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Ireland tour of Sri Lanka 2023

Pathum Nissanka and Nuwanindu Fernando are notable inclusions in the initial squad (which will be pruned down to 15) to take part in the two-match Test series against Ireland starting on 16 April.

Pathum Nissanka who was not included in the New Zealand Test squad due to an injury once again finds a spot in the red ball format, while the highly talented Nuwanindu Fernando has also earned a call-up for the red ball series.

The notable exclusion from the squad is wicketkeeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella who has continuously failed to impress.

Sri Lanka has included a number of pace options in their ranks, including Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha, Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando.

Prabath Jayasuriya and Ramesh Mendis will lead the spin attack, while Dhananjaya de Silva will also come in handy with his off-spin.

It will be the last Test series for Dimuth Karunaratne as captain, as he had announced earlier that he will resign from the post following the Ireland Tests.

The Ireland tour to Sri Lanka initially comprised one Test match and two ODIs, but both teams agreed to play a second Test and skip the 50-over games.

Both Test matches will be played in Galle, the first starting on 16 April and the second on 24 April.

Reportedly the initial squad has been sent to the Sports Ministry for approval.

Initial Squad subject to approval:

Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Nuwanindu Fernando, Nishan Madushka, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando

පැතුම්, නුවනිඳු මූලික සංචිතයට ඇතුළත්

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අයර්ලන්ත සංචාරය 2023

අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව අප්‍රේල් 16 වැනිදා ආරම්භ වන තරග දෙකේ ටෙස්ට් තරගාවලියට සහභාගි වීමට නියමිත මූලික සංචිතයට (එය 15 දක්වා කප්පාදු කෙරෙනු ඇත) පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක සහ නුවනිඳු ප්‍රනාන්දු කැපී පෙනෙන ඇතුළත් වේ.

ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් නවසීලන්ත ටෙස්ට් සංචිතයට ඇතුළත් නොවූ පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක නැවත වරක් රතු පන්දු ආකෘතියෙන් ස්ථානයක් සොයා ගන්නා අතර, ඉහළ දක්ෂතා ඇති නුවනිඳු ප්‍රනාන්දු ද රතු පන්දු තරගාවලිය සඳහා කැඳවීමක් ලබාගෙන තිබෙනවා.

සංචිතයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීම කැපී පෙනෙන්නේ කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරු නිරෝෂන් දික්වැල්ල වන අතර ඔහු දිගින් දිගටම කැපී පෙනෙන ලෙස අසාර්ථක විය.

ලහිරු කුමාර, කසුන් රාජිත, අසිත ප්‍රනාන්දු සහ විශ්ව ප්‍රනාන්දු ඇතුළු වේග විකල්ප රැසක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිය ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම්වලට ඇතුළත් කර ඇත.

ප්‍රභාත් ජයසූරිය සහ රමේෂ් මෙන්ඩිස් දඟ පන්දු ප්‍රහාරය මෙහෙයවනු ලබන අතර ධනංජය ද සිල්වා ද ඔහුගේ පිට දඟ පන්දු යැවීමෙන් ප්‍රයෝජන ලබයි.

අයර්ලන්ත ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලියෙන් අනතුරුව නායකත්වයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන බව දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න මීට පෙර ප්‍රකාශ කළ පරිදි එය නායකත්වය දරන අවසන් ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලිය වේ.

අයර්ලන්ත ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරය මුලින් ටෙස්ට් තරගයක් සහ එක්දින තරග දෙකකින් සමන්විත වූ නමුත් දෙපිලම දෙවැනි ටෙස්ට් තරගයකට ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමටත් ඕවර 50 තරග මඟ හැරීමටත් එකඟ විය.

ටෙස්ට් තරග දෙකම ගාල්ලේදී පැවැත්වෙන අතර පළමු තරගය අප්‍රේල් 16 වැනිදා ආරම්භ වන අතර දෙවැනි තරගය අප්‍රේල් 24 වැනිදා පැවැත්වේ.

වාර්තාවේ මූලික සංචිතය අනුමැතිය සඳහා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය වෙත යවා ඇත.

මූලික සංචිතය අනුමැතියට යටත්ව:

දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න, පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක, ඕෂද ප්‍රනාන්දු, කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස්, ඇන්ජලෝ මැතිව්ස්, ධනංජය ද සිල්වා, දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්, කමිඳු මෙන්ඩිස්, නුවනිඳු ප්‍රනාන්දු, නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක, රමේෂ් මෙන්ඩිස්, ප්‍රභාත් ජයසූරිය, චාමික කරුණාරත්න, එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ. ප්‍රනාන්දු

ஆரம்ப அணியில் பாத்தும், நுவனிந்துவும் சேர்க்கப்பட்டனர்

இலங்கைக்கான அயர்லாந்து சுற்றுப்பயணம் 2023

ஏப்ரல் 16 முதல் தொடங்கும் அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிரான இரண்டு போட்டிகள் கொண்ட டெஸ்ட் தொடரில் பங்கேற்கும் ஆரம்ப அணியில் (இது 15 ஆக குறைக்கப்படும்) பாதம் நிஸ்ஸங்க மற்றும் நுவனிந்து பெர்னாண்டோ ஆகியோர் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க வகையில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.

காயம் காரணமாக நியூசிலாந்து டெஸ்ட் அணியில் இடம்பெறாத பாத்தும் நிஸ்ஸங்க மீண்டும் சிவப்பு பந்து வடிவத்தில் ஒரு இடத்தைப் பெற்றுள்ளார், அதே நேரத்தில் மிகவும் திறமையான நுவனிந்து பெர்னாண்டோவும் சிவப்பு பந்து தொடருக்கான அழைப்பைப் பெற்றுள்ளார்.

அணியில் இருந்து குறிப்பிடத்தக்க விலக்கு விக்கெட் கீப்பர்-பேட்டர் நிரோஷன் டிக்வெல்லா, அவர் தொடர்ந்து ஈர்க்கத் தவறிவிட்டார்.

லஹிரு குமார, கசுன் ராஜித, அசித பெர்னாண்டோ மற்றும் விஷ்வா பெர்னாண்டோ உள்ளிட்ட பல வேகத் தெரிவுகளை இலங்கை அணி உள்ளடக்கியுள்ளது.

பிரபாத் ஜயசூரிய மற்றும் ரமேஷ் மெண்டிஸ் ஆகியோர் சுழல் தாக்குதலை முன்னெடுப்பார்கள், அதே வேளையில் தனஞ்சய டி சில்வாவும் தனது சுழற்பந்து வீச்சில் கைகொடுக்கவுள்ளார்.

திமுத் கருணாரத்னவின் கேப்டனாக இருக்கும் கடைசி டெஸ்ட் தொடராக இது இருக்கும், அயர்லாந்து டெஸ்டைத் தொடர்ந்து பதவியை ராஜினாமா செய்வதாக அவர் ஏற்கனவே அறிவித்திருந்தார்.

இலங்கைக்கான அயர்லாந்து சுற்றுப்பயணம் ஆரம்பத்தில் ஒரு டெஸ்ட் போட்டி மற்றும் இரண்டு ஒருநாள் போட்டிகளை உள்ளடக்கியது, ஆனால் இரு அணிகளும் இரண்டாவது டெஸ்டில் விளையாடுவதற்கும் 50-ஓவர் ஆட்டங்களைத் தவிர்ப்பதற்கும் ஒப்புக்கொண்டன.

இரண்டு டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளும் காலியில் நடைபெறும், முதலாவது போட்டி ஏப்ரல் 16ஆம் தேதியும், இரண்டாவது போட்டி ஏப்ரல் 24ஆம் தேதியும் நடைபெறும்.

முதற்கட்ட அணி விளையாட்டு அமைச்சகத்தின் ஒப்புதலுக்காக அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.

ஆரம்பக் குழு ஒப்புதலுக்கு உட்பட்டது:

திமுத் கருணாரத்ன, பாத்தும் நிஸ்ஸங்க, ஓஷத பெர்னாண்டோ, குசல் மெண்டிஸ், ஏஞ்சலோ மேத்யூஸ், தனஞ்சய டி சில்வா, தினேஷ் சந்திமால், கமிந்து மெண்டிஸ், நுவனிந்து பெர்னாண்டோ, நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா, ரமேஷ் மெண்டிஸ், பிரபாத் ஜெயசூரிய, சமிக கருணாரத்ன, அஸ்வி கருணாரத்ன, அஸ்வி கருணாரத்னே, பெர்னாண்டோ

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Sri Lanka Shines at Thailand Open 2025 with 11-Medal Haul

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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

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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

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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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