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Dambulla face Jaffna in the final today

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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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இரு அணிகளும் தங்கள் வரிசையில் நட்சத்திர வீரர்களைக் கொண்டுள்ளனர் மற்றும் இரு அணிகளும் இதற்கு முன்பு நான்கு முறை சந்தித்து, தலா இரண்டு வெற்றிகளைப் பகிர்ந்து கொண்டன.

தம்புள்ளை அணி 8 போட்டிகளில் 33 புள்ளிகளுடன் புள்ளிப்பட்டியலில் முதலிடத்தையும், யாழ்ப்பாணம் புள்ளிப்பட்டியலில் 22 புள்ளிகளுடன் இரண்டாம் இடத்தைப் பிடித்துள்ளது.

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.

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Sirimavo Colours Night Controversy: Achievements, Merit and the Call for Fair Evaluation

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A video shared on social media following the annual Colours Night ceremony at Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya has sparked widespread public debate after a student claimed she was unfairly deprived of a sports award despite her outstanding sporting record.

The ceremony, held on December 19, came under scrutiny after the student made a public announcement stating that she did not receive an award allegedly due to her non-attendance at rehearsals, despite her competitive achievements. The video has since gone viral, triggering mixed reactions across social media platforms.

Outstanding Achievements of Both Athletes
The controversy involves two student athletes who have both brought significant honour to the school through exceptional performances in their respective sports.

The Squash Player, V.S. Chanithma Sinaly, has represented Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Asian Championships, and PSA-ranked international tournaments. Her achievements include a Commonwealth Games gold medal, national titles in both junior and women’s open categories, and consistent performances at international professional events — making her one of Sri Lanka’s most accomplished young squash players.

The Swimmer, Nabhasshie Perera, has been a dominant figure at school, national, and age-group level swimming, holding multiple national records in butterfly events. She has represented Sri Lanka at Asian Age Group Championships, World Junior Championships, BIMSTEC competitions, and has secured numerous national and school-level gold medals, underlining her consistency and technical excellence in the pool.

Context Behind the Student Who Missed the Award
According to information that has surfaced following the incident, the student who did not receive the award had missed mandatory rehearsals linked to the Colours Night ceremony, reportedly due to competition schedules and training commitments. While this may have influenced procedural eligibility for the award presentation, it has raised important questions about how discipline-based criteria are applied to elite athletes competing at national and international level.

Observers have noted that while rules and protocols are essential, they must also be flexible and clearly communicated, especially when student athletes are balancing academic responsibilities with elite sporting commitments that extend beyond school boundaries.

Old Girls’ Association Calls for Inquiry
In response to the controversy, the Old Girls’ Association of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya issued a statement acknowledging that both athletes have significantly contributed to the school’s sporting legacy.

The association confirmed it would request the school administration to conduct a fair, impartial, and transparent inquiry, overseen by a panel of qualified sports experts, to review the award criteria and decision-making process. A report will be released once the inquiry is concluded.

Until then, the Old Girls’ Association has urged all parties to refrain from sharing or circulating content that could negatively affect the students involved or harm the reputation of the school.

As of now, the school administration has yet to issue a separate public response.

A Teachable Moment for School Sports Governance
Beyond the immediate controversy, the incident has opened a wider discussion on how schools recognise sporting excellence, especially when student athletes are performing at international and professional levels. Clear guidelines, transparent communication, and athlete-sensitive policies remain crucial to ensuring fairness and protecting young sportsmen and sportswomen from public disputes.

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Virat Kohli Overtakes Sanath Jayasuriya in Player-of-the-Series Awards

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Indian superstar Virat Kohli has overtaken Sri Lankan legend and current national head coach Sanath Jayasuriya in the list of most Player-of-the-Series awards in international cricket.

Kohli now moves to 12 series awards, surpassing Jayasuriya’s long-standing tally of 11, which placed the Sri Lankan great among the top performers in cricket history.

All-Time Most Player-of-the-Series Awards in International Cricket

  • Sachin Tendulkar (India): 15 awards, 108 series, 1989–2012
  • Virat Kohli (India): 12 awards, 76 series, 2008–2025
  • Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka/Asia XI): 11 awards, 111 series, 1989–2011
  • Shaun Pollock (South Africa/Africa XI/ICC): 9 awards, 60 series, 1996–2008
  • Chris Gayle (West Indies/ICC): 8 awards, 71 series, 1999–2019

Despite being surpassed, Jayasuriya’s record — built across an illustrious career from 1989 to 2011 — remains a monumental achievement, highlighting his impact on world cricket as one of the most dominant all-round match-winners of his era.

Kohli’s latest milestone further strengthens his status as one of the modern game’s most consistent performers.

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Sri Lanka Fall 2–1 to Timor-Leste in Final Group Match, Ending AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers Campaign

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Sri Lanka’s AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers campaign came to an unexpected conclusion with a 2–1 defeat to Timor-Leste in their final Group A match in Chongqing. With both teams entering the fixture on three points, the match served as a direct battle for a fourth-place finish in the group. Despite pre-match expectations and form analysis suggesting Sri Lanka held the advantage, Timor-Leste delivered the stronger performance on the day.

Timor-Leste took control early and displayed greater urgency, breaking the deadlock in the 26th minute through Elton Da Conceicao, who capitalised on defensive hesitation to put his side ahead. Sri Lanka struggled to settle into rhythm, often losing second balls and failing to connect effectively in midfield.

The second half saw Timor-Leste continue to dictate play, maintaining higher intensity and pressing Sri Lanka into mistakes. Their persistence was rewarded in the 63rd minute when Jyzeus Gabriel Lay doubled the lead with a composed finish following a break in transition.

Sri Lanka managed to pull one goal back deep into stoppage time, as Ishaq found the net with a well-taken effort, but it was too late to alter the outcome. The result places Sri Lanka fifth in Group A, behind China PR, Bangladesh, Bahrain, and now Timor-Leste.

This outcome contradicts earlier projections that favoured Sri Lanka based on Timor-Leste’s previous results and goal difference. However, football at youth level often hinges on momentum, confidence, and adaptability—areas where Timor-Leste outperformed Sri Lanka on the day.

Sri Lanka conclude their campaign with one win and four losses, scoring six goals and conceding 17. While the tournament exposed defensive vulnerabilities and structural weaknesses, it also offered valuable international experience for a young squad still developing physically and tactically.

The focus now shifts to refining youth systems, improving defensive organisation, and strengthening player development pathways. The qualifiers may not have produced the results Sri Lanka had hoped for, but they provided clarity on the areas that require attention as the nation continues to rebuild at youth level.

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