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The Sri Lanka youth team lead from the first innings.
The Sri Lankan youth team, which has participated in a four-day test match with the England youth team, is in a huge situation by scoring 407 runs in its first innings. Limited to 387 runs in their first innings, the England youth team started their second innings yesterday (23) behind by 20 runs. By the end of the third day, they had scored 199 runs with the loss of 3 wickets, and the England team had taken the lead with 179 runs in the second innings.
Asitha Vanninayake, who scored 132 runs the previous day, had the opportunity to stay on the field today for only 8 more balls. Vanninayake failed to collect a single run in the innings on the third day when he was dismissed by Spinwall’s delivery straight through the stumps.
However, starting the day with Asitha, the middle-order batsman Ravinda Silva scored 62 runs and managed to fulfil the responsibility of the middle order of the innings. Due to Lahiru Dawata’s first ball dismissal, the young Sri Lankan innings were in danger of going backwards, but Vinuja Ranpul, who joined the captain, added 76 runs for the 7th wicket and took the Sri Lankan innings over England’s first innings.
Today (24) is the fourth and last day of the match.
England youth team all out for 387 in 78.3 overs – George Bell 107, Bertie Foreman (not out 58, Ross Whitefield 86, Harry Singh 27, Ben McKinney 33, Duvindu Ranatunga 100/4, Dulaj Samuditha 105/2, Vanuja Sahan 56/2)
Sri Lanka Youth 407 all out in 141.1 overs – (Asitha Vanninayake 132, Ranuda Somaratne 65, Pawan Pathiraja 32, Shevon Daniel 22, Ravin de Silva 62, Vinuja Ranpul 42, Bertie Foreman 94/4, Thomas Aspinwall 98/2, Benjamin Cliff 68/2, Eddie Jack 62/2)
Young England second innings 199 for 3 in 45 overs – (Ross Whitefield 110, Ben McKinney 56, George Bell (not out) 28, Vanuja Sahan 52/2)
ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල පළමු ඉනිමෙන් පෙරමුණට
එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල හා සිව්දින ටෙස්ට් තරගයකට සහභාගී වී සිටින ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල තම පළමු ඉනිමට ලකුණු 407 ලබා ගනිමින් ඉතා දැවැන්ත තත්වයක පසු වේ. සිය පළමු ඉනිමට ලකුණු 387කට සීමා වූ එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිළ ඊයේ දින (23) ලකුණු 20 පිටුපසින් සිට සිය දෙවන ඉනිම ඇරබීය. තෙවන දිනය නිමා වන විට කඩුලු 3ක් දැවී ලකුණු 199 ලබා සිටි අතර එංගලන්ත පිල දෙවන ඉනිමේ ලකුණු 179 කින් පෙරමුණට පැමිණ ඇත.
පෙර දින ලකුණු 132 ක් ලබා සිටි අසිත වන්නිනායකට අද දිනයේදී පිටියේ රැඳී සිටීමට අවස්ථාව උදාවූයේ තවත් පන්දු 8 කට පමණි. ස්පින්වෝල්ගේ පන්දුවක් කෙළින්ම කඩුල්ලේ වැදීම නිසා වන්නිනායක දැවී යන විට තෙවැනි දිනයේදී එකම ලකුණක් හෝ ඉනිමට එකතු කර ගැනීමට අපොහොසත් වූවේය.
කෙසේ වෙතත් අසිත සමඟ දිනය ඇරැඹි මැද පෙළ පිතිකරු රවීන්ද සිල්වා නායකත්වයේ පිතිහරඹයක නිරත වෙමින් ලකුණු 62 ක් ලබා ගත්තේ ඉනිමේ මැද පෙළෙහි වගකීම මනාව ඉටු කිරීමට සමත් විය. ළහිරු දවටගේ පළමු පන්දුවෙන්ම දැවී යෑම නිසා ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් ඉනිම යම් කිසි පසුබෑමකට යෑමේ අවධානමක් පෙන්නුම් කළත් නායකයා හා එක් වුණු විනුජ රන්පුල් 7 වැනි කඩුල්ල වෙනුවෙන් ලකුණු 76 ක සම්බන්ධතාවක් එක් කරමින් එංගලන්ත පළමු ඉනිම අභිබවා ශ්රී ලංකා ඉනිම රැගෙන ගියහ.
අද (24) තරගයේ සිව්වැනි සහ අවසන් දිනයයි.
එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල පළමු ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 78.3 කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 387 යි – ජෝර්ජ් බෙල් 107, බර්ටී ෆෝර්මන් (නොදැවී_ 58, රොස් වයිට්ෆීල්ඩ් 86, හැරී සිං 27, බෙන් මැකිනි 33, දුවිඳු රණතුංග 100/4, දුලාජ් සමුදිත 105/2, වනුජ සහන් 56/2)
ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල පළමු ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 141.1 කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 407 යි – (අසිත වන්නිනායක 132, රනුද සෝමරත්න 65, පවන් පතිරාජ 32, ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියල් 22, රවීන් ද සිල්වා 62, විනුජ රන්පුල් 42, බර්ටි ෆෝර්මන් 94/4, තෝමස් අස්පින්වෝල් 98/2, බෙන්ජමින් ක්ලිෆ් 68/2, එඩී ජැක් 62/2)
එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල දෙවැනි ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 45 කදී කඩුලු 3 ක් දැවී ලකුණු 199 යි – (රොස් වයිට්ෆීල්ඩ් 110, බෙන් මැක්කිනේ 56, ජෝර්ජ් බෙල් (නොදැවී) 28, වනුජ සහන් 52/2)
இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி முதல் இன்னிங்சில் முன்னிலை
இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அணியுடன் நான்கு நாள் டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் பங்கேற்றுள்ள இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி, தனது முதல் இன்னிங்சில் 407 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று மாபெரும் நிலைமைக்கு தள்ளப்பட்டுள்ளது. தமது முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் 387 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்ட இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அணி 20 ஓட்டங்களால் பின்தங்கிய நிலையில் நேற்று (23) தமது இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸை ஆரம்பித்தது. மூன்றாம் நாள் முடிவில் 3 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 199 ரன்கள் எடுத்திருந்த நிலையில், இங்கிலாந்து அணி 2-வது இன்னிங்சில் 179 ரன்கள் எடுத்து முன்னிலை பெற்றது.
நேற்றுமுன்தினம் 132 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றிருந்த அசித வன்னிநாயக்கவுக்கு மேலும் 8 பந்துகளுக்கு மாத்திரமே இன்று களத்தில் நிற்கும் வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தது. மூன்றாம் நாள் இன்னிங்ஸில் வன்னிநாயக்க ஒரு ரன் கூட எடுக்கத் தவறினார், அப்போது அவர் ஸ்பின்வாலின் பந்து வீச்சில் நேராக ஸ்டம்புகளுக்குள் ஆட்டமிழந்தார்.
எவ்வாறாயினும், அசிதாவுடன் இன்றைய தினத்தை ஆரம்பித்த மத்திய வரிசை துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர் ரவிந்த சில்வா 62 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று இன்னிங்ஸின் மிடில் ஆர்டரின் பொறுப்பை நிறைவேற்றினார். லஹிரு தவத்தாவின் முதல் பந்தில் ஆட்டமிழந்ததால் இலங்கையின் இளம் இன்னிங்ஸ் பின்னோக்கி செல்லும் அபாயத்தில் இருந்தது.ஆனால் கேப்டனுடன் இணைந்த வினுஜா ரன்புல் 7வது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 76 ரன்கள் சேர்த்து இலங்கை இன்னிங்சை இங்கிலாந்தின் முதல் இன்னிங்சை கைப்பற்றினார்.
இன்று (24) போட்டியின் நான்காவது மற்றும் கடைசி நாள்.
இங்கிலாந்து இளைஞர் அணி 78.3 ஓவரில் 387 ரன்களுக்கு ஆல் அவுட் – ஜார்ஜ் பெல் 107, பெர்டி ஃபோர்மேன் (58 நாட், ராஸ் வைட்ஃபீல்ட் 86, ஹாரி சிங் 27, பென் மெக்கின்னி 33, துவிந்து ரணதுங்கா 100/4, துலாஜ் சமுதிதா 105/2, வனுஜா சஹான் 56 2)
இலங்கை யூத் 141.1 ஓவர்களில் 407 ஆல் அவுட் – (அசித வன்னிநாயக்க 132, ரனுதா சோமரத்ன 65, பவன் பதிராஜா 32, ஷெவோன் டேனியல் 22, ரவின் டி சில்வா 62, வினுஜா ரன்புல் 42, பேர்டி ஃபோர்மேன் 94/4, தாமஸ் 8 ஆஸ்பின்வால், பென்ஜமின் 2 68/2, எடி ஜாக் 62/2)
இளம் இங்கிலாந்து இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸ் 45 ஓவர்களில் 3 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 199 – (ராஸ் வைட்ஃபீல்ட் 110, பென் மெக்கின்னி 56, ஜார்ஜ் பெல் (நாட் அவுட்) 28, வனுஜா சஹான் 52/2)
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Football Chief Jaswar Umar Enters Race for NOC Presidency
Jaswar Umar, President of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, has officially submitted his nomination to contest for the presidency of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka at the upcoming Annual General Meeting.
Umar becomes the fourth candidate in the race, joining Shirantha Peiris, Deva Henry, and Asanga Seneviratne, who are also contesting for the top position in the country’s Olympic body.
His time as football chief has created divided opinions among sports professionals who evaluate his performance. On one hand, Sri Lanka’s national team has shown improvement in international results, including a rise in the FIFA rankings from 204 to 191, along with notable performances against stronger opposition.
However, his approach has also faced criticism. Stakeholders have raised concerns over the increased reliance on Sri Lankan-origin overseas players, with claims that it has limited opportunities for local talent. The long-term vision for developing youth and building grassroots football programs has become a subject of public inquiry.
Umar now aims to advance his career through NOC while he leads Sri Lankan football with both positive results and ongoing public criticism of his work.
The upcoming election will become a competitive battle because four candidates will vie for control of a key position which holds major power within the country’s sports system.
Cricket
Matheesha Pathirana Cleared for IPL Return
Sri Lanka’s rising pace sensation Matheesha Pathirana is set to make his return to competitive cricket, with a move to the Indian Premier League (IPL) expected in the coming days.
After a period on the sidelines due to injury concerns, the young fast bowler has successfully completed all required fitness tests, clearing the final hurdle in his recovery process. His return comes as welcome news for both fans and team management, who have been awaiting his comeback.
Sources indicate that Pathirana is now preparing to travel to India, where he is likely to link up with the Kolkata Knight Riders squad. His inclusion could provide a significant boost to the team’s bowling attack as the tournament moves into a crucial phase.
Known for his unique action and death-over effectiveness, Pathirana’s return adds depth and firepower, potentially strengthening Kolkata’s chances in the latter stages of the competition.
Cricket
Chamari Athapaththu Named to WCA Advisory Board
Sri Lanka has earned a proud moment on the global cricketing stage as national women’s captain Chamari Athapaththu has been appointed to the Player Advisory Board of the World Cricketers’ Association (WCA).
The latest reshuffle of the board brings together some of the most influential voices in international cricket. Athapaththu joins a distinguished lineup that includes Pat Cummins, Jason Holder, Heather Knight, Aiden Markram, Scott Edwards, and Laura Wolvaardt.
She also joins newly inducted members such as Rashid Khan, Wayne Madsen, Daryl Mitchell, and Maddy Green. The new appointments come as former board members Tim Southee and Sophie Devine step down from their roles.
Speaking about her appointment, Athapaththu described the opportunity as both a personal honour and a milestone for Sri Lankan cricket as a whole. She emphasized that her inclusion reflects growing recognition for players from Asia on the global stage.
The experienced all-rounder expressed her eagerness to bring her international insights to the table, highlighting the importance of ensuring that players from all regions have a meaningful voice in shaping the future of the sport. She particularly stressed the need for stronger representation from Asian cricketing nations in global decision-making.
Athapaththu also reaffirmed her commitment to collaborating with fellow board members to enhance player welfare, support the development of the game, and contribute to a more balanced and inclusive global cricket structure.
According to the WCA, the refreshed Player Advisory Board comes at a crucial time for international cricket. The body aims to strengthen player representation and ensure that athletes play a central role in guiding the long-term direction and sustainability of the game.
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