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Ireland’s tour of Sri Lanka’s second test

Nishan Madushka and Kusal Mendis smashed maiden double centuries to help Sri Lanka take control of the second test match against Ireland as they ended their first innings on 704-3.

Earlier Madushka converted his maiden Test century into a double hundred, becoming the second-youngest Sri Lankan to score a Test 200 after Mahela Jayawardene before he was dismissed for 205 in the third over after lunch when he was struck lbw off Andy McBrine’s bowling.

On the other hand, Kusal Mendis, showing his class with the bat reached his first Test 200 and went on to score 245 runs before he was caught at long-off.

Scoreboard reading at 3-629, Angelo Mathews who was dismissed for a duck in the first Test and bounced back to score a quick unbeaten century to lay the final touches for the Sri Lanakan innings. It also registered as the quickest century the former skipper had scored.

Scoreboard reading at 704-3 skipper Dimuth Karunaratne declared their innings with a lead of 212 runs.

Earlier Captain Dimuth Karunaratne, also contributed with a watchfull 115 from Tom of the order.

At stumps on day four, Ireland for their second innings was 54 for the loss of two wickets that of openers James McCollum (10) and Peter Moor (19) and still 159 runs from making Sri Lanka bat again.

McCollum was brilliantly bowled by offspinner Ramesh Mendis and Moor was dismissed when Angelo Mathews held a superb low catch at short extra cover.

Other highlights of the day were Dinesh Chandimal who lasted only 14 balls before having to retire hurt. The wicketkeeper-batter appeared to have hurt his shoulder while diving into the crease to avoid a runout, and couldn’t continue.

According to sources at SLC the wicket keeper batter has been sent to the hospital to obtain an x-ray.

Brief Scores: Ireland 492 & 54/2 (Ramesh Mendis 1-17, Prabath Jayasuriya 1-28) trail Sri Lanka 704/3 decl. (Kusal Mendis 245, Nishan Madushka 205, Dimuth Karunaratne 115; Graham Hume 1-87) by 158 runs

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ජයග්‍රහණය අබියස

අයර්ලන්ත සංචාරය ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෙවන ටෙස්ට් තරගය

නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක සහ කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් සිය මංගල ද්විත්ව ශතක රැස්කරමින් අයර්ලන්තය සමග පැවැත්වෙන දෙවන ටෙස්ට් ක්‍රිකට් තරගයේ සිය පළමු ඉනිම ලකුණු 704-3කට අවසන් කරන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම සිය පාලනය සියතට ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

මීට පෙර මධුෂ්ක සිය මංගල ටෙස්ට් ශතකය ද්විත්ව ශතකයක් බවට පරිවර්තනය කළ අතර, මහේල ජයවර්ධනට පසුව ටෙස්ට් ලකුණු 200ක් රැස් කළ දෙවැනි ලාබාලතම ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රීඩකයා බවට පත්වෙමින් දිවා ආහාරයෙන් පසු තෙවැනි ඕවරයේදී ලකුණු 205කට දැවී ගියේ ඇන්ඩි මැක්බ්‍රයින්ගේ පන්දුවකට එල්බීඩබ්ලිව් පහරක් එල්ල කරමිනි.

අනෙක් අතට කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් තම පළමු ටෙස්ට් ලකුණු 200 දක්වා පිත්තෙන් තම පන්තිය පෙන්වමින් ලකුණු 245ක් ලබාගෙන ලෝන්ග් ඕෆ්හිදී දැවී ගියේය.

ලකුණු පුවරුව කියවීම 3-629,
පළමු ටෙස්ට් තරගයේ දී කඩුල්ල මුවා කිරීමේ වරදට දැවී ගිය ඇන්ජලෝ මැතිව්ස් වේගවත් නොදැවී ශතකයක් රැස් කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉනිමේ අවසන් කටයුතු සිදු කළේය. එය හිටපු නායකයා රැස් කළ වේගවත්ම ශතකය ලෙසද සටහන් විය.

ලකුණු පුවරුව 704-3ක් වෙද්දී නායක දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න ලකුණු 212ක් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටිමින් ඔවුන්ගේ ඉනිම අත්හිටුවීය.

මීට පෙර නායක දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න ද ලකුණු 115ක් ලබා ගනිමින් සිය දායකත්වය ලබා දුන්නේය.

සිව්වන දිනයට තරගය නතර කරන විට ඔවුන්ගේ දෙවැනි ඉනිම සඳහා අයර්ලන්ත පිලේ ආරම්භක පිතිකරුවන් වන ජේම්ස් මැකලම් (10) සහ පීටර් මුවර් (19) කඩුලු 2 ක් දැවී ලකුණු 54 ක් ලබා සිටි අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට නැවත පන්දුවට පහර දීමට තවමත් ලකුණු 159 ක් රැස් කරගෙන සිටියේය.

McCollum දක්ෂ ලෙස පන්දුවට පහර දුන් අතර රමේෂ් මෙන්ඩිස්ගේ පන්දුවක් හමුවේ මුවර් දැවී ගියේ ඇන්ජලෝ මැතිව්ස් විසින් කෙටි අමතර ආවරණයකදී විශිෂ්ට අඩු උඩ පන්දුවක් රැකගැනීමෙන් පසුවය.

දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල් දැවී ගියේ පන්දු 14කට පසුවයි. කඩුල්ලක් දැවී යාමක් වළක්වා ගැනීම සඳහා ක්‍රීස් එකට කිමිදීමේදී කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරුගේ උරහිසේ තුවාලයක් ඇති වූ අතර ඔහුට ඉදිරියට යාමට නොහැකි විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආරංචි මාර්ග සඳහන් කළේ කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරු එක්ස් කිරණ පරීක්ෂණයක් සඳහා රෝහලට යවා ඇති බවයි.

සංක්ෂිප්ත ලකුණු: අයර්ලන්තය 492 සහ 54/2 (රමේෂ් මෙන්ඩිස් 1-17, ප්‍රභාත් ජයසූරිය 1-28) ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පසුපසින් 704/3 දෙසැම්බර්. (කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් 245, නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක 205, දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න 115; ග්‍රැහැම් හියුම් 1-87) ලකුණු 158 කින්

வெற்றியின் விளிம்பில் இலங்கை.

அயர்லாந்து இலங்கை சுற்றுப்பயணம் இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட்

நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா மற்றும் குசல் மெண்டிஸ் ஆகியோர் முதல் இரட்டைச் சதங்களை விளாசி, அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிரான இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் இலங்கை அணி தனது முதல் இன்னிங்ஸை 704-3 ரன்களில் முடித்துக் கொள்ள உதவியது.

முன்னதாக மதுஷ்கா தனது முதல் டெஸ்ட் சதத்தை இரட்டை சதமாக மாற்றினார், மஹேல ஜெயவர்தனவுக்கு பிறகு டெஸ்ட் 200 அடித்த இரண்டாவது இளம் இலங்கை வீரர் ஆனார், மதிய உணவுக்குப் பிறகு மூன்றாவது ஓவரில் 205 ரன்களில் ஆட்டமிழந்தார், ஆண்டி மெக்பிரைன் பந்துவீச்சில் எல்பிடபிள்யூ அடித்தார்.

மறுபுறம், குசல் மெண்டிஸ், மட்டையால் தனது கிளாஸைக் காட்டி, தனது முதல் டெஸ்டில் 200 ரன்களை எட்டினார், மேலும் லாங்-ஆஃபில் கேட்ச் ஆகி 245 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார்.

ஸ்கோர்போர்டு வாசிப்பு 3-629,
முதல் டெஸ்டில் ஆட்டமிழந்த ஏஞ்சலோ மேத்யூஸ், இலங்கை இன்னிங்ஸுக்கு இறுதித் தொடுதல்களை வழங்குவதற்காக விரைவாக ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் சதம் அடிக்க மீண்டு எழுந்தார். முன்னாள் கேப்டன் அடித்த அதிவேக சதமாக இது பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டது.

ஸ்கோர்போர்டை 704-3 என்ற நிலையில் கேப்டன் திமுத் கருணாரத்ன 212 ரன்கள் முன்னிலையுடன் அவர்களின் இன்னிங்ஸை டிக்ளேர் செய்தார்.

முன்னதாக கேப்டன் திமுத் கருணாரத்னவும் 115 ரன்களை குவித்தார்.

நான்காம் நாள் ஆட்டநேர முடிவில், அயர்லாந்து தனது இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸிற்காக தொடக்க ஆட்டக்காரர்களான ஜேம்ஸ் மெக்கல்லம் (10), பீட்டர் மூர் (19) ஆகியோரின் இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 54 ரன்கள் எடுத்துள்ளது, இன்னும் 159 ரன்கள் எடுத்து இலங்கையை மீண்டும் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடச் செய்தது.

மெக்கல்லம், ஆஃப்ஸ்பின்னர் ரமேஷ் மெண்டிஸால் அற்புதமாகப் பந்துவீசப்பட்டார், மேலும் ஷார்ட் எக்ஸ்ட்ரா கவரில் ஏஞ்சலோ மேத்யூஸ் ஒரு சிறந்த குறைந்த கேட்சை பிடித்தபோது மூர் ஆட்டமிழந்தார்.

நாளின் மற்ற சிறப்பம்சங்கள் தினேஷ் சண்டிமால் 14 பந்துகளுக்கு மட்டுமே நீடித்தது, அவர் காயத்துடன் ஓய்வு பெற்றார். விக்கெட் கீப்பர்-பேட்டர் ரன் அவுட்டைத் தவிர்ப்பதற்காக கிரீஸில் டைவிங் செய்யும்போது தோள்பட்டையில் காயம் ஏற்பட்டது, மேலும் தொடர முடியவில்லை.

விக்கெட் கீப்பர் பேட்டர் எக்ஸ்ரே எடுப்பதற்காக மருத்துவமனைக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளதாக SLC வட்டாரங்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.

சுருக்கமான ஸ்கோர்: அயர்லாந்து 492 & 54/2 (ரமேஷ் மெண்டிஸ் 1-17, பிரபாத் ஜெயசூர்யா 1-28) இலங்கை 704/3 டிக்எல். (குசல் மெண்டிஸ் 245, நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா 205, திமுத் கருணாரத்ன 115; கிரஹாம் ஹியூம் 1-87) 158 ரன்கள்

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St. Mary’s Crown Cup Champions

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A dramatic penalty shootout decided the fate of the Cup final as St. Mary’s SC overcame Saunders SC 3-1 after a 1-1 deadlock under lights at the Race Course grounds on Saturday.
The match sprang to life in the opening minutes, with St. Mary’s drawing first blood. Danjuma Gumbari struck in the third minute, finishing off a swift attacking move to hand his side an early lead.

Saunders SC wasted no time in responding, leveling the score just two minutes later. Clauvice Franck found the net in the fifth minute, taking advantage of space in the box to restore parity and set up an evenly balanced contest.

Following the early exchange, both teams settled into a competitive rhythm, battling for control in midfield while probing for openings. St. Mary’s looked composed in possession, whereas Saunders relied on quick counterattacks to trouble the opposition defense. Despite their efforts, neither side managed to break the deadlock during regulation time.

With the scoreline unchanged, the final moved into a penalty shootout. St. Mary’s SC kept their composure from the spot, with Danjuma Gumbari, S. Aarinkan, and John Lawani all converting successfully.

Saunders SC, however, faltered under pressure. Mohamed Zaid was the only scorer for his side, while two other attempts missed the target, ultimately sealing their defeat.

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Pathum, Rizvi Shine as Delhi Capitals Outshine Mumbai Indians

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Delhi Capitals secured their second win of the IPL 2026 with a commanding 6-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium today. The highlight of the chase was the brilliant partnership between Pathum Nissanka and Sameer Rizvi, who tore through the Mumbai bowling attack with fearless stroke play.

Electing to bat first, Mumbai Indians managed a modest total of 162/6 in their 20 overs. Suryakumar Yadav top-scored with a fluent 51 off 36 balls, while Rohit Sharma contributed a brisk 35. Early wickets fell to Delhi bowlers, with Mukesh Kumar claiming two key scalps and Lungi Ngidi, Axar Patel, and Vipraj Nigam chipping in with one each. Extras also played a role, adding five to the total.

In response, Delhi Capitals faced early setbacks as KL Rahul and Nitish Rana fell cheaply. However, Pathum Nissanka counter-attacked with 44 off 30 deliveries, forming a match-turning 78-run partnership with Sameer Rizvi, who finished unbeaten on 90 from 51 balls with seven towering sixes. David Miller provided late support, ensuring Delhi chased down the target in 18.1 overs.

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Trinity Roar to President’s Trophy Glory with 58-26 Rout of Royal

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Defending league champions Trinity delivered a masterclass in attack and game management as they crushed traditional rivals Royal 58-26 to lift the Dialog President’s Trophy Knock-out last evening, claiming the title for the first time in 15 years.

From the outset, Trinity set the tone. Centre Kevin Weerakoon opened the scoring in the 7th minute, slicing through Royal’s defense after a second-phase ball, although skipper Shan Althaf missed the conversion (5-0). Royal responded with a prop forward try in the 11th minute, converted by Zimark, taking a brief 5-7 lead.

Trinity, however, quickly seized control. Winger Dimeth Abeypetiya crossed twice off slick three-quarter moves, with Althaf adding a conversion to restore a 17-7 lead. Royal’s forwards briefly threatened using rolling mauls but could only narrow the gap to 17-12.

By halftime, Trinity’s precision in loose play and clinical finishing had them comfortably ahead. Ammar Manzil and fly half Abdul Malik both touched down, giving Trinity a commanding 27-12 advantage. Malik’s creativity and vision repeatedly carved open the Royal defense, setting the stage for a dominant second half.

Trinity’s momentum never waned. Althaf scored twice early in the second stanza, converting one, to extend the lead to 39-12. The Lions’ backline fluidity and Malik’s tactical kicks kept Royal on the back foot, allowing Hamza Habdeen and Manzil to further punctuate the rout and surpass the 50-point mark in a knock-out final a record-breaking 51-12.

Royal showed resilience with two late tries, but Trinity sealed their emphatic victory when Althaf completed a hat-trick after finishing off a cross-kick from Malik, closing out a spectacular 58-26 triumph.

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