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Tamil Union Sports Club wins the SLC Major Clubs Limited Over Champions…

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August 3, 2022

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Sri Lanka Army Sports Club defeated Sri Lanka Army Sports Club by 7 wickets according to Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method and Tamil Union Sports Club managed to get an excellent victory in the final of the Inter Club First Class One Day Tournament today (02) at the SSC Sports Club Ground.

In the semi-finals, Sri Lanka Army Sports Club qualified for the final by defeating ACE Capital Cricket Club by 123 runs and Tamil Union Sports Club qualified for the final by defeating CCC Sports Club by 16 runs. it was.

Accordingly, in yesterday’s final match, Army captain Thisara Perera, who won the toss, decided to bat first, but the Tamil Union bowlers did not give a chance to add the runs to the score needed to win a match, and five Army batsmen were dismissed without scoring was put Army to a horrible position. However, Asela Gunaratne and Mahesh Kumara scored half-centuries and managed to build up the Army’s score to a decent total, and at the end of 49.5 overs, Army Sports Club was able to score 198 runs. In bowling, Santhush Gunathilake and Isuru Udana managed to take three wickets each for Tamil Union Sports Club.

In the chase, Tamil Union Sports Club’s innings were stopped in the 15th over running when the match was stopped due to the rain, they had scored 67 runs for the loss of one wicket. Umpires decided to reduce 8 overs due to time constrain. The Tamil Union team got a target of 153 runs in 37 overs due to rain again. At the end of 31.2 overs, the Tamil Union team managed to pass the winning target by losing only 3 wickets. Sadeera Samarawickrama scored an unbeaten 58 with the bat.

Accordingly, Tamil Union Sports Club won the 2022 SLC Major Clubs Limited Over Championship

SRI LANKA ARMY INNINGS 198/10 49.5 Ov (RR: 3.97)
Asela Gunaratne 59 (88)
Mahesh Kumara 57 (78)
Santhush Gunathilake 14/3 (5)
Isuru Udana 31/3 (8.5)

TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB INNINGS 153/3 31.2 Ov (RR: 4.88) (Target: 153 runs from 37 overs)
Sadeera Samarawickrama 58 (70)
Dilruwan Perera 37 (55)
Navod Paranavithana 32 (39)
Asanka Manoj 27/2 (7)

TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB WON BY 7 WICKETS (DLS)

ටැමිල් යූනියන් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක්දින තරගාවලියේ ශූරතාවය ජයග්‍රහණය කරයි.

අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක් දින තරඟාවලියේ අද (02) එස් එස් සී ක්‍රීඩා සමාජ පිටියේ පැවති අවසන් මහා තරගයේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය ඩක්වත් ලුවිස් න්‍යායට අනුව කඩුළු 7කින් පරාජයට පත් කීරීමින් ටැමිල් යූනියන් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය විශිෂ්ඨ ජයක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේදී ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 123 කින් පරාජයට පත් කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය අවසන් මහා තරගයට සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් වු අතර සී සී සී ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 16කින් පරාජයට පත් කරමින් ටැමිල් යූනියන් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය අවසන් තරගයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

ඒ අනුව අද පැවති අවසන් මහා තරගයේදී කාසිය වාසිය ජයග්‍රහණය කළ යුධ හමුදා නායක තිසර පෙරේරා ප්‍රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදීමට තීරණය කළද තරගය ජයග්‍රහණය කිරිමට අවශ්‍ය වූ ලකුණු සංඛ්‍යාවක් ලකුණු පුවරුවට එක් කිරීමට ටැමිල් යූනියන් පන්දු යවන්නන් අවස්ථාවක් ලබා නොදුන් අතර යුධ හමුදා පිතිකරුවන් පස් දෙනෙක් ලකුණු නොලබා දැවීයාමද විශේෂ සිදු වීමක් විය. කෙසේ වෙතත් Asela Gunaratne සහ Mahesh Kumara අර්ධ ශතක වාර්තා කරමින් තරගයක් දිය හැකි ලකුණු ප්‍රමාණයක් දක්වා යුධ හමුදා ඉණිම ගොඩ නැගීමට සමත් වු අතර ඒ සමගින් පන්දුවාර 49.5 අවසානයේදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 198 ක් රැස් කිරීමට යුද හමුදාව ක්‍රීඩා සමාජයට හැකි විය. පන්දු යැවීමේදී ටැමිල් යූනියන් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය වෙනුවෙන් Santhush Gunathilake සහ Isuru Udana කඩුළු තුන බැගින් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

පිළිතුරු ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ ටැමිල් යූනියන් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජ ඉණිමේ 15 වන පන්දුවාරය ක්‍රියාත්මක වන අතර වාරයේ වර්ෂාව ඇදවැටීම හේතුවෙන් තරගයට මදකට නතර කරන විට එක් කඩුල්ලක් දැවී ලකුණු 67ක් ලබාගෙන සිටි අතර වර්ෂාව නිසාවෙන් පන්දුවාර 8 ක් අහිමි විය. නැවතත් වර්ෂාවෙන් බාධා එල්ල විම නිසාවෙන් ටැමිල් යූනියන් කණ්ඩායමට පන්දුවාර 37කදී ලකුණු 153 ක ඉලක්කයක් හිමි විය. පන්දුවාර 31.2 අවසානයේදී ඩුලු 3ක් පමණක් දැවී ජයග්‍රාහී ඉලක්කය පසුකර යාමට ටැමිල් යූනියන් කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය. පිතිකරණයේ දී නොදැවී ලකුණු 58ක් ලබා ගැනීමට Sadeera Samarawickrama සමත් විය.

ඒ අනුව 2022 අන්තර් සමාජ එක්දින තරගාවලියේ ශූරතාව දිනා ගැනීමට ටැමිල් යූනියන් ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය සමත්විය.

SRI LANKA ARMY INNINGS 198/10 49.5 Ov (RR: 3.97)
Asela Gunaratne 59 (88)
Mahesh Kumara 57 (78)
Santhush Gunathilake 14/3 (5)
Isuru Udana 31/3 (8.5)

TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB WON BY 7 WICKETS (DLS)

SLC Major Clubs Limited ஓவர் சம்பியன்ஸ் போட்டியில் தமிழ் யூனியன் விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் வெற்றி…

இன்று (02) நடைபெற்ற இன்டர் கிளப் முதல் தர ஒரு நாள் போட்டியின் இறுதிப் போட்டியில் இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் டக்வொர்த் லூயிஸ் முறைப்படி 7 விக்கெட்டுக்களால் இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகத்தை தோற்கடித்ததுடன் தமிழ் யூனியன் விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் சிறப்பான வெற்றியைப் பெற்றது. SSC ஸ்போர்ட்ஸ் கிளப் மைதானம்.

அரையிறுதிப் போட்டியில் இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 123 ஓட்டங்களினால் ACE Capital Cricket Club ஐ தோற்கடித்து இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதிபெற்றது. அது இருந்தது.

அதன்படி நேற்றைய இறுதிப் போட்டியில் நாணய சுழற்சியில் வெற்றி பெற்ற இராணுவ அணித்தலைவர் திசர பெரேரா முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாட தீர்மானித்த போதிலும் தமிழ் யூனியன் பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் போட்டியொன்றில் வெற்றி பெறுவதற்கு தேவையான ஓட்டங்களைச் சேர்க்க வாய்ப்பளிக்காததால் ஐந்து இராணுவ துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் கோல் அடிக்காமல் ஆட்டமிழக்க, ராணுவம் மோசமான நிலைக்கு தள்ளப்பட்டது. எவ்வாறாயினும், அசேல குணரத்ன மற்றும் மகேஷ் குமார ஆகியோர் அரை சதங்களைப் பெற்று இராணுவத்தின் ஸ்கோரை ஒழுக்கமான ஸ்கோராகக் கட்டியெழுப்ப முடிந்தது, மேலும் 49.5 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 198 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற முடிந்தது. பந்துவீச்சில் தமிழ் யூனியன் விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் சார்பாக சந்துஷ் குணதிலக்க மற்றும் இசுரு உதான ஆகியோர் தலா மூன்று விக்கெட்டுகளைக் கைப்பற்றினர்.

துரத்தலில் தமிழ் யூனியன் விளையாட்டுக் கழகத்தின் இன்னிங்ஸ் 15 ஆவது ஓவரில் மழை காரணமாக ஆட்டம் நிறுத்தப்படும் போது ஒரு விக்கெட் இழப்பிற்கு 67 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றிருந்தது. நேரமின்மை காரணமாக 8 ஓவர்களை குறைக்க நடுவர்கள் முடிவு செய்தனர். மீண்டும் மழை பெய்ததால் தமிழ் யூனியன் அணிக்கு 37 ஓவர்களில் 153 ரன்கள் வெற்றி இலக்காக நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்டது. 31.2 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் தமிழ் யூனியன் அணி 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை மட்டும் இழந்து வெற்றி இலக்கை எட்டியது. சதீர சமரவிக்ரம ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 58 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றார்.

இதன்படி 2022 இன்டர்நேஷனல் சமூக விளையாட்டு போட்டியில் வெற்றி பெறுவதற்கு தமிழ் யூனியன் கிரிக்கட் விளையாட்டு சமுதாயத்தில் தேர்ச்சி பெற்றது.

அதன்படி, 2022 SLC Major Clubs Limited ஓவர் சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பை தமிழ் யூனியன் விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் வென்றது.

இலங்கை இராணுவ இன்னிங்ஸ் 198/10 49.5 Ov (RR: 3.97)
அசேல குணரத்ன 59 (88)
மகேஷ் குமார 57 (78)
சந்துஷ் குணதிலகே 14/3 (5)
இசுரு உதானா 31/3 (8.5)

தமிழ் யூனியன் கிரிக்கெட் மற்றும் தடகள கிளப் இன்னிங்ஸ் 153/3 31.2 Ov (RR: 4.88) (இலக்கு: 37 ஓவர்களில் 153 ரன்கள்)
சதீர சமரவிக்ரம 58 (70)
தில்ருவான் பெரேரா 37 (55)
நவோத் பரணவிதான 32 (39)
அசங்க மனோஜ் 27/2 (7)

தமிழ் யூனியன் கிரிக்கெட் மற்றும் தடகள கிளப் 7 விக்கெட்டுகள் (DLS) வெற்றி பெற்றது

News by Anjana Kaluarachchi

Athletics

Sri Lanka Men’s 4x400m Relay Team Secures Spot at World Athletics Relays

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19 hours ago

April 6, 2026

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Sri Lanka’s men’s 4x400m relay team has earned a place at the upcoming World Athletics Relays, set to be held in Gaborone, Botswana on May 2 and 3. The qualification comes after a strong showing at the Invitational Relay Championship in Chandigarh, India, where the team delivered an impressive performance.

Clocking a time of 3:02.16, the Sri Lankan quartet ranked among the top teams globally, marking the second-fastest 4x400m relay time in the nation’s history. The team featured Aruna Darshana, Pasindu Kodikara, Kalhara Indupa, and Sadew Rajakaruna, whose combined effort highlights the country’s growing strength in track and field.

This achievement not only secures Sri Lanka’s participation at the prestigious World Relays but also places them in contention for a major milestone. The top 12 teams at the event will qualify directly for the World Athletics Championships 2027 in their respective relay categories, adding further significance to the competition.

Men’s 4x400m Relay Qualified Teams

Botswana, South Africa, Belgium, Qatar, Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Jamaica, Netherlands, France, Kenya, Portugal, Australia, Japan, Zimbabwe, China, Brazil, India, Hungary, Spain, Poland, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Germany, Nigeria, Thailand

Note- (USA has withdrawn from the event)

Cricket

CSK Risk Early Elimination After Third Straight Loss

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19 hours ago

April 6, 2026

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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are staring at an early exit from the IPL 2026 season after suffering their third consecutive defeat, this time against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who secured a commanding 43-run victory.

RCB delivered a batting masterclass, posting a formidable 250/3 in their 20 overs. The innings was powered by explosive contributions from Tim David, who smashed an unbeaten 70 off just 25 balls, and skipper Rajat Patidar, who remained not out on a blistering 48 off 19 deliveries.

Devdutt Padikkal added a fluent 50, while Phil Salt chipped in with 46 at the top. Despite picking up three wickets, CSK bowlers struggled to contain the run flow, conceding at 12.50 runs per over.

In response, CSK endured a disastrous start, losing three wickets within the first three overs. Sarfaraz Khan offered some resistance with a quickfire 50, while Prashant Veer (43) and Jamie Overton (37) tried to revive the chase. However, the steep target proved too much as CSK were bowled out for 207 in 19.4 overs.

RCB’s bowling attack was led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who claimed three crucial wickets, while Jacob Duffy and Krunal Pandya chipped in with two apiece.

With three losses on the trot, CSK now find themselves in a precarious position in the points table, needing a swift turnaround to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Cricket

Sri Lanka A Cruise to 140-Run Win as Three Half-Centurions Shine

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2 days ago

April 5, 2026

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Sri Lanka A delivered a dominant all-round performance to secure a comprehensive 140-run victory over New Zealand A, powered by three impressive half-centuries and a clinical bowling display in the first unofficial One day worked off at Galle International cricket stadium on Sunday.

After being put in to bat, Sri Lanka A posted a competitive 261 in 49.2 overs, with their top and middle order laying a solid foundation. Kamil Mishara set the tone early with a fluent 71 off just 49 balls, striking 12 fours and a six to give his side early momentum. Despite a few quick wickets in the first half, the innings was stabilized by skipper Sahan Arachchige, who compiled a composed 66 from 81 deliveries, anchoring the middle phase.

The innings gained further depth through Milan Rathnayaka, who added a crucial 53 off 89 balls. His patient knock ensured Sri Lanka A batted deep and pushed towards a strong total. Contributions from the lower order and useful extras helped the hosts cross the 260-mark, giving their bowlers a solid platform to defend.

In response, New Zealand A never found rhythm in their chase and were bundled out for just 121 in 28.4 overs. The Sri Lankan bowlers dominated from the outset, with Wanuja Sahan producing a match-winning spell. He claimed an outstanding five-wicket haul, dismantling the opposition’s batting lineup with accuracy and control.

Support came from Sonal Dinusha, who picked up two key wickets, while the rest of the attack maintained consistent pressure. Apart from a brief counterattack by Dale Phillips, New Zealand A struggled against disciplined bowling and regular breakthroughs.

Overall, it was a commanding performance from Sri Lanka A, highlighted by the half-centuries of Mishara, Arachchige, and Rathnayaka, complemented by Sahan’s brilliant five-for to seal an emphatic win.