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Dimuth, Kusal Tons sees Sri Lanka take upper hand Vs Ireland

Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis put on a top performance with the bat to help Sri Lanka finished Day 1 with their score at 386 for the loss of four wickets in 88 overs in the first test against Ireland.
Karunaratne and Mendis put on 281 for the second wicket to keep the Irish bowlers at bay. The Sri Lankan skipper raced his way to a hundred off 139 balls, but would be a tad disappointed after getting out at the fag end of the day’s play.
Karunaratne departed in the 85th over after Mark Adair found his outside edge. The southpaw scored 179 off 235 balls with the help of 15 fours. Mendis, on the other hand, lent support to his captain by scoring 140 off 193 with 18 fours and one six.
George Dockrell dismissed the right-handed batter in the 74th over and also broke the ominous-looking partnership between Mendis and Karunaratne. Angelo Mathews would be gutted after he failed to open his account. Nishan Madushka promised after scoring 29 off 48 with four fours before Curtis Campher accounted for his wicket.
Dinesh Chandimal and night-watchman Prabath Jayasuriya are unbeaten on 18 and 12 respectively at Stumps on the first day.
Adair, Campher, Dockrell and Ben White picked up one wicket apiece for Ireland. Andy McBrine, who picked up a six-wicket haul against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, couldn’t make a single breakthrough.
දිමුත් සහ කුසල් ශතක හමුවේ අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඉදිරියෙන් සිටියි
දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න සහ කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් පිත්තෙන් දස්කම් දැක්වූ ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම පළමු දිනය නිමා කළේ අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහි පළමු ටෙස්ට් තරගයේ දී ඕවර 88කදී කඩුලු 4ක් දැවී ලකුණු 386ක් ලබා සිටියදීය.
කරුණාරත්න සහ මෙන්ඩිස් දෙවැනි කඩුල්ල සඳහා ලකුණු 281ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැගූ අතර අයර්ලන්ත පන්දු යවන්නන් දැවී ගියේය. ශ්රී ලංකා නායකයා පන්දු 139 කදී සිය ශතකය කරා දිව ගිය නමුත් දවසේ තරගය අවසානයේ දැවී යාමෙන් පසු ඔහු තරමක් බලාපොරොත්තු සුන් වනු ඇත.
85 වැනි ඕවරයේදී මාර්ක් ඇඩෙයාර්ගේ පිටත දාරය සොයා ගැනීමෙන් පසු කරුණාරත්න නික්ම ගියේය. සවුත්පියා පන්දු 235කදී හතරේ පහර 15ක් සමඟින් ලකුණු 179ක් රැස් කළේය.
අනෙක් අතට මෙන්ඩිස් සිය නායකයාට සහය ලබා දෙමින් ලකුණු 193 කදී හතරේ පහර 18 ක් සහ එක් හයේ පහරක් සමඟින් ලකුණු 140 ක් රැස් කළේය.
ජෝර්ජ් ඩොක්රෙල් 74 වැනි ඕවරයේදී දකුණත් පිතිකරුවා දැවී ගිය අතර මෙන්ඩිස් සහ කරුණාරත්න අතර අශුභවාදී සබඳතාවයක් ද බිඳ දැමීය. ඇන්ජලෝ මැතිව්ස් සිය ගිණුම විවෘත කිරීමට අපොහොසත් වීමෙන් දැවී යනු ඇත.
නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක කර්ටිස් කැම්පර්ගේ කඩුල්ල ලෙස දැවී යාමට පෙර ලකුණු 48 කින් හතරේ පහර 4 ක් සමඟ ලකුණු 29 ක් රැස් කිරීමෙන් පසුව පොරොන්දු විය.
දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල් සහ රාත්රී මුරකරු ප්රභාත් ජයසූරිය පිළිවෙළින් නොදැවී ලකුණු 18ක් සහ 12ක් ලබා පළමු දිනයේ කඩුල්ලට පිවිස සිටිති.
අයර්ලන්තය වෙනුවෙන් ඇඩෙයාර්, කැම්පර්, ඩොක්රෙල් සහ බෙන් වයිට් එක් කඩුල්ල බැගින් දවා ගත්හ. මීර්පූර්හි ෂර්-ඊ-බංගලා ජාතික ක්රීඩාංගණයේදී බංග්ලාදේශයට එරෙහිව කඩුලු 6ක් දවාගත් ඇන්ඩි මැක්බ්රීන්ට එකදු පෙරළියක් හෝ කිරීමට නොහැකි විය.
திமுத், குசால் சதங்கள் அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிராக இலங்கை முன்னிலை பெற்றுள்ளது
அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிரான முதல் டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் திமுத் கருணாரத்னே மற்றும் குசல் மெண்டிஸ் ஆகியோர் சிறப்பான ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்த, இலங்கை அணி 88 ஓவர்களில் 4 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 386 ரன்கள் எடுத்த நிலையில், முதல் நாள் ஆட்டத்தை நிறைவு செய்ய உதவியது.
கருணாரத்னே மற்றும் மெண்டிஸ் ஜோடி இரண்டாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 281 ரன்கள் குவித்து அயர்லாந்து பந்துவீச்சாளர்களைத் தடுத்தது. இலங்கை அணித்தலைவர் 139 பந்துகளில் சதமடித்தார்.
கருணாரத்னே 85வது ஓவரில் மார்க் அடயர் தனது வெளிப்புற விளிம்பைக் கண்டுபிடித்த பிறகு வெளியேறினார். சவுத்பா 235 பந்துகளில் 15 பவுண்டரிகளுடன் 179 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார்.
மறுபுறம், மெண்டிஸ் 193 பந்துகளில் 18 பவுண்டரிகள் மற்றும் ஒரு சிக்சருடன் 140 ரன்கள் எடுத்து தனது கேப்டனுக்கு ஆதரவாக இருந்தார். ஜார்ஜ் டோக்ரெல் 74வது ஓவரில் வலது கை பேட்டரை அவுட்டாக்கினார், மேலும் மெண்டிஸ் மற்றும் கருணாரத்னே இடையேயான அசுரத்தனமான பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை உடைத்தார்.
ஏஞ்சலோ மேத்யூஸ் தனது கணக்கைத் திறக்கத் தவறியதை அடுத்து அவர் களமிறங்கினார்.
நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா 48 பந்தில் 4 பவுண்டரிகளுடன் 29 ரன்கள் எடுத்திருந்த நிலையில், கர்டிஸ் கேம்பர் தனது விக்கெட்டைப் பறிகொடுத்தார். முதல் நாளில் ஸ்டம்பில் தினேஷ் சண்டிமால் மற்றும் இரவு நேர கண்காணிப்பாளர் பிரபாத் ஜெயசூர்யா முறையே 18 மற்றும் 12 ரன்களுடன் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் உள்ளனர். அயர்லாந்து தரப்பில் அடேர், கேம்பர், டோக்ரெல், பென் ஒயிட் ஆகியோர் தலா ஒரு விக்கெட் வீழ்த்தினர். மிர்பூரில் உள்ள ஷேர்-இ-பங்களா தேசிய ஸ்டேடியத்தில் வங்கதேசத்துக்கு எதிராக 6 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்திய ஆண்டி மெக்பிரைன், ஒரு சாதனை கூட செய்ய முடியவில்லை.
Football
Sri Lanka Schools National Championship 2024: Super Eight Round Standings & Upcoming Matches Preview
The Super Eight Round of the Sri Lanka Schools National Championship 2024 – Under 20 Division 1 Boys Football Tournament has been intense, with teams battling for a spot in the next stage.
Current Standings (After 8 Matches)
Group A
1. St. Joseph’s College – 4 points (1W, 1D, 0L) | Goals: 5-1
2. Alighar National School – 4 points (1W, 1D, 0L) | Goals: 4-1
3. Darussalam College – 3 points (1W, 0D, 1L) | Goals: 7-4
4. Kalutara Muslim Central College – 0 points (0W, 0D, 2L) | Goals: 0-10
Group B
1. Zahira College Colombo – 6 points (2W, 0D, 0L) | Goals: 7-0
2. Hameed Al Husseine College – 6 points (2W, 0D, 0L) | Goals: 5-0
3. Al Falah College Negombo – 0 points (0W, 0D, 2L) | Goals: 0-4
4. St. Patrick’s College Jaffna – 0 points (0W, 0D, 2L) | Goals: 0-8
Key Highlights So Far
• Zahira College Colombo and Hameed Al Husseine College remain unbeaten in Group B.
• St. Joseph’s College and Alighar National School are leading Group A but are closely followed by Darussalam College, making the race for the semifinals highly competitive.
• Kalutara Muslim Central College and St. Patrick’s College Jaffna are yet to score points and are struggling in their respective groups.
Upcoming Matches & Their Impact
• St. Joseph’s College vs. Alighar National School (MD-5): A potential group-decider as both teams are tied on points.
• Darussalam College vs. Kalutara Muslim Central College (MD-5): Darussalam has a chance to secure a semifinal spot with a win.
• Zahira College vs. Hameed Al Husseine College (MD-6): The top two teams in Group B will clash in a high-stakes match that could determine the group winner.
• Al Falah College vs. St. Patrick’s College (MD-6): A crucial battle for survival in Group B.
With four more matches remaining, every point counts, and teams will be looking to secure their places in the knockout stage. Stay tuned for more updates!
Follow us for match reports, results, and exclusive insights on the Sri Lanka Schools Football Championship 2025.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Masters Set for International Masters League T20 2025 Challenge
Sri Lanka Masters, led by legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara, are all set to compete in the much-anticipated International Masters League T20 2025. The tournament, featuring cricketing greats from six nations, will kick off on February 22 and conclude with the final on March 16 in Raipur, India.
Sri Lanka Masters’ Fixtures
The team will begin their campaign against India Masters on February 22 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai. They will then take on South Africa Masters on February 26, followed by a high-voltage clash against Australia Masters on February 28. Their group stage will continue with matches against West Indies Masters on March 6 and England Masters on March 10 before the semi-finals on March 13 and 14.
Squad Overview
The Sri Lanka Masters squad boasts a mix of experience and all-round talent. With Sangakkara leading from the front, the team includes seasoned campaigners such as Romesh Kaluwitharana, Upul Tharanga, and Lahiru Thirimanne. The bowling attack will be spearheaded by Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal, and Isuru Udana, while all-rounders like Seekkuge Prasanna, Jeevan Mendis, and Chaturanga de Silva provide balance to the squad.
Expectations & Key Players to Watch
With a strong batting unit led by Sangakkara and Tharanga, Sri Lanka Masters will look to dominate in the powerplay and set up big totals. The bowling attack, featuring Pradeep and Lakmal, will be crucial in restricting opposition teams. All-rounders like Prasanna and Mendis could play a pivotal role in tight situations.
As the tournament unfolds, Sri Lanka Masters will aim to make a strong statement and challenge for the coveted title. With cricketing legends returning to the field, fans can expect thrilling encounters and moments of brilliance from the island nation’s seasoned stars.
Stay tuned to Sri Lankan Sports TV for exclusive updates and match analysis from the International Masters League T20 2025!
Football
Super 8 Round Begins with Exciting Matches Amid Media Coverage Concerns
The Super 8 round of the Sri Lanka Schools Football Championship 2025 kicked off at Kelaniya Football Grounds, featuring dominant performances and intense competition. However, despite Sri Lankan Sports TV officially requesting media coverage access, the organizers failed to respond, raising concerns regarding transparency and event management.
Matchday 1 (14th February 2025)
🔹 St. Joseph’s College 4-0 Darussalam College
St. Joseph’s College started strong with a commanding 4-0 victory over Darussalam College. R. Bright stole the show with an impressive hat-trick, leading his team to an emphatic win.
🔹 Alighar National School 3-0 Kalutara Muslim Central College (Walkover)
Kalutara Muslim Central College was unable to participate due to unforeseen circumstances, resulting in a 3-0 walkover victory for Alighar National School.
Matchday 2 (15th February 2025)
🔹 Hameed Al Husseinie College 1-0 Al Falah College
A closely contested match saw Hameed Al Husseinie College secure a 1-0 win against Al Falah College, demonstrating solid defense and tactical play.
🔹 Zahira College 4-0 St. Patrick’s College
Zahira College put on a dominant display, winning 4-0 against St. Patrick’s College. Their attacking force looked sharp, sending a strong statement for the upcoming matches.
Media Coverage Dispute
Despite Sri Lankan Sports TV’s formal request to live stream the matches, the organizers refused to provide access, citing the need for approval from FFSL. However, the legal rights for the tournament remain with Sri Lankan Sports TV, making this an unfortunate situation for fans and stakeholders eager for wider coverage.
Stay tuned for further updates on Sri Lankan Sports TV.
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