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The Sri Lanka Army Sports Club qualifies for the finals of the Inter Club First Division One Day Tournament.

Sri Lanka Army Sports Club qualified for the final after defeating ACE Capital Cricket Club by 123 runs in the second semi-final of the Inter-Club One Day Tournament yesterday (30) at the NCC Sports Club Ground.
Army Captain Thisara Perera won the toss and decided to bat first and although the Army batsmen got off to a successful start, the middle order batsmen failed to get between the runs and the Army score was 152 for six wickets. After that, Mahesh Kumara and Suminda Lakshan, who came together on the pitch, built a partnership of 74 runs for the seventh wicket, when all the players were dismissed in 48.2 overs, the Army Sports Club managed to score 246 runs. Sikkuge Prasanna hit 6 sixes and 6 fours with a quick 89 runs and Mahesh Kumar and Suminda Lakshan did well for the Army in batting. While bowling for ACE Capital Cricket Club, Chanaka Devinda, Tanuka Dabare, Pramud Hettiwatte and Captain Lasith Kauspul managed to take two wickets each.
The Army bowlers did not allow the ACE Capital batsmen who started the chase to raise their target of 246 and managed to score 123 runs in 27.4 overs by losing all the wickets. Oshadha Fernando scored 31 runs for ACE Capital and Sikkuge Prasanna and Suminda Lakshan took four wickets each for the Army team who did not give any other batsman a chance to cross the thirty-run mark.
Accordingly, the Army team managed to qualify for the finals with a huge victory of 123 runs.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
Sikku’s Prasanna 89 (66)
Mahesh Kumar 46 (68)
Suminda Lakshan 33 (51)
Pramud Hettiwatta 26/2 (10)
Lasith Kauspul 32/2 (10)
Chanaka Devinda 47/2 (10)
Tanuka Dabare 52/2 (9)
ACE Capital Cricket Club 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
Oshadha Fernando 31 (33)
Lasith Kauspul 23 (18)
Sikku’s Prasanna 26/4 (10)
Suminda Lakshan 42/4 (8.4)
ශ්රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්රීඩා සමාජය අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක් දින තරඟාවලියේ අවසන් මහා තරගයට සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගනි.
අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක් දින තරඟාවලියේ ඊයේ (30) එන් සී සී ක්රීඩා සමාජ පිටියේ පැවති දෙවන අවසන් පූර්ව තරගයේදී ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 123 කින් පරාජයට පත් කීරීමින් ශ්රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්රීඩා සමාජය අවසන් මහා තරගයට සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් වුණා.
කාසිය වාසිය ජයග්රහණය කරමින් ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදීමට යුධ හමුදා නායක තිසර පෙරේරා තීරණය කල අතර යුධ හමුදා ආරම්භ පිතිකරුවන් සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත්තද මැද පෙල පිතිකරුවන් ලකුණු අතර පිවිසීමට අපොහොසත් වීම නිසා යුධ හමුදා ඉණිම කඩුළු හයකට 152ක් ලෙස දැක්විය. ඉන් අනතුරුව පිටියේ එක් වූ මහේෂ් කුමාර සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් හත්වැනි කඩුල්ලට වටිනා ලකුණු 74ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැඟීම නිසාවෙන් පන්දුවාර 48.2 ක් තුළ සියළු ක්රීඩකයන් දැවී යනවිට යුධ හමුදා ක්රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 246ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත්විය. සික්කුගේ ප්රසන්න හයේ පහර 6ක් සහ හතරේ පහර 6ක් සමගින් වේගවත් ලකුණු 89ක්ද මහේෂ් කුමාර සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් පිතිකරණයේ දී යුධ හමුදාව වෙනුවෙන් දස්කම් දක්වමට සමත්විය. ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩා සමාජය වෙනුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමේදී චානක දේවින්ද, තනුක දාබරේ, ප්රමුද් හෙට්ටිවත්ත සහ නායක ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් කඩුළු දෙක බැගින් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
පිළිතුරු ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් පිතිකරුවන්ට හිස එසවීමට ඉඩ ලබා නොදුන් යුධ හමුදා පන්දු යවන්නන් සියළුම පිතිකරුවන් පන්දුවාර 27.4 ක් තුළ ලකුණු 123 කට දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් ඕෂධ ප්රනාන්දු ලකුණු 31ක් ලබා ගත් අතර වෙනත් කිසිදු පිතිකරුවෙකුට ලකුණු තිහේ සීමාව පසුකර යාමට අවස්ථාවක් ලබා නොදුන් යුධ හමුදා කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් සික්කුගේ ප්රසන්න සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් පන්දු යැවීමේදී කඩුළු හතර බැගින් ලබා ගනිමින් දස්කම් දැක්වීය.
ඒ අනුව ලකුණු 123 දැවැන්ත ජයක් හිමිකර ගනිමින් අවසන් මහා තරගයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට යුධ හමුදා කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය.
ශ්රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්රීඩා සමාජය 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
සික්කුගේ ප්රසන්න 89 (66)
මහේෂ් කුමාර 46 (68)
සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් 33 (51)
ප්රමුද් හෙට්ටිවත්ත 26/2 (10)
ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් 32/2 (10)
චානක දේවින්ද 47/2 (10)
තනුක දාබරේ 52/2 (9)
ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩා සමාජය 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
ඕෂධ ප්රනාන්දු 31 (33)
ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් 23 (18)
සික්කුගේ ප්රසන්න 26/4 (10)
සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් 42/4 (8.4)
இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் அணிகளுக்கிடையிலான முதலாவது பிரிவு ஒரு நாள் போட்டித் தொடரின் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது.
NCC விளையாட்டுக் கழக மைதானத்தில் நேற்று (30) நடைபெற்ற அனைத்துக் கழகங்களுக்கிடையிலான ஒரு நாள் போட்டியின் இரண்டாவது அரையிறுதிப் போட்டியில் ACE Capital Cricket Clubஐ 123 ஓட்டங்களால் தோற்கடித்து இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதி பெற்றது.
நாணயச்சுழற்சியில் வெற்றிபெற்ற இராணுவத் தலைவர் திசர பெரேரா முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடத் தீர்மானித்தார், இராணுவத் துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தைப் பெற்ற போதிலும், மத்திய வரிசை துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் ரன்களுக்கு இடையில் தோல்வியடைந்ததால் இராணுவத்தின் ஸ்கோர் 6 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 152 ஆக இருந்தது. அதன் பின்னர் களமிறங்கிய மகேஷ் குமார மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஜோடி ஏழாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 74 ஓட்டங்களின் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை உருவாக்க, வீரர்கள் அனைவரும் 48.2 ஓவர்களில் ஆட்டமிழந்தபோது, ராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 246 ரன்கள் எடுக்க முடிந்தது. சிக்குகே பிரசன்னா 6 சிக்ஸர்கள் மற்றும் 6 பவுண்டரிகளுடன் 89 ரன்கள் விரைவுபடுத்தியதுடன், மகேஷ் குமார் மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஆகியோர் துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் இராணுவத்திற்காக சிறப்பாகச் செயல்பட்டனர். ACE Capital Cricket Club சார்பாக பந்துவீசும்போது, சானக தேவிந்த, தனுக தாபரே, பிரமுத் ஹெட்டிவத்த மற்றும் கேப்டன் லசித் கௌஸ்புல் ஆகியோர் தலா இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினர்.
246 என்ற வெற்றி இலக்கை துரத்த ஆரம்பித்த ACE Capital துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்களை இராணுவப் பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் அனுமதிக்கவில்லை. ஏசிஇ கெப்பிட்டல் சார்பாக ஓஷத பெர்னாண்டோ 31 ஓட்டங்களையும், முப்பது ஓட்டங்களைக் கடக்க வேறு எவருக்கும் வாய்ப்பளிக்காத இராணுவ அணி சார்பாக சிக்குகே பிரசன்ன மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஆகியோர் தலா நான்கு விக்கெட்டுக்களையும் கைப்பற்றினர்.
இதன்படி இராணுவ அணி 123 ஓட்டங்களால் அபார வெற்றி பெற்று இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு தகுதி பெற்றது.
இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
சிக்குவின் பிரசன்னா 89 (66)
மகேஷ் குமார் 46 (68)
சுமிந்த லக்ஷன் 33 (51)
பிரமுத் ஹெட்டிவத்த 26/2 (10)
லசித் கௌஸ்புல் 32/2 (10)
சானக தேவிந்த 47/2 (10)
தனுகா தாபரே 52/2 (9)
ACE கேபிடல் கிரிக்கெட் கிளப் 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
ஓஷத பெர்னாண்டோ 31 (33)
லசித் கவுஸ்புல் 23 (18)
சிக்குவின் பிரசன்னா 26/4 (10)
சுமிந்த லக்ஷன் 42/4 (8.4)
Football
Stafford vs. Colombo International: The Second Edition of the Big Match Kicks Off!
Football fever returns as Stafford International School and Colombo International School gear up for the second edition of their highly anticipated Big Match! This year, the rivalry intensifies with four matches across different age and gender categories:
✅ U15 Girls
✅ U15 Boys
✅ U20 Girls
✅ U20 Boys
🏆 Stafford International’s Rising Stars:
- U15 Girls: Defending TISSL U14 and Colombo SLSFA District champions, featuring standout players like Keshalee Ranatunga and Sonja Ratanayake (just 10 years old!).
- U15 Boys: All-Island U14 runners-up out of 462 schools, led by goalkeeper Yash Amarasekara, who was named Best U14 GK in Sri Lanka.
- U20 Girls & Boys: Both teams finished as TISSL runners-up, boasting stars like Raya Rikaz, Yumna Safraz, Adnaan Ameen, and Nidurshan Mohan.
🏆 Colombo International’s Key Players:
- U15 Girls: TISSL U16 runners-up, featuring top defender Khadeeja Niyas and striker Ozra.
- U20 Girls: TISSL U20 runners-up, with Fioni Dedhia named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
- U20 Boys: Defending Big Match champions, looking to retain their title behind stars like Krishwen and Habib.
👀 Who will come out on top this time? Watch the action LIVE at the link below! 🎥👇
#BigMatch2025 #SchoolFootball #SriLankaFootball #StaffordVsCIS #RivalryRenewed
Cricket
Shammi Silva Re-Elected as Sri Lanka Cricket President for Fourth Consecutive Term
Shammi Silva has been re-elected as the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president for the 2025-27 term, marking his fourth consecutive tenure at the helm of the nation’s cricket governing body. Silva secured the position uncontested at the 64th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Colombo on Monday.
A Controversial Yet Dominant Tenure
Silva’s leadership has not been without controversy. His previous term saw a high-profile clash with former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe in 2023, which led to an interim committee being appointed after Sri Lanka’s poor performance in the ICC ODI World Cup. This move resulted in ICC suspending SLC, which led to Sri Lanka losing the hosting rights for the U19 Men’s World Cup, which was later held in South Africa.
Despite these setbacks, Silva regained control after a court ruling reinstated his administration, and he was later appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in December 2023, replacing Jay Shah.
Challenges & Future Outlook
Sri Lanka Cricket has long been seen as a powerful and influential body, with internal politics often shaping its leadership. With financial mismanagement concerns highlighted in the Auditor General’s report, Silva’s administration faces the challenge of restoring credibility and ensuring better governance.
With the ICC ban lifted, Sri Lanka looks to rebuild its cricketing structure and improve performance on the international stage. The focus now shifts to upcoming bilateral series, the Asia Cup, and preparations for the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Stay tuned for more updates on Sri Lanka Cricket and the latest in the world of sports!
Cricket
Stephen Fleming Defends MS Dhoni’s Batting Position Amid Criticism
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming has defended MS Dhoni’s late entry in the batting order, stating that the legendary wicketkeeper-batsman cannot play an extended innings at full intensity due to lingering knee concerns.
The 43-year-old Dhoni faced criticism after coming in at No. 9 during CSK’s 50-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Chepauk. In the next match against Rajasthan Royals on March 30, 2025, he batted at No. 7 when CSK required 54 off 25 balls but managed just 16 off 11 as his team fell short by six runs.
Fleming’s Explanation on Dhoni’s Role
Fleming emphasized that Dhoni carefully assesses the match situation before deciding when to bat.
“It’s all about timing. MS judges his body and situation. His knees aren’t what they used to be, so he can’t bat for 10 overs at full intensity. He will step in based on the game’s demands,” Fleming explained at the post-match press conference.
The CSK coach reiterated that Dhoni remains too valuable to the team for his leadership and wicketkeeping and that sending him in too early could be a strategic misstep.
“From around the 13th or 14th over, he assesses the situation and decides. He trusts other batters early on but steps up when needed.”
CSK’s Struggles in the Powerplay Cost Them the Match
Fleming also pinpointed CSK’s poor powerplay performance as a key reason for their loss against Rajasthan Royals. While RR blasted 79/1 in the powerplay, CSK only managed 42/1,
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