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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)
Cricket
Chamudi Praboda to Lead Sri Lanka U19 Women on India Tour
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named a 15-member Sri Lanka Under-19 Women’s squad for the upcoming tour of India, where the young cricketers will compete in both T20 and One Day formats.
Chamudi Praboda has been appointed captain of the side, while Sanjana Kavindi will serve as vice-captain and wicketkeeper. The tour is expected to provide valuable international exposure and competitive experience for the emerging players.
Sri Lanka will play three T20 matches in Chennai on June 22, 24 and 27, followed by three One Day matches in Pondicherry on June 30 and July 3 and 6.
The series will offer Sri Lanka’s young talents an important opportunity to test their skills against strong opposition and gain experience in challenging Indian conditions as they continue their development at international level.
The squad comprises Chamudi Praboda (Captain), Sanjana Kavindi (WK, Vice-Captain), Nethmi Upeksha, Manudi Nanayakkara, Limansa Thilakarathna, Umayangana Peiris, Danodya Sewmini, Nethagi Isuranjali, Pramudi Methsara, Yesali Jithara, Vimoksha Balasooriya, Sanuki Pathirage, Chamodi Herath, Aseni Thalagune and Daria Dissanayaka.
Athletics
Rumesh Tharanga Reaches Historic World No. 3 Ranking
Sri Lankan javelin star Rumesh Tharanga has achieved a remarkable milestone by climbing to World No. 3 in the latest global rankings, bringing pride and recognition to Sri Lankan athletics on the international stage.
Tharanga now holds 1,324 ranking points, placing him among the world’s elite javelin throwers. His rise to third place marks the highest-ever ranking achieved by a Sri Lankan male athlete in world athletics history, highlighting his dedication, hard work, and consistent performances over recent years.
The achievement is even more significant as Tharanga has become Asia’s highest-ranked javelin athlete, surpassing India’s celebrated thrower Neeraj Chopra. This accomplishment reflects the growing strength of Sri Lankan athletics and demonstrates the country’s ability to compete with the best athletes in the world.
Sports officials and fans across the island have welcomed the news with great enthusiasm.
Many view Tharanga’s success as an inspiration for young athletes who aspire to represent Sri Lanka on the global stage. His journey from a promising talent to one of the world’s top-ranked competitors showcases the rewards of perseverance and commitment to excellence.
His achievement stands as a proud moment for Sri Lanka and a significant chapter in the country’s sporting history.
News
Dinara and Aahil Reach Finals at SSC ITF J30 Week 2
Sri Lanka’s Dinara de Silva and Aahil Kaleel advanced to the girls’ and boys’ singles finals respectively at the ITF J30 Week 2 Junior Tennis Tournament being held at the SSC Courts from 2 to 8 June.
Dinara secured a dominant semifinal victory over the Maldives’ Karin Saizan, while Aahil battled through a tough three-set encounter against India’s Vivaan Mirdha to keep Sri Lankan hopes alive in the boys’ competition.

In the girls’ singles semifinals, Dinara produced an impressive display to defeat Karin Saizan 4-1, 4-0. Fellow Sri Lankan Yuhansa Peiris also booked her place in the final after overcoming India’s Aahida Singh 5-4, 4-0. Their victories set up an all-Sri Lankan championship clash.
The boys’ singles semifinals featured a thrilling contest between Aahil and Vivaan Mirdha. After winning the first set 4-2 and dropping the second 2-4, Aahil held his nerve to claim the match tie-break 10-7. In the other semifinal, India’s Shiok Chauhan defeated compatriot Punith Manchira 5-3, 4-2 to reach the final.

The girls’ final will see Dinara face Yuhansa, while Aahil will take on Chauhan in the boys’ title match.
Dinara enters the final in outstanding form, having won the Week 1 singles title. She also teamed up with Yuhansa to capture the Week 1 girls’ doubles championship. The tournament is particularly significant for Dinara as it marks her final ITF Junior tournament appearance on Sri Lankan soil before embarking on the next stage of her international tennis journey.
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