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Pakistan trail by 187 runs in the second test against Sri Lanka.

When the match was stopped for the second day of the second Test cricket match between the touring Pakistan team and Sri Lanka which started on the 24th, the Pakistan team had scored 191 runs with the loss of 7 wickets.
Sri Lanka scored 378 runs in the first innings. Although almost all the Sri Lankan batsmen got off to a successful start, it was a drawback for the Sri Lankan team that they could not develop it into long innings. However, Dinesh Chandimal, Oshada Fernando, Niroshan Dickwella scored half-centuries and strengthened the Sri Lankan innings. While bowling, Naseem Shah and Yasir Shah shared 3 wickets each and Mohammad Nawaz managed to take two wickets.
Asitha Fernando managed to get rid of Abdullah Shafique, who played a record inning in the previous match, on the second ball of the innings as the first wicket of the Pakistan team who started their first innings. Also, Prabath Jayasuriya managed to restrict Pakistan captain Babar Azam to ten runs. As the last wicket of the day, Agha Salman scored 62 runs in the last over the day when he was bowled by Dhananjaya de Silva in the last over of the day. In bowling, Ramesh Mendis took three wickets, Prabath Jayasuriya took two wickets, Dhananjaya de Silva and Asitha Fernando took one wicket each.
Pakistan team is one hundred and eighty-seven runs trial Sri Lanka with three wickets in hand at the end of the second day. Tomorrow is the third day of the competition.
Sri Lanka 1st inning 378/10 (Ov. 103)
Dinesh Chandimal 80 (137)
Niroshan Dickwella 51 (54)
Oshada Fernando 50 (70)
Naseem Shah 58/3 (18)
Yasir Shah 83/3 (22)
Mohammad Nawaz 80/2 (19)
Parkistan 1st inning 191/7 (Ov. 69.4)
Agha Salman 62 (126)
Imam-ul-Haq 32 (54)
Mohammad Rizwan 24 (35)
Ramesh Mendis 42/3 (18)
Prabath Jayasuriya 59/2 (27.4)
Pakistan trail by 187 runs
සංචාරක පකිස්තානය ශ්රී ලංකා ට වඩා තවත් ලකුණු 187ක් පිටුපසින්.
සංචාරක පකිස්ථාන කණ්ඩායම හා ශ්රී ලංකාව අතර 24 වනදා ආරම්භ වූ දෙවන ටෙස්ට් ක්රිකට් තරගයේ දෙවන දිනය සඳහා තරගය නතර කරන විට පකිස්ථාන කණ්ඩායම කඩුළු 7ක් දැවී ලකුණු 191 ලබාගෙන සිටියා.
ශ්රී ලංකාව පළමු ඉනිමට සියල්ලන් දැවී ලකුණු 378 ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් වුණා. ශ්රී ලාංකීය පිතිකරුවන් සියලු දෙනාම පාහේ යම් සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත්තද එය දිගු ඉණිමක් දක්වා වර්ධනය කර ගැනීමට නොහැකි වීම ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට යම් අවාසිදායක තත්වයක් විය. කෙසේ නමුත් Dinesh Chandimal, Oshada Fernando, Niroshan Dickwella අර්ධ ශතක වාර්තා කරමින් ශ්රී ලංකා ඉනිම ශක්තිමත් කරනු ලැබුවා. පන්දු යැවීමේදී Naseem Shah සහ Yasir Shah අතරේ කඩුළු 3 බැගින් බෙදී ගිය අතර Mohammad Nawaz කඩුලු දෙකක් ගැනීමට සමත් වුණා.
සිය ප්රථම ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ පකිස්ථාන කණ්ඩායමේ ප්රථම කඩුල්ල ලෙස පෙර තරඟයේ දී වාර්තා ගත ඉනිමක් ක්රීඩාකළ Abdullah Shafique ක්ව ඉනිමේ දෙවන පන්දුවේදී ම දවා ගැනීමට Asitha Fernando සමත් වුණා. එමෙන්ම පාකිස්තාන නායක Babar Azam ද ලකුණු දාසයකට සීමා කිරීමට Prabath Jayasuriya සමත් වුණා. දිනයේ අවසාන කඩුල්ල ලෙස Agha Salman ලකුණු 62ක් ලබා සිටියදී දිනයේ අවසාන පන්දුවාරයේදී Prabath Jayasuriya ගේ පන්දු යැවීම හමුවේ Dhananjaya de Silva අතට උඩ පන්දුවක් ලබා දෙමින් දැවී ගියා.Yasir Shah නොදැවී ලකුණු දහතුනක් ලබාගෙන කඩුල්ලේ රැඳී සිටි. පන්දු යැවීමේදී ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් Ramesh Mendis කඩුළු තුනක් ද Prabath Jayasuriya කඩුළු දෙකක් ද Dhananjaya de Silva සහ Asitha Fernando එක් කඩුල්ල බැගින් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් වුණා.
පකිස්ථාන කණ්ඩායම දෙවන දිනය නිමා වන විට කඩුළු තුනක් අතැතිව ශ්රී ලංකාවට වඩා ලකුණු එකසිය අසූ හතක් පිටුපසින් සිටී. හෙට තරඟයේ තුන්වන දිනයයි.
Sri Lanka 1st inning 378/10 (Ov. 103)
Dinesh Chandimal 80 (137)
Niroshan Dickwella 51 (54)
Oshada Fernando 50 (70)
Naseem Shah 58/3 (18)
Yasir Shah 83/3 (22)
Mohammad Nawaz 80/2 (19)
Parkistan 1st inning 191/7 (Ov. 69.4)
Agha Salman 62 (126)
Imam-ul-Haq 32 (54)
Mohammad Rizwan 24 (35)
Ramesh Mendis 42/3 (18)
Prabath Jayasuriya 59/2 (27.4)
Pakistan trail by 187 runs
இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் பாகிஸ்தான் 187 ரன்கள் பின்தங்கியுள்ளது.
சுற்றுலா பாகிஸ்தான் அணி மற்றும் இலங்கை அணிகளுக்கிடையிலான இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட் கிரிக்கட் போட்டியின் 24ஆம் திகதி ஆரம்பமான இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட் கிரிக்கட் போட்டியின் இரண்டாம் நாள் ஆட்டம் நிறுத்தப்படும் போது, பாகிஸ்தான் அணி 7 விக்கெட் இழப்பிற்கு 191 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றிருந்தது.
இலங்கை முதல் இன்னிங்சில் 378 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது. ஏறக்குறைய அனைத்து இலங்கை துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்களும் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தை பெற்ற போதிலும், அதனை நீண்ட இன்னிங்ஸாக வளர்க்க முடியாமல் போனது இலங்கை அணிக்கு ஒரு குறையாகவே இருந்தது. எனினும், தினேஷ் சந்திமால், ஓஷத பெர்னாண்டோ, நிரோஷன் டிக்வெல்ல ஆகியோர் அரைசதம் அடித்து இலங்கை இன்னிங்ஸை பலப்படுத்தினர். பந்துவீச்சில் நசீம் ஷா மற்றும் யாசிர் ஷா ஆகியோர் தலா 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை பகிர்ந்ததோடு, மொஹமட் நவாஸ் 2 விக்கெட்டுகளையும் கைப்பற்றினர்.
தமது முதல் இன்னிங்ஸை ஆரம்பித்த பாகிஸ்தான் அணியின் முதல் விக்கெட்டாக கடந்த போட்டியில் சாதனை இன்னிங்ஸ் விளையாடிய அப்துல்லா ஷபீக்கை இன்னிங்ஸின் இரண்டாவது பந்திலேயே அசித்த பெர்னாண்டோ வெளியேற்றினார். மேலும், பாகிஸ்தான் அணித்தலைவர் பாபர் அசாமையும் பத்து ஓட்டங்களுக்கு பிரபாத் ஜெயசூர்யா கட்டுப்படுத்தினார். அன்றைய கடைசி ஓவரில் தனஞ்சய டி சில்வா வீசிய கடைசி ஓவரில் ஆகா சல்மான் 62 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார். பந்துவீச்சில் ரமேஷ் மெண்டிஸ் மூன்று விக்கெட்டுக்களையும், பிரபாத் ஜயசூரிய இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுக்களையும், தனஞ்சய டி சில்வா மற்றும் அசித்த பெர்னாண்டோ ஆகியோர் தலா ஒரு விக்கெட்டையும் கைப்பற்றினர்.
இரண்டாவது நாள் முடிவில் 3 விக்கெட்டுகள் கைவசம் உள்ள நிலையில் பாகிஸ்தான் அணி நூற்றி எண்பத்தி ஏழு ரன்களுக்கு இலங்கையை எதிர்கொண்டது. நாளை மூன்றாம் நாள் போட்டி நடக்கிறது.
Sri Lanka 1st inning 378/10 (Ov. 103)
Dinesh Chandimal 80 (137)
Niroshan Dickwella 51 (54)
Oshada Fernando 50 (70)
Naseem Shah 58/3 (18)
Yasir Shah 83/3 (22)
Mohammad Nawaz 80/2 (19)
Parkistan 1st inning 191/7 (Ov. 69.4)
Agha Salman 62 (126)
Imam-ul-Haq 32 (54)
Mohammad Rizwan 24 (35)
Ramesh Mendis 42/3 (18)
Prabath Jayasuriya 59/2 (27.4)
Pakistan trail by 187 runs
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Football
Semi-Final Clash Set as Defending Champions Face Tough Challenges
The Sri Lanka Schools National Championship 2024 has reached its most exciting phase as the semi-finalists are now confirmed. The competition has been intense, with top teams battling it out in the Super Eight stage to secure their spot in the final four.
Semi-Final Fixtures
Defending Champions Alighar National College vs. Hameed Al Husseine College
Last Year’s Runners-Up Zahira College vs. St. Joseph’s College (Last Year’s 4th Place Team)
Tournament Recap & Key Highlights
Alighar National College, the defending champions, have once again proven their dominance, finishing at the top of their group. They now face Hameed Al Husseine College, a team that has shown excellent tactical discipline and resilience throughout the tournament.
Zahira College, who finished as runners-up last year, continue to impress with strong performances and now face a determined St. Joseph’s College, a team that has significantly improved since last season and will be looking to cause an upset.
Al Falah College, a newly promoted team to Division 1, has been one of the standout performers this year, proving that they can compete at the highest level despite not making the semi-finals.
Last year third place Darrusalam College unable to proceed to Semi Finals
What to Expect in the Semi-Finals
With four powerhouse teams ready to fight for a spot in the final, fans can expect high-intensity clashes, tactical battles, and unforgettable moments. The road to glory is not easy, and only the two best teams will advance to the grand finale.
Will Alighar National College successfully defend their title, or will we see a new champion emerge? Stay tuned to Sri Lankan Sports TV for the latest updates, match previews, and expert analysis.
News
C.H. & F.C. and Army Sports Club Secure Victories in Mastercard Plate Championship
In the second week of the ongoing “Mastercard Plate Championship” Inter-Club Rugby Football Tournament, organized by the Sri Lanka Rugby, C.H. & F.C. Club and Army Sports Club clinched impressive victories, strengthening their standings in the tournament.
C.H. & F.C. Dominate Sri Lions Club 47-20
C.H. & F.C. showcased their prowess by defeating Sri Lions Club with a decisive 47-20 victory in the 41st match at the Ratmalana Air Force Camp Ground. Despite trailing 14-17 at halftime, C.H. & F.C. surged ahead, scoring six goals and one try, while Sri Lions managed two goals, one try, and one penalty.
This win propelled C.H. & F.C. to the top of the “Palanga” championship standings among five competing clubs. The London-based club has played 10 matches since the preliminary round, securing five wins and accumulating 33 points, including eight bonus points.
Army Overpowers Navy 49-22
In the 42nd match at the Ratmalana Air Force Base, Army Sports Club secured a commanding 49-22 win over Navy Club. The Army team demonstrated their strength by scoring three goals, five tries, and one penalty. The Navy team responded with two goals, one try, and one penalty. The score was tied 10-10 at halftime, but Army’s aggressive play in the second half sealed the victory.
Current Standings in the Palanga Championship
- C.H. & F.C.: 33 points (8 bonus points, 5 wins from 10 matches)
- Army Sports Club: 24 points (4 wins from 9 matches)
- Police Sports Club: 21 points
- Sri Lions Club: 13 points
- Navy Club: 5 points
With these recent victories, both C.H. & F.C. and Army Sports Club are poised to maintain their momentum as the “Mastercard Plate Championship” progresses. Fans can look forward to more thrilling action as the tournament continues to unfold.
Football
Sri Lanka Schools National Championship 2024: Super Eight Round Concludes – Semifinalists Confirmed!
The Super Eight Round of the Sri Lanka Schools National Championship 2024 (Under 20 Division 1 Boys Football Tournament) has ended on a high note, producing four standout teams that will battle for a place in the final. Below is a comprehensive look at the match results, final points tables, and key highlights from the tournament so far.
Match Results Overview
- St. Joseph’s College 4-0 Darussalam College
- Kalutara Muslim Central 2-3 Alighar National School
- Hameed Al Husseine College 1-0 Al Falah College
- Zahira College 4-0 St. Patrick’s College
- St. Joseph’s College 1-1 Alighar National School
- Darussalam College 7-0 Kalutara Muslim Central
- Al Falah College 0-3 Zahira College
- St. Patrick’s College 0-4 Hameed Al Husseine College
- Alighar National School 5-1 Darussalam College
- St. Joseph’s College 1-0 Kalutara Muslim Central
- Zahira College 2-0 Hameed Al Husseine College
- Al Falah College 3-2 St. Patrick’s College
Group A Standings
Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alighar National School | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
2 | St. Joseph’s College | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
3 | Darussalam College | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 3 |
4 | Kalutara Muslim Central College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
Top Two (Advancing to Semifinals):
- Alighar National School
- St. Joseph’s College
Group B Standings
Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zahira College | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
2 | Hameed Al Husseine College | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
3 | Al Falah College | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
4 | St. Patrick’s College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
Top Two (Advancing to Semifinals):
- Zahira College
- Hameed Al Husseine College
Summary & Semi-Final Preview
- Alighar National School and St. Joseph’s College finished level on points at the top of Group A. Their draw against each other kept the race tight, but both teams delivered strong performances in the remaining matches to secure 7 points each.
- Zahira College dominated Group B with three consecutive wins, scoring 9 goals and conceding none. Hameed Al Husseine College followed suit, showcasing solid defense and earning 6 points to claim the second semi-final berth.
- Darussalam College, Kalutara Muslim Central, Al Falah College, and St. Patrick’s College showed fighting spirit but fell short in the quest for the knockout stage.
Semi Finals
- Alighar National School will face Hameed Al Husseine College in the Semi Finals
- Zahira College will face St. Joseph’s College in the Semi Finals
The semi-finals promise high-octane clashes as the top contenders face off. Stay tuned to Sri Lankan Sports TV for exclusive match previews, live coverage, and post-match analysis as we approach the grand finale of the Sri Lanka Schools National Championship 2025.
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