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SLC National Super League 50 over
Priyanjan, Pavan shine in Dambulla’s win over Colombo
Ashan Priyanjan (6-20) followed by Pavan Rathnayaka’s half-ton, helped Team Dambulla outplay team Colombo by 6 wickets and continue their brilliant form in the ongoing SLC National Super League 50 over tournament at SSC on Sunday.
Put into bat first, Colombo was bundled out for 140 runs and in reply, Dambulla reached the target in just 27.3 overs.
Colombo didn’t have the best of the starts as they were reduced to 3-46 inside 11 overs with Sithara Gimhana (7), Krishan Sanjula (18) and Nipun Dhananjaya (4) all departing cheaply.
To make things worse, they lost two more quick wickets, that of Heshan Fernando (19) and Sachitha Jayathilake (4), to pin them down further.
With the scoreboard reading 5-72, Dushan Vimukthi joined Ashen Bandara in the middle and slowly revived their innings building 32 run partnership for the 6th wicket, but the partnership was short-lived when Vimkuthi (14) was caught at mid-on off Sonal Dinusha’s bowling.
With half of the side back in the pavilion, Ashen Bandara played a lone cameo of 36 runs off 40 deliveries including a boundary and a six before he was run out courtesy of a brilliant fielding effort from Lakshan Sandakan.
At one stage it looked like Dambulla wouldn’t go past the 120-run mark, but a late surge by Kalana Perera (24) saw them add some valuable runs from down the order before they were bowled out for 140 runs.
Ashan Priyanjan was the architect of Colombo’s collapse and ended with figures of 6-20, while Lahiru Samarakoon and Sonal Dinusha picked up a wicket each.
In reply, it was a walk in the park for team Dambulla as they took just 27.3 overs to achieve the target.
Pavan Rathnayaka top scored with a brilliant 53 ball 51 runs including 7 boundaries and a six, while Lasith Abeyrathna (30) and Sonal Dinusha (29*) also contributed with useful knocks.
Brief scores:
Colombo: 144 all out (38) (Ashen Bandara 36, Kalana Perera 24*, Ashan Priyanjan 6-20)
Dambulla: 146-4 (27.3) (Pavan Rathnayaka 51, Lasith Abeyrathna 30, Sonal Dinusha 29*, Dushan Vimukthi 1-30, Nuwan Pradeep 1-51, Danushka Sandaruwan 1-27)
SLC ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් පන්දුවාර 50
කොළඹට එරෙහිව දඹුල්ල ජයග්රහණයෙන් ප්රියංජන්, පවන් බැබළේ
අශාන් ප්රියංජන් (6-20) පසුව පවන් රත්නායකගේ අර්ධ ශතකය, දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම කොළඹ කණ්ඩායම කඩුලු 6කින් පරාජය කරමින් ඉරිදා SSC හි පැවැත්වෙන SLC ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් ඕවර 50 තරඟාවලියේදී ඔවුන්ගේ විශිෂ්ට දස්කම් දිගටම කරගෙන යාමට උපකාරී විය.
පළමුවෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් කොළඹ කණ්ඩායම ලකුණු 140කට දැවී ගිය අතර පිළිතුරු ලෙස දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම පන්දුවාර 27.3කදී එම ඉලක්කය පසුකර ගියේය.
සිතාර ගිම්හාන (7), ක්රිෂාන් සංජුල (18) සහ නිපුන් ධනංජය (4) අඩු මුදලකට දැවී යාමත් සමඟ ඕවර 11 ක් ඇතුළත ලකුණු 3-46 කට සීමා වූ බැවින් කොළඹට හොඳම ආරම්භය නොතිබුණි.
තත්වය තවත් නරක අතට හැරීම සඳහා ඔවුන්ට තවත් වේගවත් කඩුලු දෙකක් අහිමි විය. හේෂාන් ප්රනාන්දු (19) සහ සචිත ජයතිලක (4) එම කඩුලු තවදුරටත් බිඳ හෙළීමට සමත් විය.
ලකුණු පුවරුව 5-72ක් ලෙස සටහන් වෙද්දී දුෂාන් විමුක්ති අශේන් බණ්ඩාර සමඟ එක්ව 6 වැනි කඩුල්ලට ලකුණු 32ක සබඳතාවයක් ගොඩනැංවූ අතර ඔවුන්ගේ ඉනිම සෙමෙන් පණ ගැන්වූ නමුත් විම්කුති (14) සොනාල්ගේ පන්දුවකට මිඩ්-ඕන්හිදී දැවී යාමත් සමඟ එම සබඳතාව කෙටිකාලීන විය. දිනූෂගේ පන්දු යැවීම.
කණ්ඩායමේ අඩක් මණ්ඩපයට පැමිණ සිටියදී අශේන් බණ්ඩාර පන්දු 40 කදී හතරේ පහරක් සහ හයේ පහරක් ඇතුළුව ලකුණු 36 ක් රැස්කරමින් හුදකලා ක්රීඩා කරමින් ලක්ෂාන් සඳකැන්ගේ විශිෂ්ට පන්දු රැකීමේ උත්සාහයකින් දැවී ගියේය.
එක් අවස්ථාවක දී දඹුල්ල ලකුණු 120 සීමාව පසු නොකරනු ඇතැයි පෙනුනද, කලණ පෙරේරාගේ (24) ප්රමාද වූ පිබිදීමක් නිසා ඔවුන් ලකුණු 140කට දැවී යාමට පෙර අනුපිළිවෙලින් අගනා ලකුණු කිහිපයක් එකතු කරන ලදී.
කොළඹ කඩාවැටීමේ නිර්මාතෘ අශාන් ප්රියංජන් ලකුණු 6-20ක් ලෙසින් අවසන් වූ අතර ලහිරු සමරකෝන් සහ සොනාල් දිනූෂ කඩුල්ල බැගින් දවා ගත්හ.
පිළිතුරු ඉනිම ක්රීඩා කළ දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායමට එම ඉලක්කය සපුරා ගැනීමට ගතවූයේ පන්දුවාර 27.3ක් පමණි.
පවන් රත්නායක පන්දු 53කින් හතරේ පහර 7ක් සහ හයේ පහරක් සමගින් ලකුණු 51ක් ලබා ගත් අතර ලසිත් අබේරත්න (30) සහ සොනාල් දිනූෂ (29*) ද ප්රයෝජනවත් දස්කම් දැක්වීමෙන් දායක වූහ.
කෙටි ලකුණු:
කොළඹ: සියලුම දෙනා දැවී 144 (38) (අශේන් බණ්ඩාර 36, කළණ පෙරේරා 24*, අශාන් ප්රියංජන් 6-20)
දඹුල්ල: 146-4 (27.3) (පවන් රත්නායක 51, ලසිත් අබේරත්න 30, සොනාල් දිනූෂ 29*, දුෂාන් විමුක්ති 1-30, නුවන් ප්රදීප් 1-51, ධනුෂ්ක සඳරුවන් 1-27)
SLC தேசிய சூப்பர் லீக் 50 ஓவர்
கொழும்பிற்கு எதிரான தம்புள்ளை வெற்றியில் பிரியஞ்சன், பவன் ஜொலித்தனர்
ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை SSC இல் நடைபெற்று வரும் SLC தேசிய சுப்பர் லீக் 50 ஓவர் போட்டியில், அஷான் பிரியஞ்சன் (6-20), பவன் ரத்நாயக்கவின் அரை சதம், தம்புள்ளா அணி கொழும்பு அணியை 6 விக்கெட் வித்தியாசத்தில் வீழ்த்தி, அவர்களின் சிறப்பான ஆட்டத்தை தொடர உதவியது.
முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய கொழும்பு அணி 140 ஓட்டங்களுக்குச் சுருண்டது, பதிலுக்கு துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய தம்புள்ளை அணி 27.3 ஓவர்களில் வெற்றி இலக்கை எட்டியது.
சிதார கிம்ஹானா (7), கிரிஷன் சஞ்சுலா (18), நிபுன் தனஞ்சய (4) ஆகியோர் மலிவாக வெளியேறியதால், 11 ஓவர்களுக்குள் 3-46 ரன்களுக்குக் குறைக்கப்பட்டதால் கொழும்பு சிறந்த தொடக்கத்தைக் கொண்டிருக்கவில்லை.
நிலைமையை மோசமாக்குவதற்கு, அவர்கள் மேலும் இரண்டு விரைவான விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்தனர், ஹெஷான் பெர்னாண்டோ (19) மற்றும் சச்சித ஜயதிலக (4), அவர்களை மேலும் பின்தள்ளினார்.
ஸ்கோர்போர்டு 5-72 ஆக இருந்த நிலையில், துஷான் விமுக்தி, அஷேன் பண்டாரவுடன் இணைந்து 6வது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 32 ரன் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை உருவாக்கி, அவர்களின் இன்னிங்ஸை மெதுவாக மீட்டெடுத்தார், ஆனால் விம்குதி (14) சோனாலின் பந்தில் மிட்-ஆனில் கேட்ச் ஆனபோது அந்த பார்ட்னர்ஷிப் சிறிது காலம் நீடித்தது. தினுஷாவின் பந்துவீச்சு.
40 பந்துகளில் ஒரு பவுண்டரி மற்றும் ஒரு சிக்ஸர் உள்ளடங்கலாக 36 ரன்கள் எடுத்திருந்த நிலையில், அஷேன் பண்டார, லக்ஷான் சந்தகனின் சிறப்பான பீல்டிங் முயற்சியால் ரன் அவுட் ஆவதற்கு முன், அஷேன் பண்டார தனி ஒருவராக விளையாடினார்.
ஒரு கட்டத்தில் தம்புள்ளை 120 ரன்களுக்கு மேல் செல்லாது என்று தோன்றியது, ஆனால் கலனா பெரேரா (24) 140 ரன்களுக்கு ஆட்டமிழக்க முன் அவர்கள் வரிசையில் இருந்து சில மதிப்புமிக்க ரன்களைச் சேர்த்ததைக் கண்டது.
அஷான் பிரியஞ்சன் கொழும்பின் சரிவை உருவாக்கி 6-20 என்ற புள்ளிகளுடன் முடிவடைந்தது, லஹிரு சமரகோன் மற்றும் சோனால் தினுஷா ஆகியோர் தலா ஒரு விக்கெட்டை கைப்பற்றினர்.
பதிலுக்கு துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய தம்புல்லா அணி இலக்கை அடைய வெறும் 27.3 ஓவர்கள் மட்டுமே எடுத்துக்கொண்டது.
பவன் ரத்நாயக்க சிறந்த 53 பந்துகளில் 7 பவுண்டரிகள் மற்றும் ஒரு சிக்ஸர் உள்ளடங்கலாக 51 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றதோடு, லசித் அபேரத்ன (30) மற்றும் சோனல் தினுஷா (29*) ஆகியோரும் பயனுள்ள ஆட்டங்களை வெளிப்படுத்தினர்.
சுருக்கமான மதிப்பெண்கள்:
கொழும்பு: 144 ஆல் அவுட் (38) (அஷேன் பண்டார 36, கலன பெரேரா 24*, அஷான் பிரியஞ்சன் 6-20)
தம்புள்ளை: 146-4 (27.3) (பவன் ரத்நாயக்க 51, லசித் அபேரத்ன 30, சோனல் தினுஷா 29*, துஷான் விமுக்தி 1-30, நுவன் பிரதீப் 1-51, தனுஷ்க சண்டருவன் 1-27)
News
Run for Hope Charity Run Set to Inspire Kandy
Kandy will host a unique charity event later this month as Run for Hope brings runners, families, and supporters together for a meaningful cause. The event, scheduled for March 29, aims to raise awareness and support for the development of Sri Lanka’s first residential training and empowerment center for single mothers and their children.

Organizers say the initiative is designed to provide a safe and supportive environment where single mothers can rebuild their lives while caring for their children. The proposed center will offer vocational training, skill development, and opportunities for financial independence, while also ensuring a secure space for children to grow and learn.

Across Sri Lanka, many single mothers face the challenge of raising families with limited resources and support. Run for Hope seeks to change that narrative by encouraging the community to participate in an event that promotes both fitness and social responsibility.
Participants will be able to compete in 2KM, 5KM, and 10KM races, making the event accessible for runners of different ages and fitness levels. The organizers note that every participant contributes directly to the effort of building a better future for families in need.
The event will also mark the first-ever Run for Hope to be held in Kandy, bringing together members of the community to run for a shared purpose.
Registration for the event is open through the PickMe app under the Events section or via the official online registration link. The registration fee is Rs. 2,500 for adults and Rs. 1,500 for children under the age of 12.
Competitors in the 5KM and 10KM categories will compete for prize money, with Rs. 25,000 awarded to the winners, Rs. 15,000 for second place, and Rs. 10,000 for third place in both the male and female categories. Participants will also receive gift packs sponsored by Nestomalt and LaPerfumerie.lk, while every registered runner will be given an official Run for Hope T-shirt, cap, and finisher medal.

Organizers emphasize that the event is about more than a race. Every runner who crosses the finish line becomes part of a larger mission—helping build a future of hope, dignity, and opportunity for single mothers and their children in Sri Lanka.
Cricket
Amaraweera’s Century Headlines Drawn 147th Battle of the Blues
The 147th edition of the historic Battle of the Blues between Royal College Colombo and S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia ended in a draw at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, but it was Thomian skipper Jaden Amaraweera who stole the spotlight with a commanding second-innings century.
After winning the toss, S. Thomas’ compiled a solid 302 in their first innings, built around several steady contributions from the top and middle order. Amaraweera struck a patient 52 while Avinash Fernando added 50 and Reshon Solomons top-scored with 66. Dulith Indira Gunaratne chipped in with a valuable 44 to push the Thomians past the 300 mark. Royal’s bowlers fought back well, with Sehadu Sooryaarachchi and Gegan Gamage sharing six wickets between them.

Royal responded with 261 for 9 in 86 overs. Ramiru Perera led the charge with a well-compiled 82, while Rehan Peirissupported with an attractive 63. Dushan Uduwala contributed 33 in a steady middle-order effort. For S. Thomas’, Gimhan Mendis impressed with four wickets, while Abheeth Paranawidana claimed two.
The final day, however, belonged to Amaraweera. The Thomian captain produced a composed 100 off 160 deliveries, striking eight boundaries in a technically sound innings that anchored his side’s second innings. He shared useful partnerships with Fernando (20) and Gunaratne (21) as S. Thomas’ reached 176 for 6 before the match was called off, bringing another chapter of the famous encounter to a stalemate.
Cricket
Controversy Erupts as Trinity Awarded Victory in Dramatic 107th Battle of the Blues
Trinity College, Kandy were awarded a dramatic outright victory over St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota in the 107th Hill Country ‘Battle of the Blues’ after controversial scenes brought the traditional encounter to an abrupt end at the Asgiriya International Cricket Stadium.
Chasing a modest target of 64 for victory, Trinity had reached 63 for 1 when crowds suddenly surged onto the field, causing confusion among players, officials and spectators. Both teams were escorted off the ground while order was restored. However, the match took a controversial turn when St. Anthony’s reportedly refused to return to the field to resume play with Trinity needing just one run for victory. As a result, the umpires ruled that St. Anthony’s had forfeited the match and awarded the win to Trinity.
Earlier, Trinity dominated much of the contest. After being sent in to bat, St. Anthony’s were bowled out for 157 despite an unbeaten 64 from Sisal Hemaka. Kanilka Anthony starred with 4 for 54.
Trinity replied with 264, powered by a superb 125 from Sri Lanka youth representative Adham Hilmy and 54 from skipper Dimantha Mahavithana, securing a 107-run lead.
The Anthonians fought back in their second innings, reaching 170 with Kaushika Kumarasinghe scoring 59. Yet Kanilka Anthony’s outstanding 6 for 56 and a match haul of 10 wickets put Trinity on course for victory.
The dramatic finish ensured Trinity recorded their first outright win in the series since 2012, though the result will likely be remembered for the controversial conclusion rather than the cricket itself.
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