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Dambulla thrash Jaffna to clinch the title
National Super League 2023 Final
Team Dambulla outplayed team Jaffna by wickets to clinch the National Super League 50-Over Tournament 2023 in an interrupted final worked-off on Thursday (6) at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo.
Opting to bat first, Team Jaffna was restricted to a below-par score of 160 runs and in reply team, Dambulla reached the target in just 39 overs.
Earlier Jaffna was off to a decent start with a quick 31-run partnership for the first wicket, but it was cut short by pacer Asitha Fernando when he bamboozled Nishan Madushka with a peach of a delivery to get the initial breakthrough.
Navod Paranavithana then joined Kasun Abeyratne in the middle and shared a decent 37-run stand for the 2nd wicket, but it too didn’t last long as Kasun (17) bit the dust when he trapped LBW off Sonal Dinusha’s bowling.
Sonal Dinusha once again delivered when he got the all-important wicket of skipper Janith Liyanage (16) to make things worse for Team Jaffna.
With the scoreboard reading 3-97, Team Jaffna witnessed a nightmare where they lost 6 wickets for 48 runs to reduce them to 116-7 before rain halted play in the 33rd over.
After a break of about an hour, play resumed and Jaffna’s low-order batters managed to add 44 more valuable runs before being bowled out for a below-par score of 160 runs.
Paranavithana was the only batter to impress with a fighting 72 ball 51 runs including 6 boundaries, while none of the other batters was able to go past the 30-run mark.
Dambulla spinners Lakshan Sandakan, Dushan Hemantha and Sonal Dinusha were the architects of Jaffna’s collapse as they produced an outstanding bowling performance sharing 3 wickets each.
In reply, it was a walk in the park for Dambulla as they achieved the target in just 39 overs.
Though they got off to a poor start losing 2 top-order wickets for 29 runs inside the first 10 overs, Pavan Rathnayake and former under-19 skipper Ashan Priyanjan revived their innings with a 73-run partnership for the 3rd wicket to virtually seal the match.
Rathnayake top scored with 62 runs off 80 deliveries including 6 boundaries and a six, while all-rounder Sonal Dinusha also contributed with a useful unbeaten 42 runs to take their team home quite comfortably.
The win also saw Team Dambulla completing the double, where they also won the NSL 4-Day tournament a month ago.
Brief Scores
Team Jaffna: 160 (47.3) Navod Paranavithana 51, Jeffrey Vandersay 26*, Dilum Sudeera 23, Lakshan Sandakan 3/22, Dushan Hemantha 3/22, Sonal Dinusha 3/33)
Team Dambulla: 163/5 (39) Pavan Rathnayake 62, Sonal Dinusha 42*, Ashan Priyanjan 33, Binura Fernando 2/17, Jeffrey Vandersay 2/48)
Special Award Winners
Player of the Tournament – Ashen Bandara (Team Colombo)
Player of the Final – Sonal Dinusha (Team Dambulla)
Best Batter – Pasindu Sooriyabandara (Team Galle)
Best Bowler – Lahiru Samarakoon (Team Dambulla)
දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම යාපනය පරදවා ශූරතාව දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් විය
ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් 2023 අවසන් තරගය
බ්රහස්පතින්දා (6) දින කොළඹ ආර්. ප්රේමදාස ජාත්යන්තර ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩාංගණයේදී පැවැති අවසන් තරගයේදී දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම, 2023 ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් ඕවර 50-ඕවර 50 තරගාවලිය ජය ගැනීමට යාපනය කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව කඩුලු දැවී ගියේය.
ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහර දීමට තීරණය කළ යාපනය කණ්ඩායම ලකුණු 160 ට අඩු ලකුණු සංඛ්යාවකට සීමා වූ අතර පිළිතුරු ලෙස දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම පන්දුවාර 39 කදී එම ඉලක්කය පසුකර ගියේය.
යාපනයේ පළමු කඩුල්ල සඳහා වේගවත් ලකුණු 31ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැගූ නමුත් එය ආරම්භක පිතිහරඹය සඳහා නිශාන් මධුෂ්කගේ පන්දුවකට කඩුල්ල මුවා කිරීමේ වරදට හසුකරගත් වේග පන්දු යවන ක්රීඩක අසිත ප්රනාන්දු විසින් එය කපා හැරියේය.
අනතුරුව නවෝද් පරණවිතාන කසුන් අබේරත්න සමග එක්ව දෙවැනි කඩුල්ලට ලකුණු 37ක යහපත් සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැගූ නමුත් එයද වැඩි වේලාවක් නොපැමිණියේ කසුන් (17) සොනාල් දිනූෂගේ පන්දුවකට එල්බීඩබ්ලිව් දවාලීමට සමත් වූ බැවිනි.
නායක ජනිත් ලියනගේ (16) ගේ සියලු වැදගත් කඩුල්ල දවා ගැනීමත් සමඟ සොනාල් දිනූෂ යළිත් වරක් දැවී ගියේ යාපනය පිලේ තත්ත්වය වඩාත් නරක අතට හරවමිනි.
ලකුණු පුවරුව 3-97ක් ලෙස සටහන් වෙද්දී 33 වැනි ඕවරයේදී වර්ෂාවෙන් තරගය නතර කිරීමට පෙර ඔවුන් ලකුණු 48කට කඩුලු 6ක් දැවී ලකුණු 116-7කට සීමා කිරීමට යාපනය කණ්ඩායම බියකරු සිහිනයක් දුටුවේය.
පැයක පමණ විවේකයකින් පසුව නැවතත් තරගය ආරම්භ වූ අතර යාපනයේ පහත පෙළ පිතිකරුවන් තවත් අගනා ලකුණු 44ක් එක් කිරීමට සමත් වූ අතර ඊට පෙර ලකුණු 160ට අඩු ලකුණු සංඛ්යාවක් ලබා ගත හැකි විය.
පන්දු 72කදී හතරේ පහර 6ක් සමඟින් ලකුණු 51ක් රැස්කළ පරණවිතාන එකම පිතිකරුවා වූ අතර සෙසු කිසිඳු පිතිකරුවෙකුට ලකුණු 30 සීමාව පසු කිරීමට නොහැකි විය.
දඹුල්ලේ දඟපන්දු යවන්නන් වන ලක්ෂාන් සඳකැන්, දුෂාන් හේමන්ත සහ සොනාල් දිනූෂ කඩුලු 3 බැගින් බෙදී ගනිමින් කැපී පෙනෙන පන්දු යැවීමක නිරත වෙමින් යාපනයේ කඩා වැටීමේ නිර්මාපකයන් විය.
පිළිතුරු ඉනිම ක්රීඩා කළ දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම පන්දුවාර 39කදී එම ඉලක්කය සපුරා ගත්හ.
පළමු ඕවර 10 තුළදී ලකුණු 29කට මුල්පෙළ කඩුලු 2ක් බිඳ වැටී දුර්වල ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත්තද, පවන් රත්නායක සහ වයස අවුරුදු 19න් පහළ හිටපු නායක අශාන් ප්රියංජන් තුන්වැනි කඩුල්ලට ලකුණු 73ක සබඳතාවක් පවත්වමින් සිය ඉනිමට පණ දුන්හ. තරගය.
රත්නායක පන්දු 80කදී හතරේ පහර 6ක් සහ හයේ පහරක් සමගින් ලකුණු 62ක් ලබා ගත් අතර තුන් ඉරියව් ක්රීඩක සොනාල් දිනූෂ නොදැවී ලකුණු 42ක් ලබා ගනිමින් කණ්ඩායම ඉතා පහසු ලෙස රැගෙන යාමට දායක විය.
මෙම ජයග්රහණයත් සමඟ දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම ද්විත්ව ශූරතාව සම්පූර්ණ කරන ලදී, එහිදී ඔවුන් මාසයකට පෙර NSL 4-දින තරඟාවලියද ජය ගත්තේය.
කෙටි ලකුණු
යාපනය කණ්ඩායම: 160 (47.3) නවෝද් පරණවිතාන 51, ජෙෆ්රි වැන්ඩර්සේ 26*, දිලුම් සුදීර 23, ලක්ෂාන් සඳකැන් 3/22, දුෂාන් හේමන්ත 3/22, සොනාල් දිනූෂා 3/33)
දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම: 163/5 (39) පවන් රත්නායක 62, සොනාල් දිනූෂා 42*, අශාන් ප්රියංජන් 33, බිනුර ප්රනාන්දු 2/17, ජෙෆ්රි වැන්ඩර්සේ 2/48)
විශේෂ සම්මානලාභීන්
තරගාවලියේ වීරයා – අශේන් බණ්ඩාර (කොළඹ කණ්ඩායම)
අවසන් තරගයේ ක්රීඩිකාව – සොනාල් දිනුෂා (දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම)
හොඳම පිතිකරු – පසිඳු සූරියබණ්ඩාර (ගාල්ල කණ්ඩායම)
හොඳම පන්දු යවන්නා – ලහිරු සමරකෝන් (කණ්ඩායම දඹුල්ල)
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தேசிய சூப்பர் லீக் 2023 இறுதிப் போட்டி
கொழும்பு ஆர். பிரேமதாச சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட் மைதானத்தில் வியாழன் (6) அன்று நடைபெற்ற இடைநிறுத்தப்பட்ட இறுதிப் போட்டியில் தம்புள்ளை அணி 2023 தேசிய சுப்பர் லீக் 50 ஓவர் போட்டியை விக்கட் வித்தியாசத்தில் யாழ்ப்பாண அணியை வீழ்த்தி வெற்றி பெற்றது.
முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடத் தீர்மானித்த யாழ் அணி 160 ஓட்டங்களுக்குக் குறைவான ஸ்கோருக்கு மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்டது, பதிலுக்குத் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய தம்புள்ளை அணி 39 ஓவர்களில் வெற்றி இலக்கை எட்டியது.
முன்னதாக யாழ்ப்பாணம் முதல் விக்கெட்டுக்கு விரைவான 31 ரன்கள் கூட்டாண்மையுடன் ஒரு நல்ல தொடக்கத்தை வழங்கியது, ஆனால் அது வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர் அசித்த பெர்னாண்டோவால் துண்டிக்கப்பட்டது, அவர் நிஷான் மதுஷ்காவை ஒரு பந்து வீச்சில் பீச் அடித்து ஆரம்ப திருப்புமுனையைப் பெற்றார்.
நவோத் பரணவிதான பின்னர் நடுவில் கசுன் அபேரத்னவுடன் இணைந்து 2ஆவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 37 ஓட்டங்களைப் பகிர்ந்தார், ஆனால் அதுவும் நீண்ட நேரம் நீடிக்கவில்லை, ஆனால் கசுன் (17) சோனல் தினுஷாவின் பந்துவீச்சில் எல்பிடபிள்யூ மாட்டிக்கொண்டார்.
அணித் தலைவர் ஜனித் லியனகேவின் (16) சகல முக்கிய விக்கெட்டைப் பெற்றபோது சோனால் தினுஷா மீண்டும் ஒருமுறை வழங்கினார், அது யாழ்ப்பாண அணியை மோசமாக்கியது.
ஸ்கோர்போர்டு 3-97 ஆக இருந்த நிலையில், யாழ்ப்பாண அணி 48 ரன்களுக்கு 6 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 116-7 ஆகக் குறைக்க, 33வது ஓவரில் ஆட்டத்தை மழை நிறுத்துவதற்குள் ஒரு பயங்கரமான கனவைக் கண்டது.
சுமார் ஒரு மணி நேர இடைவெளிக்குப் பிறகு, ஆட்டம் மீண்டும் தொடங்கியது மற்றும் யாழ்ப்பாணத்தின் குறைந்த-வரிசை பேட்டர்கள் 160 ரன்களுக்குக் குறைவான ஸ்கோரில் ஆட்டமிழக்க முன் மேலும் 44 பெறுமதியான ரன்களைச் சேர்க்க முடிந்தது.
பரணவிதான மட்டும் போராடி 72 பந்துகளில் 6 பவுண்டரிகள் உள்ளடங்கலாக 51 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று அசத்தினார்.
தம்புள்ளை சுழற்பந்து வீச்சாளர்களான லக்ஷான் சந்தகன், துஷான் ஹேமந்த மற்றும் சோனல் தினுஷா ஆகியோர் தலா 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை பகிர்ந்து சிறப்பான பந்துவீச்சை வெளிப்படுத்தியதன் மூலம் யாழ்ப்பாணத்தின் சரிவுக்கு சிற்பிகளாக இருந்தனர்.
பதிலுக்கு துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய தம்புள்ளை அணி 39 ஓவர்களில் இலக்கை எட்டியது.
முதல் 10 ஓவர்களில் 29 ரன்களுக்கு 2 டாப்-ஆர்டர் விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து மோசமான தொடக்கத்தை பெற்றாலும், பவன் ரத்நாயக்க மற்றும் 19 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட முன்னாள் கேப்டன் அஷான் பிரியஞ்சன் ஆகியோர் 3வது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 73 ரன்களின் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பில் தங்கள் இன்னிங்ஸை மீட்டெடுத்தனர். பொருத்துக.
ரத்நாயக்க 80 பந்துகளில் 6 பவுண்டரிகள் மற்றும் ஒரு சிக்ஸர் உள்ளடங்கலாக 62 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றுக் கொண்டார், அதேவேளை சகலதுறை ஆட்டக்காரர் சோனல் தினுஷாவும் பயனுள்ள ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 42 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று அணியை மிகவும் வசதியாக வீட்டிற்கு அழைத்துச் சென்றார்.
இந்த வெற்றியின் மூலம் தம்புல்லா அணி இரட்டைப் போட்டியை நிறைவு செய்தது, அங்கு அவர்கள் ஒரு மாதத்திற்கு முன்பு NSL 4-நாள் போட்டியையும் வென்றனர்.
சுருக்கமான மதிப்பெண்கள்
யாழ்ப்பாண அணி: 160 (47.3) நவோத் பரணவிதான 51, ஜெப்ரி வான்டர்சே 26*, திலும் சுதீர 23, லக்ஷன் சந்தகன் 3/22, துஷான் ஹேமந்த 3/22, சோனல் தினுஷா 3/33)
தம்புள்ளை அணி: 163/5 (39) பவன் ரத்நாயக்க 62, சோனல் தினுஷா 42*, அஷான் பிரியஞ்சன் 33, பினுர பெர்னாண்டோ 2/17, ஜெப்ரி வான்டர்சே 2/48)
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Athletics
Sri Lanka Shines at Thailand Open 2025 with 11-Medal Haul
The Sri Lankan athletics team wrapped up a remarkable campaign at the Thailand Open Athletics Championship 2025, securing an impressive 11 medals, including 6 golds, during the competition held from June 21 to 25 in Bangkok.
The Sri Lankan squad, made up of eight athletes—four men and four women—delivered standout performances across track and field events, making the nation proud on the international stage.
Leading the charge was Rusiru Chathuranga, who clinched double gold in the Men’s 800m and 1500m events. Vicknaraj Vakshan added to the tally with a gold in the 5000m and a silver in the 1500m, while W.K.L.A. Nimali matched that feat by claiming gold in the Women’s 800m and silver in the 1500m.
Madushani Herath showed her dominance in the field events, capturing gold in both the long jump and triple jump. Ayomal Akalanka earned silver in the Men’s 400m hurdles, and Wathsala Hapuarachchi took silver in the Women’s 100m hurdles. Safreen Ahmed contributed a bronze medal in the Men’s triple jump.
While seven out of eight athletes reached the podium, Amasha de Silva narrowly missed out, finishing fourth in the Women’s 100m final, showcasing a commendable performance.
The full team is expected to return to Sri Lanka today after a tour that highlights the depth of talent in local athletics and signals strong potential ahead of upcoming regional events
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Kingswood College Claims Hard-Fought Win Over Zahira in Week 3 of Schools Rugby League
Colombo – June 23:
Kingswood College, Kandy, came from behind to secure a gritty 27-18 victory over Zahira College, Colombo, in a Week 3 clash of the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2025 played at Zahira College Grounds.
Despite trailing 11-10 at halftime, Kingswood regrouped and powered through in the second half, scoring 3 tries, 3 conversions, and 2 penalties to take home the win. Zahira fought valiantly with 2 tries, 1 conversion, and 2 penalties, but couldn’t match Kingswood’s consistency in the closing stages.
This win marks an important step for Kingswood in their league journey as they eye a stronger position in the 2025 standings.
Full-Time Score:
Kingswood College 27 (3T, 3C, 2P)
Zahira College 18 (2T, 1C, 2P)
📍 Venue: Zahira College Grounds, Colombo
📅 Dialog Schools Rugby League 2025 – Week 3
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S. Thomas’ College Overpowers Mahanama in High-Scoring Rugby Battle – 50-35 Victory at Ratmalana
Colombo – June 23:
In a thrilling Week 3 encounter of the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2025, S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia, showcased attacking brilliance to defeat Mahanama College by 50 points to 35 at the Ratmalana Air Force Grounds.
The Thomians dominated early, taking a 26-14 lead at halftime, and continued their momentum into the second half, finishing with 7 tries, 6 conversions, and a penalty to seal the win. Mahanama College put up a strong fight, scoring 5 tries and converting all 5, but couldn’t close the gap in the second half.
This match marks a significant step for S. Thomas’ in the league standings as they aim to continue their campaign with confidence and consistency.
Full-Time Score:
S. Thomas’ College 50 (7T, 6C, 1P)
Mahanama College 35 (5T, 5C)
📍 Venue: Ratmalana Air Force Grounds
📅 Dialog Schools Rugby League 2025 – Week 3
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