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Afghanistan register commanding 62-run win over Sri Lanka
Afghanistan registered a comfortable 62-run win over Sri Lanka in the 3rd match of the U-19 Tri-Series worked off on Wednesday (22) at Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi.
The Afghan skipper won the toss and elected to bat. They were off to a shaky start and were reduced to 93 for 4.
A 135-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Haroon Khan and Khalid Taniwal regained momentum towards them. Haroon Khan was the anchor of the partnership top scoring with 88 runs off just 57 balls, while Khalid Taniwal contributed with a watchful 45 runs to put the host into a strong position.
At one stage it looked like the Afghans would settle for a score between 250-260, but a late surge by Kamran Hotak with a quick-fire 43 off 33 deliveries helped them reach a competitive total of 298 runs before being all out in 49.2 overs.
Duvindu Ranatunga (4-51) and Dinura Kalupahana (3-13) were the picks of the bowlers for Sri Lanka, taking four and three wickets respectively.
In reply, the islanders were off to a similar start losing half of their top order cheaply. With the scoreboard reading 150-8, it looked like the young Afghan team was on their way to a commanding victory. Still, Duvindu Ranathunga and Traveen Mathew had other plans as they put on a 74-run partnership for the 9th wicket to frustrate the Afghan bowlers. However, their efforts were too little too late to take the team over the line.
Sineth Jayawardena (41) and Vishwa Rajapaksha (45) also contributed with useful knocks from the top order.
Kamran Hotak was the architect of Sri Lanka’s collapse as he ended up with figures of 4-29.
Brief Scores:
Afghanistan U19: 298/10 (49.2) (Haroon Khan 88, Khalid Taniwal 45, Kamran Hotak 43, Duvindu Ranatunga 4/51, Dinura Kalupahana 3/52)
Sri Lanka U19: 236/10 (41) (Duvindu Ranathunga 46, Vishwa Rajapakse 45, Sineth Jayawardena 41, Kamran Hotak 4/29, Yama Arab 4/41)
ශ්රී ලංකාවට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 62ක ජයක් අත්කර ගැනීමට ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථානය සමත් විය
19න් පහළ තුන්කොන් ක්රිකට් තරගාවලියේ 3 වැනි තරගයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 62ක පහසු ජයක් අත්කර ගැනීමට ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය බදාදා (22) අබුඩාබිහි ටොලරන්ස් ඕවල් ක්රීඩාංගණයේදී සමත් විය.
කාසියේ වාසිය දිනාගත් ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථාන නායකයා පන්දුවට පහරදීමට තීරණය කළේය. ඔවුන් ආරම්භයේදීම අසාර්ථක වූ අතර කඩුලු 4ක් දැවී ලකුණු 93කට සීමා විය.
හරූන් ඛාන් සහ කාලිඩ් ටානිවාල් අතර පස්වැනි කඩුල්ල සඳහා ලකුණු 135 ක සම්බන්ධතාවක් ඔවුන් වෙත යළිත් වරක් වර්ධනය විය. හරූන් ඛාන් පන්දු 57කදී ලකුණු 88ක් රැස්කරමින් වැඩිම ලකුණු ලාභියා බවට පත් වූ අතර කාලිඩ් ටානිවාල් ලකුණු 45ක් ලබා ගනිමින් සත්කාරක කණ්ඩායම ශක්තිමත් තත්ත්වයකට ගෙන ඒමට දායක විය.
එක් අවස්ථාවකදී ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය ලකුණු 250-260 අතර ප්රමාණයකට සෑහීමකට පත් වනු ඇතැයි පෙනුනද, පන්දු 33කදී වේගවත් ලකුණු 43ක් රැස්කළ කම්රාන් හොටක්ගේ ප්රමාද පිම්ම හේතුවෙන් ඕවර 49.2කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 298ක තරගකාරී මුළු ලකුණු සංඛ්යාවක් ලබා ගැනීමට ඔවුන්ට හැකිවිය. .
ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමේ දී දුවිඳු රණතුංග (4-51) සහ දිනුර කළුපහන (3-13) පිළිවෙළින් කඩුලු 4ක් සහ 3ක් දවා ගත්හ.
පිළිතුරු වශයෙන්, දූපත්වාසීන්ට ඔවුන්ගේ ඉහළම ඇණවුමෙන් අඩක් අඩු මිලට අහිමි විය. ලකුණු පුවරුව 150-8ක් ලෙස සටහන් වීමත් සමඟ යොවුන් ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථාන කණ්ඩායම විශිෂ්ට ජයග්රහණයක් කරා යන බවක් පෙනෙන්නට තිබුණත් 9 වැනි කඩුල්ලට ලකුණු 74ක සබඳතාවයක් ගොඩනැගූ දුවිඳු රණතුංග සහ ට්රවීන් මැතිව් ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථාන පන්දු යවන්නන් කලකිරීමට පත් කරමින් සිටියදී වෙනත් සැලසුම් සකස් කර තිබුණි. . කෙසේ වෙතත්, ඔවුන්ගේ උත්සාහයන් කණ්ඩායම ඉක්මවා යාමට ප්රමාද වැඩිය.
සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන (41) සහ විශ්ව රාජපක්ෂ (45) ද මුල්පෙළේ සිට ප්රයෝජනවත් දවාගැනීම්වලින් දායක වූහ.
Kamran Hotak ශ්රී ලංකාවේ බිඳවැටීමේ නිර්මාතෘවරයා වූ අතර ඔහු ලකුණු 4-29 කින් අවසන් විය.
කෙටි ලකුණු:
ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය වයස අවුරුදු 19: 298/10 (49.2) (හැරූන් ඛාන් 88, කාලිඩ් ටානිවාල් 45, කම්රාන් හොටක් 43, දුවිඳු රණතුංග 4/51, දිනුර කළුපහන 3/52)
ශ්රී ලංකා වයස අවුරුදු 19: 236/10 (41) (දුවිඳු රණතුංග 46, විශ්ව රාජපක්ෂ 45, සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන 41, කම්රන් හොටක් 4/29, යම අරාබි 4/41)
இலங்கையை 62 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வீழ்த்தி ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் அணி வெற்றி பெற்றது
அபுதாபியில் உள்ள டாலரன்ஸ் ஓவல் மைதானத்தில் புதன்கிழமை (22) நடைபெற்ற U-19 முத்தரப்பு தொடரின் 3-வது ஆட்டத்தில் ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் அணி, இலங்கைக்கு எதிராக 62 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது.
டாஸ் வென்ற ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் கேப்டன் பேட்டிங்கை தேர்வு செய்தார். ஆட்டமிழந்த தொடக்கத்தில் இருந்த அவர்கள் 4 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 93 ரன்களாகக் குறைக்கப்பட்டனர்.
ஐந்தாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு ஹாரூன் கான் மற்றும் காலித் தனிவால் இடையேயான 135 ரன்கள் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப் அவர்களை நோக்கி மீண்டும் வேகம் பெற்றது. ஹாரூன் கான் 57 பந்துகளில் 88 ரன்களுடன் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப் அதிகபட்ச ஸ்கோராக இருந்தார், அதே நேரத்தில் காலித் தனிவால் 45 ரன்களுடன் இணைந்து ஹோஸ்ட்டை வலுவான நிலைக்கு கொண்டு வந்தார்.
ஒரு கட்டத்தில் ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் அணி 250-260 ரன்களுக்கு ஸ்கோரைத் தீர்த்துவிடும் என்று தோன்றியது, ஆனால் கம்ரான் ஹோடக் 33 பந்துகளில் 43 ரன்கள் எடுத்ததன் மூலம் 49.2 ஓவர்களில் ஆல் அவுட்டாவதற்குள் 298 ரன்கள் என்ற போட்டி மொத்தத்தை எட்ட உதவியது. .
இலங்கை அணி சார்பில் துவிந்து ரணதுங்க (4-51) மற்றும் தினுர கலுபஹன (3-13) முறையே 4 மற்றும் 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினர்.
பதிலுக்கு, தீவுவாசிகள் தங்கள் டாப் ஆர்டரில் பாதியை மலிவாக இழக்க ஆரம்பித்தனர். ஸ்கோர்போர்டு 150-8 என்ற நிலையில், இளம் ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் அணி சிறப்பான வெற்றியை நோக்கி செல்வது போல் தெரிந்தது, ஆனால் துவிந்து ரணதுங்காவும் டிராவீன் மேத்யூவும் 9வது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 74 ரன் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை வைத்து ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் பந்துவீச்சாளர்களை ஏமாற்றினர். . இருப்பினும், அவர்களின் முயற்சிகள் மிகக் குறைவாகவே அணியைக் கொண்டு செல்ல தாமதமாகின.
சினெத் ஜயவர்தன (41), விஷ்வ ராஜபக்ஷ (45) ஆகியோரும் டாப் ஆர்டரில் இருந்து பயனுள்ள ஆட்டங்களை வெளிப்படுத்தினர்.
கம்ரான் ஹோடக் 4-29 என்ற புள்ளிகளுடன் முடிவடைந்த நிலையில் இலங்கையின் சரிவை உருவாக்கியவர்.
சுருக்கமான மதிப்பெண்கள்:
ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் U19: 298/10 (49.2) (ஹாரூன் கான் 88, காலித் தனிவால் 45, கம்ரன் ஹோடக் 43, துவிந்து ரணதுங்க 4/51, தினுர கலுபஹானா 3/52)
இலங்கை U19: 236/10 (41) (துவிந்து ரணதுங்க 46, விஷ்வ ராஜபக்ஷ 45, சினெத் ஜெயவர்தன 41, கம்ரன் ஹோடக் 4/29, யமா அரபு 4/41)
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Run for Hope Charity Run Set to Inspire Kandy
Kandy will host a unique charity event later this month as Run for Hope brings runners, families, and supporters together for a meaningful cause. The event, scheduled for March 29, aims to raise awareness and support for the development of Sri Lanka’s first residential training and empowerment center for single mothers and their children.

Organizers say the initiative is designed to provide a safe and supportive environment where single mothers can rebuild their lives while caring for their children. The proposed center will offer vocational training, skill development, and opportunities for financial independence, while also ensuring a secure space for children to grow and learn.

Across Sri Lanka, many single mothers face the challenge of raising families with limited resources and support. Run for Hope seeks to change that narrative by encouraging the community to participate in an event that promotes both fitness and social responsibility.
Participants will be able to compete in 2KM, 5KM, and 10KM races, making the event accessible for runners of different ages and fitness levels. The organizers note that every participant contributes directly to the effort of building a better future for families in need.
The event will also mark the first-ever Run for Hope to be held in Kandy, bringing together members of the community to run for a shared purpose.
Registration for the event is open through the PickMe app under the Events section or via the official online registration link. The registration fee is Rs. 2,500 for adults and Rs. 1,500 for children under the age of 12.
Competitors in the 5KM and 10KM categories will compete for prize money, with Rs. 25,000 awarded to the winners, Rs. 15,000 for second place, and Rs. 10,000 for third place in both the male and female categories. Participants will also receive gift packs sponsored by Nestomalt and LaPerfumerie.lk, while every registered runner will be given an official Run for Hope T-shirt, cap, and finisher medal.

Organizers emphasize that the event is about more than a race. Every runner who crosses the finish line becomes part of a larger mission—helping build a future of hope, dignity, and opportunity for single mothers and their children in Sri Lanka.
Cricket
Amaraweera’s Century Headlines Drawn 147th Battle of the Blues
The 147th edition of the historic Battle of the Blues between Royal College Colombo and S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia ended in a draw at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, but it was Thomian skipper Jaden Amaraweera who stole the spotlight with a commanding second-innings century.
After winning the toss, S. Thomas’ compiled a solid 302 in their first innings, built around several steady contributions from the top and middle order. Amaraweera struck a patient 52 while Avinash Fernando added 50 and Reshon Solomons top-scored with 66. Dulith Indira Gunaratne chipped in with a valuable 44 to push the Thomians past the 300 mark. Royal’s bowlers fought back well, with Sehadu Sooryaarachchi and Gegan Gamage sharing six wickets between them.

Royal responded with 261 for 9 in 86 overs. Ramiru Perera led the charge with a well-compiled 82, while Rehan Peirissupported with an attractive 63. Dushan Uduwala contributed 33 in a steady middle-order effort. For S. Thomas’, Gimhan Mendis impressed with four wickets, while Abheeth Paranawidana claimed two.
The final day, however, belonged to Amaraweera. The Thomian captain produced a composed 100 off 160 deliveries, striking eight boundaries in a technically sound innings that anchored his side’s second innings. He shared useful partnerships with Fernando (20) and Gunaratne (21) as S. Thomas’ reached 176 for 6 before the match was called off, bringing another chapter of the famous encounter to a stalemate.
Cricket
Controversy Erupts as Trinity Awarded Victory in Dramatic 107th Battle of the Blues
Trinity College, Kandy were awarded a dramatic outright victory over St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota in the 107th Hill Country ‘Battle of the Blues’ after controversial scenes brought the traditional encounter to an abrupt end at the Asgiriya International Cricket Stadium.
Chasing a modest target of 64 for victory, Trinity had reached 63 for 1 when crowds suddenly surged onto the field, causing confusion among players, officials and spectators. Both teams were escorted off the ground while order was restored. However, the match took a controversial turn when St. Anthony’s reportedly refused to return to the field to resume play with Trinity needing just one run for victory. As a result, the umpires ruled that St. Anthony’s had forfeited the match and awarded the win to Trinity.
Earlier, Trinity dominated much of the contest. After being sent in to bat, St. Anthony’s were bowled out for 157 despite an unbeaten 64 from Sisal Hemaka. Kanilka Anthony starred with 4 for 54.
Trinity replied with 264, powered by a superb 125 from Sri Lanka youth representative Adham Hilmy and 54 from skipper Dimantha Mahavithana, securing a 107-run lead.
The Anthonians fought back in their second innings, reaching 170 with Kaushika Kumarasinghe scoring 59. Yet Kanilka Anthony’s outstanding 6 for 56 and a match haul of 10 wickets put Trinity on course for victory.
The dramatic finish ensured Trinity recorded their first outright win in the series since 2012, though the result will likely be remembered for the controversial conclusion rather than the cricket itself.
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