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A challenging start from the England youth team in the second four-day match
The second four-day match between the Sri Lanka Youth Team and England Youth Team started yesterday. There the England youth team batted first and at the end of the first day, they scored 268 runs for the loss of 4 wickets and got a successful start to the innings.
With Sri Lanka winning the first four-day match, the England youth team must win this match if they want to stay in the tournament.
England won the toss and elected to bat first, with Matthew Hurst scoring 116 and Harry Singh scoring 98 for England’s first innings.
Although the Sri Lanka youth team managed to take the first 3 wickets of England’s innings within 60 runs, Singh and Hurst, who entered the pitch for the fourth wicket, held 202 runs in a precious match. That connection was able to strengthen the scoreboard in England’s first innings. In bowling, Vanuja Sahan managed to take 2 wickets for 48 runs.
At the end of the day, the England youth team scored 268 runs for 4 wickets.
✅ Matthew Hurst – 116
✅ Harry Singh – 98*
✅ Vanuja Sahan – 48/2
දෙවන සිව්දින තරගයේ එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිලෙන් අභියෝගාත්මක ආරම්භයක්
ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිළ හා එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල අතර දෙවන සිව්දින තරගය ඊයේ දින ආරම්භ විය. එහිදී එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිළ පලමුව පන්දුවට පහර දුන් අතර පළමු දිනය නිමා වන විට ඔවුන් කඩුලු 4ක් දැවී ලකුණු 268 ලබා ගනිමින් ඉනිමට සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගන්නා ලදී.
පලමු සිව්දින තරගය ශ්රී ලංකා පිළ ජය ගැනීමත් සමග එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල තරගාවලියේ රැදී සිටීමට නම් මෙම තරගය ජයග්රහණය කිරීම අනිවාර්ය වේ.
එංගන්ත කණ්ඩායම කාසියේ වාසිය ලබා පළමුව පන්දුවට පහර දීමට තීරණය කළ අතර, එංගලන්ත පළමු ඉනිම වෙනුවෙන් මැතිව් හර්ස්ට් ලකුණු 116ක් ද හැරී සිං ලකුණු 98ක් ද ලබා ගත්හ.
එංගලන්ත ඉනිමේ මුල් කඩුලු 3න ලකුණු 60 ඇතුළත දවා ගැනීමට ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිළ සමත් වුවත් සිව්වන කඩුල්ල සදහා පිටියට පිවිසි සිං හා හර්ස්ට ලකුණු 202 අනර්ඝ සබදතාවක පැවැත්වීය. එම සබදතාවය එංගන්ත පළමු ඉනිමේ ලකුණු පුවරුව සවිමත් කිරීමට සමත් විය. පන්දු යැවීමේදී වනුජ සහන් ලකුණු 48 කට කඩුලු 2ක් බිද දැමීමට සමත් විය.
එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල දිනය අවසාන වන විට කඩුලු 4ට ලකුණු 268යි.
✅ මැතිව් හර්ස්ට් – 116
✅ හැරී සිං – 98*
✅ වනුජ සහන් – 48/2
இரண்டாவது நான்கு நாள் ஆட்டத்தில் இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அணி சவாலான தொடக்கம்
இலங்கை இளைஞர் அணி மற்றும் இங்கிலாந்து இளைஞர் அணிக்கு இடையிலான இரண்டாவது நான்கு நாள் போட்டி நேற்று ஆரம்பமானது. அங்கு முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அணி முதல் நாள் முடிவில் 4 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 268 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தை பெற்றது.
முதல் நான்கு நாள் ஆட்டத்தில் இலங்கை வெற்றி பெற்றுள்ள நிலையில், இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அணி போட்டியில் நீடிக்க வேண்டுமானால் இந்தப் போட்டியில் வெற்றி பெற வேண்டும்.
இங்கிலாந்து அணியின் முதல் இன்னிங்சில் மேத்யூ ஹர்ஸ்ட் 116 ரன்களும், ஹாரி சிங் 98 ரன்களும் எடுக்க இங்கிலாந்து டாஸ் வென்று முதலில் பேட்டிங் செய்தது.
இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி இங்கிலாந்தின் இன்னிங்ஸின் முதல் 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை 60 ஓட்டங்களுக்குள் வீழ்த்திய போதிலும், நான்காவது விக்கெட்டுக்காக களம் இறங்கிய சிங் மற்றும் ஹர்ஸ்ட் ஜோடி 202 ஓட்டங்களை பெறுமதிமிக்க போட்டியில் தக்கவைத்தது. அந்த இணைப்பு எங்கண்ட முதல் இன்னிங்சில் ஸ்கோர்போர்டை பலப்படுத்த முடிந்தது. பந்துவீச்சில் வனுஜா சஹான் 48 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு 2 விக்கெட்டுகளைக் கைப்பற்றினார்.
நாள் முடிவில் இங்கிலாந்து இளைஞர் அணி 4 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 268 ரன்கள் எடுத்துள்ளது.
✅ மத்தேயு ஹர்ஸ்ட் – 116
✅ ஹாரி சிங் – 98*
✅ வனுஜா சஹான் – 48/2
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SLC President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee Step Down Effective Today
The President of Sri Lanka Cricket, Shammi Silva, has officially resigned from his position with immediate effect, according to an announcement released by the board today (29).
In a significant development, all office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee have also stepped down from their respective roles, signaling a complete leadership transition within the governing body.

Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the decision has been formally conveyed to Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
No further details were immediately provided regarding the reasons behind the mass resignation or the process for appointing new leadership.
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the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
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Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.
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Addressing recent media inquiries, the minister clarified that reports suggesting SLC President Shammi Silva could step down and be succeeded by former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne remain unverified.
“We have not issued any official statement as a ministry on this matter. These claims are currently limited to social media reports,” Gamage said.
He further noted that the ministry intends to address the situation formally in the near future.
“We are planning to hold a media briefing soon and will release an official statement. Further discussion can take place after that,” he added.
The remarks come amid growing public attention over the administration of Sri Lanka’s cricket governing body, though authorities have yet to confirm any changes at the top.
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