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A 2-0 series win for South Africa…
South Africa defeated the Irland team by 44 runs in the last and second T20 match held on 5th August. Along with that, South Africa has managed to win four international T20 matches in the last ten days.
Batting first, South Africa scored 182 runs for the loss of six wickets at the end of the twenty overs. When four wickets fell for 85 runs, the African batters led by captain David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen managed to score 89 runs in the last six overs.
The Irland team, which entered the field chasing a winning target of 183, scored only 138 runs in 18.3 overs. Wayne Parnell who took 5 wickets for 30 runs and won the award as the hero of the match.
2nd match summary
SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS 182/6 20 Ov (RR: 9.10)
Reeza Hendricks 42 (40)
Heinrich Klaasen 39 (16)
David Miller 32 (20)
Gareth Delaney 24/2 (4)
IRELAND INNINGS 138 18.5 Ov
(Target: 183 runs from 20 overs)
Harry Tector 34 (31)
Barry McCarthy 32 (19)
Wayne Parnell 30/5 (4)
Dwaine Pretorius 33/3 (3.5)
South Africa won by 44 runs
The South African team, who batted first in the first match, managed to collect 211 runs by losing six wickets at the end of the twenty overs. Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram scored half-centuries to booster the innings.
At the end of the twenty overs, the Irish team, who started the chase, managed to collect only 190 runs for losing nine wickets. Lorcan Tucker and George Dockrell scored quick runs but it was not enough to win the match. Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi and Wayne Parnell took two wickets each for South Africa.
Reeza Hendricks scored 74 runs and won the man of the match award. Also, Reeza Hendricks won the award as the hero of the tournament by scoring 116 runs with the bat.
1st match summary
SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS 210/6 20 Ov
Reeza Hendricks 74 (53)
Aiden Markram 56 (27)
Gareth Delaney 31/2 (3)
IRELAND INNINGS 190/9 20 Ov. (Target: 212 runs from 20 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 78 (38)
George Dockrell 43 (28)
Keshav Maharaj 29/2 (4)
Wayne Parnell 36/2 (4)
Tabraiz Shamsi 37/2 (4)
South Africa won by 20 runs
දකුණු අප්රිකාවට දෙකට බිංදුවක තරගාවලි ජයක්…
ඊයේ (5) පැවති අවසන් සහ දෙවන T20 තරගය ලකුණු 44කින් ජය ගැනීමත් සමඟ අයර්ලන්ත කණ්ඩායම පරදවා දෙකට බිංදුවක තරගාවලි ජයක් ලබා ගැනීමට දකුණු අප්රිකාව සමත් විය. ඒ සමගින් දකුණු අප්රිකාව අවසන් දින දහය තුලදී අන්තර් ජාතික T20 තරග හතරක් ජයග්රහණය කිරීමට සමත් විමද විශේෂත්වයකි.
ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් දකුණු අප්රිකාව නියමිත පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු හයක් දැවී ලකුණු 182ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය. ලකුණු 85කට කඩුළු හතරක් බිඳවැටී තිබුණු අවස්ථාවක නායක David Miller සහ Heinrich Klaasen ප්රමුඛ අප්රිකානු පිතිකරුවන් අවසන් පන්දුවාර හය තුළ ලකුණු 89ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය.
183ක ජයග්රාහී ඉලක්කයක් හඹා යාමට පිටියට පිවිසි අයර්ලන්ත කණ්ඩායමට පන්දුවාර 18.3කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී රැස්කිරීමට හැකිවූයේ ලකුණු 138ක් පමණි. පන්දු යැවීමේදී විශිෂ්ට පන්දු යැවීමක නිරන වෙමින් ලකුණු 30කට කඩුළු 5ක් දවා ගත් Wayne Parnell තරගයේ වීරයා ලෙස සම්මානය දිනාගනු ලැබුවේය.
2nd match summary
SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS 182/6 20 Ov (RR: 9.10)
Reeza Hendricks 42 (40)
Heinrich Klaasen 39 (16)
David Miller 32 (20)
Gareth Delany 24/2 (4)
IRELAND INNINGS 138 18.5 Ov
(Target: 183 runs from 20 overs)
Harry Tector 34 (31)
Barry McCarthy 32 (19)
Wayne Parnell 30/5 (4)
Dwaine Pretorius 33 /3 (3.5)
South Africa won by 44 runs
ප්රථම තරගයේදි ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් දකුණු අප්රිකානු කණ්ඩායම නියමිත පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු හයක් දැවී ලකුණු 211රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය. Reeza Hendricks සහ Aiden Markram අර්ධ ශතක වාර්තා කරමින් ඉණිම ශක්තිමත් කරනු ලැබුවා.
පිළිතුරු ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ අයර්ලන්ත කණ්ඩායම පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු නවයක් දැවී රැස්කිරීමට හැකිවූයේ ලකුණු 190ක් පමණි. Lorcan Tucker සහ George Dockrell වේගවත් ලකුණු රැස්කර කළද එය තරගයේ ජයග්රහණය සඳහා ප්රමාණවත් නොවීය. Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi සහ Wayne Parnell දකුණු අප්රිකාව වෙනුවෙන් කඩුළු දෙක බැගින් බිඳ දැමීමට සමත් විය.
ලකුණු 74ක් රැස් කළ Reeza Hendricks තරගයේ වීරයා ලෙස සම්මානය දිනාගනු ලැබුවා. එමෙන්ම තරගාවලිය තුළ පිත්තෙන් ලකුණු 116ක් රැස් කරමින් තරගාවලියේ වීරයා ලෙස ද Reeza Hendricks සම්මාන දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
1st match summary
SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS 210/6 20 Ov
Reeza Hendricks 74 (53)
Aiden Markram 56 (27)
Gareth Delany 31/2 (3)
IRELAND INNINGS 190/9 20 Ov. (Target: 212 runs from 20 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 78 (38)
George Dockrell 43 (28)
Keshav Maharaj 29/2 (4)
Wayne Parnell 36/2 (4)
Tabraiz Shamsi 37/2 (4)
South Africa won by 20 runs
தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா அணி 2-0 வெற்றி…
நேற்று (5) இடம்பெற்ற கடைசி மற்றும் இரண்டாவது T20 போட்டியில் தென்னாபிரிக்கா 44 ஓட்டங்களால் அயர்லாந்து அணியை வீழ்த்தியது. அதோடு, கடந்த பத்து நாட்களில் நான்கு சர்வதேச டி20 போட்டிகளில் தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா வெற்றி பெற்றுள்ளது.
முதலில் பேட் செய்த தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்ட 20 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 6 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 182 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது. 85 ரன்களுக்கு நான்கு விக்கெட்டுகள் வீழ்ந்த நேரத்தில், கேப்டன் டேவிட் மில்லர் மற்றும் ஹென்ரிச் கிளாசன் தலைமையிலான ஆப்பிரிக்க பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் கடைசி 6 ஓவர்களில் 89 ரன்கள் குவித்தனர்.
183 ரன்கள் எடுத்தால் வெற்றி என்ற இலக்குடன் களம் இறங்கிய அயர்லாந்து அணியால் 18.3 ஓவரில் 138 ரன்கள் மட்டுமே எடுக்க முடிந்தது. 30 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு 5 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தி ஆட்ட நாயகனாக விருதை வென்றார் வெய்ன் பார்னெல்.
2வது போட்டியின் சுருக்கம்
தென் ஆப்ரிக்கா இன்னிங்ஸ் 182/6 20 ஓவ் (ஆர்ஆர்: 9.10)
ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் 42 (40)
ஹென்ரிச் கிளாசென் 39 (16)
டேவிட் மில்லர் 32 (20)
கரேத் டெலானி 24/2 (4)
அயர்லாந்து இன்னிங்ஸ் 138 18.5 ஓவ்
(இலக்கு: 20 ஓவர்களில் 183 ரன்கள்)
ஹாரி டெக்டர் 34 (31)
பேரி மெக்கார்த்தி 32 (19)
வெய்ன் பார்னெல் 30/5 (4)
டுவைன் பிரிட்டோரியஸ் 33/3 (3.5)
தென் ஆப்பிரிக்கா 44 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது
முதல் போட்டியில் முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய தென்னாபிரிக்க அணி நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்ட இருபது ஓவர்கள் நிறைவில் 6 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 211 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றது. ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் மற்றும் எய்டன் மார்க்ரம் ஆகியோர் அரை சதம் அடித்து இன்னிங்ஸை வலுப்படுத்தினர்.
பதிலுக்கு துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய அயர்லாந்து அணி 20 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 9 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 190 ஓட்டங்களை மட்டுமே எடுத்தது. லோர்கன் டக்கர் மற்றும் ஜார்ஜ் டோக்ரெல் ஆகியோர் விரைவான ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றனர், ஆனால் அது போட்டியின் வெற்றிக்கு போதுமானதாக இல்லை. தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா தரப்பில் கேசவ் மஹராஜ், தப்ரைஸ் ஷம்சி, வெய்ன் பார்னெல் ஆகியோர் தலா 2 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினர்.
ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் 74 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று ஆட்டநாயகன் விருதை வென்றார். மேலும், ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் 116 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று போட்டியின் நாயகனாக விருதை வென்றார்.
1வது போட்டியின் சுருக்கம்
தென் ஆப்ரிக்கா இன்னிங்ஸ் 210/6 20 ஓவ்
ரீசா ஹென்ட்ரிக்ஸ் 74 (53)
ஐடன் மார்க்ரம் 56 (27)
கரேத் டெலானி 31/2 (3)
அயர்லாந்து இன்னிங்ஸ் 190/9 20 ஓவ். (இலக்கு: 20 ஓவர்களில் 212 ரன்கள்)
லோர்கன் டக்கர் 78 (38)
ஜார்ஜ் டோக்ரெல் 43 (28)
கேசவ் மகாராஜ் 29/2 (4)
வெய்ன் பார்னெல் 36/2 (4)
தப்ரைஸ் ஷம்சி 37/2 (4)
தென் ஆப்பிரிக்கா 20 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது
Football
AIFF Faces FIFA, AFC Ban Threat as October 30 Deadline Looms
Indian football is staring at yet another international suspension as FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have jointly warned the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to ratify its long-pending constitution by October 30, 2025, or risk a complete ban from world football.
In a strongly-worded two-page letter sent on Tuesday (August 26) to AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey, FIFA and AFC expressed “profound concern” over the failure to finalise and implement a revised constitution, a matter pending before India’s Supreme Court since 2017.
If suspended, India’s national teams and clubs would be barred from all international competitions, while the country’s ambitious 2036 Olympic Games bid in Ahmedabad could also be thrown into uncertainty.
FIFA & AFC Ultimatum
The letter, signed by FIFA’s Chief Member Associations Officer Elkhan Mammadov and AFC Deputy General Secretary Vahid Kardany, set out three urgent requirements for the AIFF:
1. Obtain a definitive Supreme Court order approving the revised constitution.
2. Ensure full compliance with FIFA and AFC statutes.
3. Formally ratify the constitution at the next AIFF General Meeting.
Failure to comply, they warned, would trigger sanctions, including full suspension of AIFF membership.
Previous Suspension in 2022
This is not the first governance crisis to hit Indian football. In August 2022, FIFA suspended the AIFF for “third-party interference” after a court-appointed Committee of Administrators temporarily ran the federation. That ban lasted just two weeks, lifted only after fresh elections were held in which Kalyan Chaubey defeated football legend Bhaichung Bhutia.
Domestic Fallout – ISL in Crisis
The deadlock has already disrupted Indian football at the domestic level. The Indian Super League (ISL), India’s top-tier professional league, has been put “on hold” by Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), the AIFF’s commercial partner, due to uncertainty over its Master Rights Agreement, which expires in December 2025.
At least three clubs have suspended operations or delayed salaries, while all 11 ISL clubs have warned of an “existential crisis.” Reports from FIFPRO further highlight cases of players’ contracts being terminated, leaving livelihoods at risk.
The Supreme Court of India will hear the matter again on August 28, a session that could determine the immediate future of the ISL and India’s football calendar.
What’s at Stake
If AIFF fails to meet the October deadline, India could lose:
• Participation in FIFA and AFC tournaments.
• Entry rights for national teams and clubs in international competitions.
• Momentum in its 2036 Olympics bid.
• Credibility with players, fans, and commercial partners.
For now, the football fraternity in India waits anxiously for the Supreme Court’s verdict and AIFF’s ability to steer through yet another governance storm
Football
Heritage Derby Trophy Goes to Hameed Al Husseinie College
Colombo – Hameed Al Husseinie College emerged victorious in the prestigious Heritage Derby Trophy football encounter against Zahira College, Maradana, securing a 3–1 win at the Colombo Racecourse grounds yesterday.
The match kicked off under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, adding special significance to this annual football rivalry.
Hameed Al Husseinie College took control early, leading 2–0 at halftime before sealing the victory with a third goal in the second half. Zahira College managed to pull one back, but it was not enough to challenge the dominant performance of the winners.
The trophy presentation was held soon after the final whistle, with the principals of both schools — Rizvi Marikkar of Zahira College and Mrs. Dain of Hameed Al Husseinie College — present to witness the celebrations.
This latest victory adds another chapter to the rich history of the Heritage Derby, further cementing Hameed Al Husseinie College’s reputation in school football.
Football
Exclusive: AFC Fines Sri Lankan Footballer Over “Free Palestine” Message
Colombo – June 13
Sri Lankan national footballer Mohamed Thilham, who recently made headlines after displaying a “PRAY FOR FREE PALESTINE” message on his undershirt during post-match celebrations, has now been officially penalized by international football authorities.
Following Sri Lanka’s 3-1 victory over Chinese Taipei in the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers on June 10 at the Colombo Racecourse Stadium, Thilham—a non-playing substitute—unveiled the message, drawing both praise and criticism from various quarters.

⚠️ AFC Sanctions Player with USD 2,000 Fine
FIFA, in coordination with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), has now issued a formal disciplinary notice to the player, imposing a USD 2,000 fine. This letter, according to sources within the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL), was sent addressing to Thilham, underscoring AFC stance on politically charged expressions at official matches.
According to FIFA’s Disciplinary Code, players are prohibited from displaying political, religious, or personal slogans during matches or official ceremonies. While Thilham’s gesture occurred after the final whistle, FIFA and AFC treat any action within the stadium environment as part of official conduct.
⚽ FFSL Under Scrutiny for Disciplinary Action
FFSL President Jaswar Umar previously stated that the act “was not authorized by the federation” and “violates international football disciplinary norms.” He also confirmed that the FFSL would take internal disciplinary action against the player.
However, this incident has reignited public debate over the role of athletes in social advocacy and the limits imposed by international sports law. While some supporters see Thilham’s actions as courageous and morally driven, others have raised concerns about the player’s career stability and future opportunities under increasing scrutiny.
📝 Editorial Insight
At Sri Lankan Sports TV, we initially chose to withhold the content of the message in our match coverage—out of responsibility to the player’s career and to respect global sports protocol. However, the message went viral after several social media users circulated the full image, seemingly with the intention of sparking controversy.
The resulting spotlight has unfortunately led to a formal penalty, underscoring the real-world consequences that athletes may face when international regulations intersect with personal conviction.
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