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Afghanistan register commanding 62-run win over Sri Lanka

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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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Sri Lanka, India to Clash in Two-Test Series in August

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Sri Lanka and India are set to play a two-match Test series between August 15 and 27 as part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle.

Although the official schedule is yet to be announced, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reserved a two-week window for the series following the conclusion of the Lanka Premier League on August 9. Discussions between SLC and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are continuing to finalise the venues and match dates.

The proposed tour was initially expected to include three Twenty20 Internationals as well, but there has been no confirmation regarding those matches. The T20 games were originally planned as a fundraising initiative for victims affected by Cyclone Ditwah last year.

Meanwhile, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia is currently in Sri Lanka as part of an International Cricket Council delegation reviewing recent developments in Sri Lanka Cricket administration. The Sri Lankan government recently dissolved the previous SLC body and appointed an interim Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee.

Cricket scheduling remains challenging for India due to a packed international calendar later this year. India are expected to tour Bangladesh in September for a white-ball series, although the tour is still uncertain after being postponed previously because of political tensions between the two nations.

India also have commitments against West Indies and Afghanistan later in the year, along with the Asian Games in Nagoya scheduled from September 9 to October 4.

India’s international season resumes in June with a Test series against Afghanistan before tours of Ireland, England and Zimbabwe.

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ICC Delegation Holds Key Talks With President on Cricket Reforms

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Senior representatives of the International Cricket Council (ICC) met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo yesterday as discussions intensified over the future of cricket administration in Sri Lanka.

The ICC delegation, which includes Imran Khwaja and Devajit Sakia, is currently in the country following recent changes within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Their visit comes amid growing attention on governance reforms and the restructuring of the national cricket administration.

During their stay, ICC officials also held meetings with members of the newly appointed SLC administration at the board’s headquarters, where discussions focused on restoring stability and strengthening the management framework of Sri Lankan cricket.

The latest developments follow the appointment of a nine-member Cricket Transformation Committee by Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage after the resignation of the previous SLC leadership.

The committee, chaired by Eran Wickremaratne, has been entrusted with overseeing the administration of the sport and implementing a series of reforms until new elections are conducted.

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Pavithra Fernando Urges Reforms to Take Sri Lanka Rugby Forward (Video)

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Sri Lanka Rugby President Pavithra Fernando believes the country possesses the talent and structure at school level to compete with the best in Asia, but says greater emphasis must now be placed on strengthening club rugby and retaining young players in the sport.

Speaking about Sri Lanka’s current standing in Asian rugby, Fernando noted that the national teams remain among the top-ranked sides in the region despite a slight decline following the Covid-19 pandemic.

“At present, Sri Lanka is ranked third in the sevens format and fourth in the 15-a-side game in Asia. Before Covid, we were actually ranked second in sevens rugby. We may have dropped a little, but we have still managed to remain competitive because our schools rugby structure is extremely strong and the club competitions are also of a high standard,” Fernando said.

He added that while Sri Lanka has managed to maintain its place among Asia’s competitive rugby nations, the country has yet to make significant progress towards the top tier.

“We have stayed in contention, but we have not really moved forward and developed beyond that level,” he explained.


Fernando stressed that Sri Lanka’s schools rugby system continues to be one of the strongest in the region, producing players capable of matching leading Asian nations.

Referring to the country’s recent performances at youth level, he said, “Last year, our Under-27 team had only one month of preparation before the tournament, yet we still finished runners-up. We defeated Hong Kong in the first round before losing to them in the final. That clearly shows the standard and potential we have at school level.”

However, Fernando pointed out that the biggest challenge facing Sri Lanka Rugby is the lack of opportunities for players once they leave school.

“More than 90 percent of school rugby players do not continue the sport after school because they do not see a future in rugby in Sri Lanka. That is an issue we must address urgently,” he said.

Fernando believes improving the club rugby structure and creating a sustainable pathway for young players will be essential if Sri Lanka is to challenge the leading rugby nations in Asia and regain its former standing in regional rugby.

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