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Combative first innings from the Sri Lankan youth team in the second four-day match!!!
The second four-day match between the England youth team and the Sri Lanka youth team started on the 28th. At the end of the first day’s match, the England team, playing its first innings, scored 268 runs for the loss of 4 wickets and was in a strong position.
However, yesterday (29), which was the second day of the match, the Sri Lanka youth team entered the match again, and the England team lost all out and scored 381 runs in the first innings. Duwidu Ranatunga and Sahan Mihira, who played excellent bowling for the Sri Lankan team, managed to take two wickets each.
Entering the field to play the reply innings, the Sri Lankan team could not get off to a successful start. The England bowlers managed to remove the opening batsman Asita Vanninayake from the field for 4 runs.
After that, Abhishek Liyanarachchi and Shevon Daniel, who entered the field, managed to hold a precious 116-run partnership for the second wicket.
By the end of the day, the Sri Lankan youth team has scored 203 runs with the loss of 2 wickets and is off to a successful start. Shevon Daniel remains unbeaten on 92 runs for the Sri Lankan team.
England Youth 381 all out in 122.2 overs – (Matthew Hurst 116, Harry Singh 104, Ben McKenney 22, James Sales 52, Stanley McAllendon 20, Duvindu Ranatunga 58/2, Sahan Mihira 58/2, Vanuja Sahan 67/2 , Ravin de Silva 56/2)
The Sri Lanka Youth team scored 203 for 2 in 55 overs in the first innings – (Shevon Daniyal 92 not out, Abhishek Liyanarachchi 49, Pawan Pathiraja 37 not out)
දෙවන සිව්දින තරගයේ ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිළෙන් සටන්කාමී පළමු ඉනිමක්
එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල හා ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල අතර දෙවන සිව්දින තරගය ඉකුත් 28 දින ආරම්භ විය. පලමු දින තරගය නිමාවට පත්වන විට සිය පළමු ඉනිම ක්රීඩා කරමින් සිටි එංගලන්ත පිළ කඩුලු 4ක් දැවී ලකුණු 268 ලබා ප්රබල ස්ථානයක පසු විය.
කෙසේ වෙතත් තරගයේ දෙවන දිනය වූ ඊයේ දින (29) ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල නැවතත් තරගයට අවතීර්ණය වූ අතර, එංගලන්ත පිල සියලු දෙනා දැවී පලමු ඉනිමට ලබා ගත හැකි වූයේ ලකුණු 381කි. ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් විශිෂ්ට පන්දු යැවීමක නිරත වූ දුවිදු රණතුංග හා සහන් මිහිර කඩුලු දෙක බැගින් බිද හෙලීමට සමත් විය.
පිළිතුරු ඉනිම ක්රීඩා කිරීමට පිටියට පිවිසි ශ්රී ලංකා පිලට සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගැනීමට නොහැකි විය. ආරම්භක පිතිකරු අසිත වන්නිනායක ලකුණු 4කට පිටියෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමට එංගලන්ත පන්දු යවන්නන් සමත් විය.
ඉන්පසු පිටියට පිවිසි අභිෂේක් ලියනාරච්චි හා ශෙවෝන් ඩැනියල් දෙවන කඩුල්ල වෙනුවෙන් අගනා ලකුණු 116 සබදතාවක් පැවැත්වීමට සමත් විය.
දිනය නිමා වන විට ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිළ කඩුලු 2ක් දැවී ලකුණු 203 ලබා සාර්ථක ආරම්භයල් ලබා සිටී. ශ්රී ලංකා පිළ වෙනුවෙන් ශෙවෝන් ඩැනියල් ලකුණු 92ක් ලබා නොදැවී කඩුල්ලේ රැදී සිටී.
එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල පන්දුවාර 122.2 කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 381 – (මැතිව් හර්ස්ට් 116, හැරී සිං 104, බෙන් මැක්කෙනි 22, ජේම්ස් සේල්ස් 52, ස්ටැන්ලි මැක්ඇල්න්ඩන් 20, දුවිඳු රණතුංග 58/2, සහන් මිහිර 58/2, වනුජ සහන් 67/2, රවීන් ද සිල්වා 56/2)
ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල පළමු ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 55 කදී කඩුලු 2 ට නකුණු 203 යි – (ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනිනයල් නොදැවී 92, අබිෂේක් ලියනාරච්චි 49, පවන් පතිරාජ නොදැවී 37)
இரண்டாவது நான்கு நாள் ஆட்டத்தில் இலங்கை இளையோர் அணியிடமிருந்து போர் மிக்க முதல் இன்னிங்ஸ்
இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அணிக்கும் இலங்கை இளையோர் அணிக்கும் இடையிலான இரண்டாவது நான்கு நாள் ஆட்டம் கடந்த 28ஆம் திகதி ஆரம்பமானது. முதல் நாள் ஆட்ட நேர முடிவில் இங்கிலாந்து அணி தனது முதல் இன்னிங்சை விளையாடி 4 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 268 ரன்கள் எடுத்து வலுவான நிலையில் இருந்தது.
எவ்வாறாயினும், போட்டியின் இரண்டாம் நாளான நேற்று (29) இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி மீண்டும் போட்டிக்குள் பிரவேசித்ததுடன், இங்கிலாந்து அணி முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் சகல விக்கெட்டுகளையும் இழந்து 381 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றுள்ளது. இலங்கை அணி சார்பாக சிறப்பாக பந்துவீசிய துவிது ரணதுங்க மற்றும் சஹான் மிஹிர ஆகியோர் தலா இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினர்.
பதில் இன்னிங்ஸை ஆட களம் இறங்கிய இலங்கை அணியால் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தை பெற முடியவில்லை. ஆரம்ப துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர் அசித்த வன்னிநாயக்கவை 4 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு இங்கிலாந்து பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் களத்தில் இருந்து வெளியேற்றினர்.
அதனையடுத்து களம் இறங்கிய அபிஷேக் லியனாராச்சி மற்றும் ஷெவோன் டேனியல் ஜோடி இரண்டாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 116 ஓட்டங்களின் பெறுமதிமிக்க இணைப்பாட்டத்தைப் பேண முடிந்தது.
நாள் முடிவில் இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி 2 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 203 ரன்கள் எடுத்து வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தில் உள்ளது. இலங்கை அணி சார்பில் ஷெவோன் டேனியல் 92 ரன்களுடன் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் இருந்தார்.
இங்கிலாந்து யூத் 122.2 ஓவர்களில் 381 ஆல் அவுட் – (மேத்யூ ஹர்ஸ்ட் 116, ஹாரி சிங் 104, பென் மெக்கென்னி 22, ஜேம்ஸ் சேல்ஸ் 52, ஸ்டான்லி மெக்அலெண்டன் 20, துவிந்து ரணதுங்க 58/2, சஹான் மிஹிரா 58/2, வனுஜா 67/2 சில்வா 56/2)
இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி முதல் இன்னிங்சில் 55 ஓவர்களில் 2 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 203 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது – (ஷெவோன் டானியல் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 92, அபிஷேக் லியனாராச்சி 49, பவன் பதிராஜா ஆட்டமிழக்க 37)
Cricket
Bhanuka Rajapaksa sends legal notice to actress Harshi Rasanga over gold chain dispute
Sri Lanka cricketer Bhanuka Rajapaksa has issued a Letter of Demand (LOD) to actress Harshi Rasanga, accusing her of making false and misleading statements on social media following recent court proceedings.
According to Rajapaksa’s legal representatives, the actress had informed court that the gold chain at the center of the dispute had been pawned. However, they claim she later contradicted this statement publicly, prompting the cricketer to initiate legal action.
The controversy revolves around a gold chain valued at over Rs. 900,000. Rajapaksa alleges that the chain had been borrowed by Rasanga and pawned without his knowledge or consent.
Rasanga was arrested by the Sri Lanka Police’s Thalangama division and later produced before the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court, where she was granted bail on two sureties of Rs. 500,000 each.
During the court hearing, the defence stated that the chain had indeed been pawned and indicated that steps could be taken to redeem and return it. However, speaking to the media afterward, Rasanga claimed that the chain had been given to her as a gift during a personal relationship.
The court has directed Thalangama Police to take custody of the gold chain and present it at the next hearing, which is scheduled for April 22.
Cricket
Pathum Nissanka set to open alongside KL Rahul for Delhi Capitals opener
Delhi Capitals are set to kick off their IPL 2026 campaign with a fresh opening combination, as Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka is likely to partner India star KL Rahul at the top of the order.
The Capitals face Lucknow Super Giants in their opening match today at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow, and all eyes will be on how the new-look batting lineup shapes up. While Rahul’s role as opener is confirmed, the team management has been weighing their options for the second slot, with Prithvi Shaw and Abhishek Porel also in contention.
However, indications suggest that Nissanka has edged ahead in the race, with the franchise keen to utilize his consistency and ability to anchor innings in the powerplay. His calm approach at the crease could complement Rahul’s experience, giving Delhi a balanced start at the top.
The Capitals have also bolstered their middle order with the inclusion of David Miller, who adds firepower alongside fellow South African Tristan Stubbs. The duo is expected to provide the late-innings acceleration that Delhi often lacked in previous seasons.
Despite missing Australian pacer Mitchell Starc for the opening fixture due to injury, Delhi still boast a formidable bowling attack. Captain Axar Patel will lead from the front with his all-round abilities, while the spin department is strengthened by the ever-reliable Kuldeep Yadav.
In the pace department, South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi brings experience and variation, having impressed with his clever change of pace in recent T20 competitions. Meanwhile, left-arm seamer T Natarajan returns fully fit after a lengthy injury layoff, adding further depth to the attack.
Cricket
Avishka Gunawardena steps down from Sri Lanka Cricket role after reassignment
Former Sri Lanka international Avishka Gunawardena has resigned from his position at Sri Lanka Cricket’s High Performance Centre, bringing an abrupt end to his latest stint within the national setup.
The decision comes shortly after a reshuffle in coaching responsibilities, which saw Gunawardena moved from his role as head coach of the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team to take charge of the Under-19 squad. While the transition was part of an internal restructuring, it is understood that the change played a key role in his decision to step away.
Gunawardena had been overseeing the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team in recent tours and development programs, earning praise for his work with emerging players. Several young cricketers are believed to have benefited from his guidance, progressing steadily through the ranks during his tenure.
Despite his contributions at the ‘A’ team level, the shift to the youth setup appears to have prompted his resignation from the High Performance Centre altogether. The move leaves a gap in Sri Lanka’s player development structure at a crucial time.
As of now, Sri Lanka Cricket has not issued an official statement regarding Gunawardena’s departure, nor have they named a successor to fill the vacancy.
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