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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)

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Sri Lanka Stunned by Zimbabwe Despite 178 as Bowling Falters in Colombo

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Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup campaign suffered a major setback as they went down to Zimbabwe by six wickets at the R. Premadasa Stadium — a result few predicted before the first ball was bowled.

After winning the toss and opting to bat, Sri Lanka posted what appeared to be a competitive 178/7. But defensive bowling and a lack of control in key moments allowed Zimbabwe to chase down 179 with three balls to spare, finishing on 182/4 in 19.3 overs.

Where Sri Lanka Lost the Game

Strong Start, Poor Finish with the Bat

Sri Lanka flew out of the blocks, scoring 61 runs in the Powerplay.

  • Pathum Nissanka led the charge with a fluent 62 off 41 balls.
  • The opening stand raced to 54 inside five overs.

However, momentum dipped sharply in the middle overs:

  • Kusal Mendis struggled (14 off 20).
  • The run rate slowed between overs 7–14.
  • Despite a late push from Pavan Rathnayake (44 off 25), Sri Lanka managed only 28 runs in the final three overs.

From a position of dominance at 108/2, they could not push beyond the 185–190 mark — a total that, in hindsight, proved costly.

Failure to Strike Early with the Ball

Zimbabwe’s chase was built on a solid foundation:

  • 55 runs in the Powerplay without losing a wicket.
  • 69-run opening stand removed early pressure.

Sri Lanka never truly regained control.

The Raza–Bennett Counterattack

The turning point came when captain Sikandar Raza launched a brutal counterattack:

  • 45 off 26 balls
  • 4 sixes
  • 50-run partnership in just 27 balls

Brian Bennett anchored the chase superbly with an unbeaten 63 off 48.

Raza’s assault in overs 15–18 shifted the momentum completely, taking the game away from Sri Lanka just when it seemed evenly poised.

Bowling Concerns Under Lights

Sri Lanka’s bowling lacked penetration:

  • Maheesh Theekshana conceded 47 in 3.3 overs (13.42 economy).
  • No early breakthroughs from the seamers.
  • Only one Powerplay wicket across both innings combined.

On a Colombo surface that slowed slightly, Zimbabwe adapted better, rotating strike efficiently before accelerating at the death.

Key Numbers That Hurt Sri Lanka

  • Zimbabwe Powerplay: 55/0
  • Sri Lanka Powerplay wickets: 0
  • Zimbabwe scored 150 in just 16.1 overs
  • Sri Lanka conceded 9.33 runs per over in the chase

What This Means

Sri Lanka entered as favourites, especially batting first at home. But tactical lapses, middle-over stagnation, and expensive spells under pressure proved decisive.

Zimbabwe, disciplined with the ball and fearless in the chase, fully deserved their two points.

For Sri Lanka, questions now emerge:

  • Is the bowling attack lacking bite?
  • Are middle overs becoming a recurring concern?
  • Was 178 ever going to be enough on this surface?

With tougher fixtures ahead in the T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka must regroup quickly — because performances like this could derail their campaign early.

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Sri Lanka Sweats on Pathirana Injury; Hasaranga Comeback on the Cards

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Sri Lanka’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign has suffered a major setback, with fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana likely to miss the remainder of the tournament due to injury.

The 23-year-old sustained a calf injury during Sri Lanka’s Group B encounter against Australia on Monday at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. The incident occurred in his opening over when, after delivering the fourth ball, Pathirana suddenly pulled up clutching his left calf before collapsing to the ground in visible discomfort.

Team physiotherapists rushed onto the field as concerned teammates gathered around. The pacer was unable to leave the field without assistance, immediately raising concerns about the severity of the injury. Captain Dasun Shanaka completed the over in his absence.

Shortly after, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed that Pathirana would take no further part in the match. In a brief statement, SLC said the bowler had experienced discomfort in his left calf and would undergo medical scans for a full assessment.

Major Blow to Pace Attack

Initial indications suggest the injury could rule Pathirana out for the rest of the World Cup — a significant loss for Sri Lanka’s bowling unit. Known for his slingy action and deadly yorkers, especially at the death, Pathirana has been one of Sri Lanka’s most reliable T20 strike bowlers.

If ruled out, team management is expected to consider Dilshan Madushanka or Nuwan Thushara as potential replacements. While both offer pace and variety, replacing Pathirana’s unique skillset will be a challenge.

Hasaranga Return Under Discussion

In a parallel development, Sri Lanka are reportedly exploring the possibility of bringing Wanindu Hasaranga back into the squad as he continues recovery from a hamstring injury.

Although Hasaranga has not yet regained full match fitness, officials are said to be evaluating whether he could feature later in the tournament — particularly if Sri Lanka qualify for the Super Eight stage.

With their final group match effectively a dead rubber, Sri Lanka have a short window to reassess their injury situation and make strategic decisions. The team management is likely to wait for clearer medical reports before confirming any squad changes.

As the tournament enters a decisive phase, Sri Lanka’s hopes may depend as much on fitness updates as on performances on the field.

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Colombo Set for High-Voltage India–Pakistan Night Battle

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ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup

Colombo is preparing for one of cricket’s biggest nights as India and Pakistan meet in a marquee clash of the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.

Beyond tactics and statistics, this is a contest built on history and pride. With both teams in form and World Cup ambitions on the line, Sunday night promises a high-quality contest under the Colombo lights.

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