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Dambulla face Jaffna in the final today

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April 5, 2023

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National Super League Limited Over Tournament

A whopping cash prize of Rs.2 Million will be awarded to the winning team when Dambulla take on Jaffna in the final of the National Super League Limited Over Tournament tomorrow at R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo.

Both teams have star-studded players in their lines up and the two sides have previously met on four occasions, sharing two wins each.

Team Dambulla topped the points table with 33 points in 8 matches while Jaffna ended second with 22 points way behind the table leaders.

Heading into the final Team Dambulla will have a slight edge over Jaffna considering the recent performance. They will look to put on a similar performance as they have done so far in the tournament in order to end on the winning side.

Their batters have played a crucial part in their forward march to the finals and will look to put on a similar performance to bag the title.

Dambulla would be pleased to see opening pair Minod Bhanuka and Pavan Ratnayake give them a solid start. With Kamindu Mendis c Lasith Abeyratne, and Ashan Priyanjan to do the scoring in the middle overs.

In bowling, Asitha Fernando along with Nuwan Thushara will lead the pace attack, while National wrist spinner Lakshan Sandakan will lead the spin attack.

On the other hand, Jaffna will also head into the finals brimming with confidence as they too have had a decent tournament so far.

The main concern for Jaffna will be their unsettled batting line-up, which has failed to produce big scores, with a few of them throwing their wickets away after a good start.

They also have a star-studded team with the likes of skipper Janitha Liyanage, Nishan Madushka, Navod Paranavithana, Lahiru Madushka and Ravindu Fernando to do the talking from the bat.

Earlier Sri Lanka cricket announced, the winners of the Finals will walk away with a whopping Rs.2, 000,000 while the runners-up will receive 1,000,000. The individual awards for the player of the tournament (300,000), Best Batsman (150,000) and Best bowler (150,000) will also receive cash prizes.

The match is scheduled to begin at 2.30 pm with a toss at 2.00 p.m.

The Finals of the National Super League 50-over tournament will be telecast live on “Channel Eye” of the SLRC. The game will also be shown via the Sri Lanka Cricket YouTube Channel within Sri Lanka.

අද අවසන් තරගයේදී දඹුල්ල පිල යාපනයට මුහුණ දෙයි

සීමාසහිත ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් තරඟාවලිය

කොළඹ ආර්. ප්‍රේමදාස ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී හෙට පැවැත්වෙන ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් සීමාසහිත ඕවර තරගාවලියේ අවසන් මහා තරගයේදී දඹුල්ල සහ යාපනය අතර තරගයේදී ජයග්‍රාහී කණ්ඩායමට රුපියල් මිලියන 2ක දැවැන්ත මුදල් ත්‍යාගයක් පිරිනැමීමට නියමිතය.

කණ්ඩායම් දෙකේම තරු පිරුණු ක්‍රීඩකයින් සිටින අතර දෙපිල මීට පෙර අවස්ථා හතරකදී මුණගැසී ජයග්‍රහණ දෙක බැගින් බෙදා ගෙන ඇත.

දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම තරග 8 කදී ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු 33 ක් ලබා ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු සටහනේ පෙරමුණ ගැනීමට සමත් වූ අතර යාපනය ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු සටහනේ ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු සටහනට වඩා ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු 22 ක් ලබා දෙවැනි ස්ථානයට පත්විය.

දඹුල්ල අවසන් කණ්ඩායමට පිවිසීමේ දී මෑතකාලීන දක්‍ෂතා සලකා බැලීමේදී යාපනයට වඩා තරමක් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටිනු ඇත. ජයග්‍රාහී පැත්තේ අවසන් කිරීම සඳහා ඔවුන් මෙතෙක් තරඟාවලියේ දැක්වූ ආකාරයටම දස්කම් දැක්වීමට අපේක්ෂා කරනු ඇත.

ඔවුන්ගේ පිතිකරුවන් අවසන් මහා තරගය දක්වා ඔවුන්ගේ ඉදිරි ගමනේදී තීරණාත්මක කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කර ඇති අතර ශූරතාව දිනා ගැනීම සඳහා සමාන දක්ෂතාවයක් දැක්වීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වනු ඇත.

ආරම්භක පිතිකරු යුගලය වන මිනෝද් භානුක සහ පවන් රත්නායක ඔවුන්ට ශක්තිමත් ආරම්භයක් ලබා දීම ගැන දඹුල්ල සතුටු වනු ඇත. කමිඳු මෙන්ඩිස් සී ලසිත් අබේරත්න, සහ අශාන් ප්‍රියංජන් මැද ඕවරවල ලකුණු ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා.

පන්දු යැවීමේදී නුවන් තුෂාර සමගින් අසිත ප්‍රනාන්දු වේග ප්‍රහාරය මෙහෙයවන අතර ජාතික මැණික් කටුවෙහි දඟපන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක ලක්ෂාන් සඳකැන් දඟ ප්‍රහාරය මෙහෙයවනු ලබයි.

අනෙක් අතට, යාපනය ද මේ වන විට හොඳ තරඟාවලියක් පවත්වා ඇති බැවින් විශ්වාසයකින් යුතුව අවසන් මහා තරඟයට පිවිසෙනු ඇත.

යාපනයේ ප්‍රධානතම කනස්සල්ල වනුයේ ඔවුන්ගේ නොසන්සුන් පිතිකරණ පෙළයි, එය විශාල ලකුණු ලබා ගැනීමට අපොහොසත් වී ඇති අතර, ඔවුන්ගෙන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු හොඳ ආරම්භයකින් පසුව ඔවුන්ගේ කඩුලු ඉවතට විසි කරති.

පිත්තෙන් කතා කිරීම සඳහා නායක ජනිත ලියනගේ, නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක, නවෝද් පරණවිතාන, ලහිරු මධුෂ්ක සහ රවිඳු ප්‍රනාන්දු වැනි තරු පිරුණු කණ්ඩායමක් ද ඔවුන්ට සිටිති.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් මීට පෙර නිවේදනය කළේ, අවසන් මහා තරගයේ ජයග්‍රාහකයන්ට රුපියල් 2,000,000 ක අතිවිශාල මුදලක් සමඟින් පිටව යන අතර අනුශූරයන්ට 1,000,000 ලැබෙනු ඇත. තරගාවලියේ ක්‍රීඩකයා (300,000), හොඳම පිතිකරු (150,000) සහ හොඳම පන්දු යවන්නා (150,000) සඳහා වන කේවල සම්මාන සඳහා මුදල් ත්‍යාග ද පිරිනැමේ.

තරගය පස්වරු 2.30ට ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිත අතර කාසියේ වාසිය පස්වරු 2.00ට පැවැත්වේ.

ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් ඕවර 50 තරඟාවලියේ අවසන් තරඟ SLRC හි “Channel Eye” ඔස්සේ සජීවීව විකාශය කෙරේ. මෙම ක්‍රීඩාව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් YouTube නාලිකාව හරහා ද පෙන්වනු ලැබේ.

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இறுதி அணியில் இடம்பிடித்த தம்புள்ளை அண்மைய செயல்திறனைக் கருத்தில் கொண்டு யாழ்ப்பாணத்தை விட சற்று முன்னிலையில் இருக்கும். வெற்றிபெறும் தரப்பில் முடிவடைய வேண்டும் என்பதற்காக, போட்டியில் இதுவரை செய்ததைப் போன்ற ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துவார்கள்.

இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு முன்னேறியதில் அவர்களது பேட்டர்கள் முக்கியப் பங்காற்றியுள்ளனர், மேலும் பட்டத்தை வெல்வதற்கு இதேபோன்ற ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துவார்கள்.

தொடக்க ஜோடியான மினோத் பானுகா மற்றும் பவன் ரத்நாயக்க ஆகியோர் தங்களுக்கு உறுதியான தொடக்கத்தை வழங்குவதைக் கண்டு தம்புள்ளை மகிழ்ச்சி அடைகிறது. கமிந்து மெண்டிஸ் கேட்ச் லசித் அபேரத்ன, மற்றும் அஷான் பிரியஞ்சன் ஆகியோர் மத்திய ஓவர்களில் ஸ்கோரை அடித்தனர்.

பந்துவீச்சில், நுவான் துஷாரவுடன் அசித பெர்னாண்டோ வேகத் தாக்குதலை வழிநடத்தும் அதேவேளை, தேசிய மணிக்கட்டு சுழற்பந்து வீச்சாளர் லக்ஷான் சந்தகன் சுழல் தாக்குதலை முன்னெடுப்பார்.

மறுபுறம், யாழ்ப்பாணமும் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு முன்னேறும், ஏனெனில் அவர்களும் இதுவரை ஒரு நல்ல போட்டியை நடத்தியுள்ளனர்.

யாழ்ப்பாணத்தின் முக்கிய கவலையானது அவர்களின் உறுதியற்ற துடுப்பாட்ட வரிசையாகும், இது பெரிய ஸ்கோரை உருவாக்கத் தவறியது, அவர்களில் சிலர் நல்ல தொடக்கத்திற்குப் பிறகு தங்கள் விக்கெட்டுகளை வீசினர்.

துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் இருந்து பேசுவதற்கு அணித்தலைவர் ஜனித லியனகே, நிஷான் மதுஷ்க, நவோத் பரணவிதான, லஹிரு மதுஷ்க மற்றும் ரவிந்து பெர்னாண்டோ போன்ற நட்சத்திரங்கள் நிறைந்த அணியையும் அவர்கள் கொண்டுள்ளனர்.

முன்னதாக இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது, இறுதிப் போட்டியில் வெற்றி பெறுபவர்கள் ரூ.2,000,000 மற்றும் இரண்டாம் இடத்தைப் பெறுபவர்களுக்கு 1,000,000 வழங்கப்படும். போட்டியின் சிறந்த வீரர் (300,000), சிறந்த பேட்ஸ்மேன் (150,000) மற்றும் சிறந்த பந்துவீச்சாளர் (150,000) ஆகியோருக்கான தனிநபர் விருதுகளும் ரொக்கப் பரிசுகளைப் பெறும்.

ஆட்டம் பிற்பகல் 2.30 மணிக்கு டாஸ் 2.00 மணிக்கு தொடங்கும்.

நேஷனல் சூப்பர் லீக் 50 ஓவர் போட்டியின் இறுதிப் போட்டிகள் SLRC இன் “சேனல் ஐ”யில் நேரடியாக ஒளிபரப்பப்படும். இலங்கை இலங்கையில் உள்ள ஸ்ரீலங்கா கிரிக்கெட் யூடியூப் சேனல் வழியாகவும் இந்த விளையாட்டு காண்பிக்கப்படும்.

Cricket

Dulani’s sparkling century powers Sri Lanka to thrilling victory

Published

3 days ago

July 31, 2026

Editor

Imesha Dulani stole the spotlight with a sensational unbeaten century as Sri Lanka Women chased down a formidable target of 177 to register a convincing six-wicket victory over Pakistan Women in the first T20I worked off at Dambulla international Stadium.

Pakistan looked set for victory after posting a competitive 176 for 7 in their 20 overs. Captain Muneeba Ali gave the innings early momentum with a fluent 42 off 24 balls, while Shawaal Zulfiqar anchored the innings superbly with a brilliant 63 from 41 deliveries, striking 10 fours and a six. Eman Naseer added a valuable 21, while Ayesha Zafar and Saira Jabeen played aggressive cameos in the closing overs to push Pakistan to an above-par total.

Sri Lanka’s bowlers shared the wickets, with Kavisha Dilhari leading the way with two dismissals. Chamudi Praboda, Sugandika Kumari and Kawya Kavindi chipped in with one wicket apiece, while disciplined fielding produced two crucial run-outs.

The chase belonged entirely to Dulani, who delivered the innings of the match. Displaying confidence, composure and a wide range of attacking strokes, she remained unbeaten on 101 from just 64 balls, smashing 17 boundaries and a six. Her innings combined elegance with controlled aggression, ensuring Sri Lanka stayed ahead of the required rate throughout the chase.

Captain Chamari Athapaththu provided the ideal platform with a sparkling 39 off 22 balls, adding 78 for the opening wicket before Nashra Sandhu broke the partnership. Although Sri Lanka lost wickets at regular intervals in the middle overs, Dulani remained firmly in control, rotating the strike effectively before accelerating when it mattered most.

Kavisha Dilhari contributed 11 valuable runs, while Nilakshika Silva remained unbeaten on nine as Sri Lanka reached 177 for 4 in 19 overs, sealing victory with six balls to spare.

Pakistan spinner Nashra Sandhu finished with two wickets, but she could do little to halt Dulani’s memorable knock.

Cricket

Feroza, Sidra guide Pakistan Women to comfortable win

Published

1 week ago

July 23, 2026

Editor

Pakistan Women produced a composed batting performance led by Gull Feroza and Sidra Amin to register a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka Women in the opening ODI of their tour after successfully chasing 211 with seven overs to spare.

After opting to bat, Sri Lanka struggled to build substantial partnerships despite several batters making useful contributions. Opener Vishmi Gunaratne gave the hosts a positive start with 28 off 38 deliveries, striking four boundaries before becoming the first of three victims for left-arm spinner Nashra Sandhu.

Captain Chamari Athapaththu looked set for a bigger score, compiling an elegant 46 from 67 balls with six fours. She added 53 runs with Hasini Perera for the second wicket, but Nashra’s timely breakthrough halted Sri Lanka’s momentum.

Perera contributed a patient 35 while Kavisha Dilhari added another valuable 35 in the middle order. Nilakshika Silva remained unbeaten on 46 from 50 deliveries, ensuring Sri Lanka batted out their full quota of 50 overs to post 210 for nine.

Pakistan’s disciplined bowling attack shared the workload effectively. Nashra Sandhu finished with impressive figures of 3 for 42, while Tasmia Rubab claimed 2 for 34. Umm-e-Hani, Syeda Aroob Shah and captain Fatima Sana chipped in with a wicket apiece to keep the scoring under control.

In reply, Pakistan laid the foundation through Gull Feroza, who produced a fluent 78 off 77 balls, laced with 11 boundaries. She dominated the opening stand before being trapped leg before wicket by Kavisha Dilhari after steering her side into a commanding position.

Experienced batter Sidra Amin anchored the chase with a measured 57 from 94 deliveries, rotating the strike effectively while building partnerships that kept Pakistan comfortably ahead of the required rate. Ayesha Zafar then finished the job with an unbeaten 27, while Najiha Alvi contributed a useful 13.

Sri Lanka’s bowlers found occasional breakthroughs, with Dilhari returning 2 for 37, while Inoka Ranaweera, Chamari Athapaththu and Nimasha Meepage claimed one wicket each. However, the modest target never placed Pakistan under sustained pressure as they reached 211 for five in 43 overs to take an early lead in the series.

Brief Scores:
Sri Lanka Women 210/9 (50 overs) – Chamari Athapaththu 46, Nilakshika Silva 46; Nashra Sandhu 3/42, Tasmia Rubab 2/34. Pakistan Women 211/5 (43 overs) – Gull Feroza 78, Sidra Amin 57, Ayesha Zafar 27; Kavisha Dilhari 2/37.

Football

European Parliament Members Push for FIFA Inquiry Over Balogun Suspension Decision

Published

3 weeks ago

July 11, 2026

Editor

A group of European Parliament members is seeking a formal investigation into FIFA President Gianni Infantino following the controversial decision to allow United States forward Folarin Balogun to play after receiving a red card earlier in the tournament.

The lawmakers argue that the move raises serious concerns about FIFA’s independence and whether political influence played a role in altering a disciplinary decision during the FIFA World Cup.

Balogun, 25, was sent off in the United States’ July 1 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Under standard tournament regulations, the dismissal would have ruled him out of his team’s next fixture. However, FIFA’s disciplinary authorities later lifted the suspension, enabling the striker to feature in Monday’s match.

The decision came after U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly appealed directly to Infantino on Balogun’s behalf, prompting criticism from European lawmakers who say football’s governing body compromised the integrity of its own rules.

In a joint statement, Members of the European Parliament Barry Andrews, Lara Wolters and Niels Fuglsang described the decision as “a disgrace and a perversion of justice,” arguing that changing the application of red-card suspensions during an ongoing tournament undermines confidence in the sport’s disciplinary system.

The lawmakers are calling on football associations across European Union member states to urge FIFA’s Ethics Committee to examine Infantino’s conduct. They want investigators to determine whether political pressure from the Trump administration influenced the reversal of Balogun’s suspension and to assess what they describe as other possible violations of FIFA’s principle of political neutrality, including the awarding of the FIFA Peace Prize to Trump.

FIFA has maintained that the decision to overturn Balogun’s suspension was made independently by its disciplinary committee.

According to the lawmakers, support for the initiative is growing, with 35 members of the European Parliament already backing the proposal.

“The beauty of sport lies in the consistent and transparent application of its rules,” the statement said. “When political influence determines who is eligible to compete, the principle of fairness is fundamentally weakened.”