8.4)

ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක් දින තරඟාවලියේ අවසන් මහා තරගයට සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගනි.

අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක් දින තරඟාවලියේ ඊයේ (30) එන් සී සී ක්‍රීඩා සමාජ පිටියේ පැවති දෙවන අවසන් පූර්ව තරගයේදී ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 123 කින් පරාජයට පත් කීරීමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය අවසන් මහා තරගයට සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් වුණා.

කාසිය වාසිය ජයග්‍රහණය කරමින් ප්‍රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදීමට යුධ හමුදා නායක තිසර පෙරේරා තීරණය කල අතර යුධ හමුදා ආරම්භ පිතිකරුවන් සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත්තද මැද පෙල පිතිකරුවන් ලකුණු අතර පිවිසීමට අපොහොසත් වීම නිසා යුධ හමුදා ඉණිම කඩුළු හයකට 152ක් ලෙස දැක්විය. ඉන් අනතුරුව පිටියේ එක් වූ මහේෂ් කුමාර සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් හත්වැනි කඩුල්ලට වටිනා ලකුණු 74ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැඟීම නිසාවෙන් පන්දුවාර 48.2 ක් තුළ සියළු ක්‍රීඩකයන් දැවී යනවිට යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 246ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත්විය. සික්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න හයේ පහර 6ක් සහ හතරේ පහර 6ක් සමගින් වේගවත් ලකුණු 89ක්ද මහේෂ් කුමාර සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් පිතිකරණයේ දී යුධ හමුදාව වෙනුවෙන් දස්කම් දක්වමට සමත්විය. ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය වෙනුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමේදී චානක දේවින්ද, තනුක දාබරේ, ප්‍රමුද් හෙට්ටිවත්ත සහ නායක ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් කඩුළු දෙක බැගින් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

පිළිතුරු ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් පිතිකරුවන්ට හිස එසවීමට ඉඩ ලබා නොදුන් යුධ හමුදා පන්දු යවන්නන් සියළුම පිතිකරුවන් පන්දුවාර 27.4 ක් තුළ ලකුණු 123 කට දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් ඕෂධ ප්‍රනාන්දු ලකුණු 31ක් ලබා ගත් අතර වෙනත් කිසිදු පිතිකරුවෙකුට ලකුණු තිහේ සීමාව පසුකර යාමට අවස්ථාවක් ලබා නොදුන් යුධ හමුදා කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් සික්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් පන්දු යැවීමේදී කඩුළු හතර බැගින් ලබා ගනිමින් දස්කම් දැක්වීය.

ඒ අනුව ලකුණු 123 දැවැන්ත ජයක් හිමිකර ගනිමින් අවසන් මහා තරගයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට යුධ හමුදා කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය 246/10 (48.2 Ov)

සික්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න 89 (66)
මහේෂ් කුමාර 46 (68)
සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් 33 (51)
ප්‍රමුද් හෙට්ටිවත්ත 26/2 (10)
ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් 32/2 (10)
චානක දේවින්ද 47/2 (10)
තනුක දාබරේ 52/2 (9)
ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
ඕෂධ ප්‍රනාන්දු 31 (33)
ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් 23 (18)
සික්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න 26/4 (10)
සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් 42/4 (8.4)

இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் அணிகளுக்கிடையிலான முதலாவது பிரிவு ஒரு நாள் போட்டித் தொடரின் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது.

NCC விளையாட்டுக் கழக மைதானத்தில் நேற்று (30) நடைபெற்ற அனைத்துக் கழகங்களுக்கிடையிலான ஒரு நாள் போட்டியின் இரண்டாவது அரையிறுதிப் போட்டியில் ACE Capital Cricket Clubஐ 123 ஓட்டங்களால் தோற்கடித்து இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதி பெற்றது.

நாணயச்சுழற்சியில் வெற்றிபெற்ற இராணுவத் தலைவர் திசர பெரேரா முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடத் தீர்மானித்தார், இராணுவத் துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தைப் பெற்ற போதிலும், மத்திய வரிசை துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் ரன்களுக்கு இடையில் தோல்வியடைந்ததால் இராணுவத்தின் ஸ்கோர் 6 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 152 ஆக இருந்தது. அதன் பின்னர் களமிறங்கிய மகேஷ் குமார மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஜோடி ஏழாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 74 ஓட்டங்களின் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை உருவாக்க, வீரர்கள் அனைவரும் 48.2 ஓவர்களில் ஆட்டமிழந்தபோது, ராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 246 ரன்கள் எடுக்க முடிந்தது. சிக்குகே பிரசன்னா 6 சிக்ஸர்கள் மற்றும் 6 பவுண்டரிகளுடன் 89 ரன்கள் விரைவுபடுத்தியதுடன், மகேஷ் குமார் மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஆகியோர் துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் இராணுவத்திற்காக சிறப்பாகச் செயல்பட்டனர். ACE Capital Cricket Club சார்பாக பந்துவீசும்போது, சானக தேவிந்த, தனுக தாபரே, பிரமுத் ஹெட்டிவத்த மற்றும் கேப்டன் லசித் கௌஸ்புல் ஆகியோர் தலா இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினர்.

246 என்ற வெற்றி இலக்கை துரத்த ஆரம்பித்த ACE Capital துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்களை இராணுவப் பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் அனுமதிக்கவில்லை. ஏசிஇ கெப்பிட்டல் சார்பாக ஓஷத பெர்னாண்டோ 31 ஓட்டங்களையும், முப்பது ஓட்டங்களைக் கடக்க வேறு எவருக்கும் வாய்ப்பளிக்காத இராணுவ அணி சார்பாக சிக்குகே பிரசன்ன மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஆகியோர் தலா நான்கு விக்கெட்டுக்களையும் கைப்பற்றினர்.

இதன்படி இராணுவ அணி 123 ஓட்டங்களால் அபார வெற்றி பெற்று இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு தகுதி பெற்றது.

இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
சிக்குவின் பிரசன்னா 89 (66)
மகேஷ் குமார் 46 (68)
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Sri Lanka Eye Historic Semi-Final Spot in Must-Win Clash Against West Indies

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Sri Lanka stand on the brink of a potential breakthrough at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 as they prepare for a decisive Group Stage encounter against West Indies, with a place in the semi-finals firmly within reach.

After reviving their campaign with an impressive victory over New Zealand, the Sri Lankans have injected fresh life into their tournament aspirations. The win not only boosted confidence within the squad but also placed them in a strong position heading into one of their most important matches of the competition.

A victory over the Caribbean side would leave Sri Lanka well placed to secure a coveted berth in the last four, marking a significant achievement for the women’s team on the global stage.
Captain Chamari Athapaththu will once again carry much of the responsibility at the top of the order. Although she has shown glimpses of her class in previous matches, the experienced all-rounder will be eager to convert promising starts into a substantial innings capable of steering her side to victory.

Sri Lanka’s batting depth will also be tested, with Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne and Nilakshi de Silva expected to play key roles. Their ability to anchor the innings while maintaining scoring momentum could prove decisive in a contest where every run may carry added significance.

The bowling attack has been one of Sri Lanka’s standout features throughout the tournament. Disciplined performances and timely breakthroughs have enabled the team to remain competitive against strong opposition, and another collective effort will be required against a powerful West Indies batting line-up.

Sri Lanka can also draw encouragement from recent history. Ahead of the World Cup, they secured a bilateral series victory over West Indies, a result that demonstrated their ability to challenge and overcome the Caribbean outfit. While major tournaments often present different pressures, that success provides a valuable boost to confidence.

West Indies, meanwhile, enter the match in formidable form after registering consecutive wins in the tournament. Armed with experienced campaigners and a fearless approach, they will be determined to preserve their winning momentum and strengthen their own semi-final ambitions.

With both teams chasing a place in the knockout stage, Sunday’s showdown in Bristol promises to be one of the most significant and closely contested matches of the group phase.

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Jay Shah in Sri Lanka for Discussions on Future of Cricket Administration: Reports

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Sri Lankan media reports indicate that ICC Chairman Jay Shah has arrived in Sri Lanka for talks with government representatives and cricket stakeholders regarding the future governance of Sri Lanka Cricket.

Reports state that Shah is scheduled to hold discussions with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and other key figures during his visit.

The meetings are expected to address the current interim administration of Sri Lanka Cricket and explore possible pathways for the sport’s governance moving forward.

Shah’s visit comes as Sri Lankan authorities continue to engage with international cricket bodies on matters relating to the administration of the game and compliance with international cricket regulations.

As of publication, neither the ICC nor the Sri Lankan government had officially confirmed or commented on the visit.

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Rumesh Extends European Dominance with Ostrava Gold

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Sri Lanka’s rising athletics star Rumesh Tharanga Pathiragae reinforced his status as one of the world’s premier javelin throwers by capturing gold at the prestigious Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in the Czech Republic on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old delivered another commanding performance at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event, producing a winning throw of 86.57 metres to finish comfortably ahead of a high-quality international field.

Rumesh signaled his intentions from the outset with an opening effort of 85.87m before improving to 86.30m in the second round. He then produced his best throw of the day, 86.57m, in the third round, a mark that remained unbeaten for the rest of the competition.

Grenada’s double world champion Anderson Peters had to settle for second place with 84.27m, while South Africa’s Douw Smit completed the podium with a throw of 83.90m.

The latest triumph comes just weeks after Rumesh announced himself on the global stage with a sensational 92.62m effort in Rome, a throw that elevated him to eighth place on the all-time world rankings and established him as a genuine contender for major international honours.

Unlike in Rome, where he arrived as an emerging talent, Rumesh entered the Ostrava meet carrying the weight of expectation. Widely regarded as the athlete to beat in men’s javelin this season, the Sri Lankan was among the headline attractions of the competition and featured prominently in pre-event promotions.

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