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The Sri Lanka youth team has the upper hand in the practice match.

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The Sri Lanka team managed to gain more advantages in the three-day training match held between the Sri Lanka under-19 youth team and the England youth invitational team, who have gone to England to participate in 3 one-day matches and 2 four-day test matches.

The Sri Lankan team, which had started batting first, was declared for 248 runs in the first innings after losing 7 wickets. On the first day which was limited to 56 overs, the Sri Lanka youth team scored 182 runs for 4 wickets and the second day had to be completely abandoned due to rain.

Asitha Vanninayak, who was successful in batting for the Sri Lankan team, faced 200 balls and managed to score 100 runs. The innings included 13 fours, and he stopped midway through his innings to allow other batsmen to bat.

The England youth invited team, who entered the field to play the reply innings of Sri Lanka’s first innings, could score only 104 runs. Vanuja Sahan bowled 11.1 overs and took 4 wickets for 13 runs while Dududu Ranatunga and Dulaj Samudita managed to take 2 wickets each.

The Sri Lanka youth team, who started their second innings with 144 runs leading, at the end of the day scored 132 runs for 2 wickets and managed to come forward in the second innings with a total of 276 runs. Avshek Liyanarachchi scored 51 runs and Sadisha Rajapaksa scored 32 runs in the second innings. By the end of the day, vice-captain Shehan Daniel had scored 25 points and Lahiru Davatage had scored 21 points.

Sri Lanka Youth 248 for 7 in 80 first innings – (Asitha Vanninayake 100, Sadisha Rajapaksa 23, Pawan Pathiraja 23, Ranuda Somaratne 29, Ravin de Silva (33 not out), Lahiru Davatag 12, RL Ewitts 53/3, E. Jacques 43/2)

England Youth Invitational 104 all out in 42.1 overs – (MD Wagstaff 53, KK Patel 11, M Hurst 10, Vanuja Sahan 14/4, Dulaj Samuditha 27/2, Duvindu Ranatunga 34 /2)

Sri Lanka Youth second innings 132 for 2 in 26 overs – (Abhishek Liyanarachchi 51, Sadisha Rajapaksa 32, Shehan Daniel (not out) 25, Lahiru Dawatage (not out) 21)

පුහුණු තරගයේ වැඩි වාසිය ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිලට.

එක්දින තරග 3කට හා සිව්දින ටෙස් තරග 2කට සහභාගීවීම සදහා එංගලන්තයට ගොස් සිටින ශ්‍රී ලංකා වයස අවුරුදු 19 පහළ යොවුන් කණ්ඩායම හා එංගලන්ත තරුණ ආරාධිත කණ්ඩායම අතර පැවති තුන් දින පුහුණු තරගයේ වැඩි වාසි ලබා ගැනීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා පිළ සමත් විය.

පන්දුවට මුලින් පහර දීමේ අවස්ථාව හිමි වූ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පිල පළමු ඉනිමට ලකුණු 248කට කඩුලු 7ක් දැවී තිබියදී ඉනිම අත්හිටුවන ලදී. පන්දුවාර 56කට සීමා වූ පළමු දින ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිළ කඩුළු 4කට ලකුණු 182 ක් ලබා ගත් අතර දෙවැනි දිනය වර්ශාව හේතුවෙන් සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අතහැර දැමීමට සිදු විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පිළ වෙනුවෙන් සාර්ථක පිතිහරභයක නිරත වූ අසිත වන්නිනායක පන්දු 200කට මුහුණ දී ලකුණු 100ක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. එම ඉනිමට හතරේ පහරවල් 13ක් ඇතුළත් වූ අතර, ඔහු අනෙකුත් පිතිකරුවන්ට පන්දුවට පහරදීමට ඉඩ සලසමින් සිය ඉනිම අතරමග නවතා දැමීය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පළමු ඉනිමේ පිළිතුරු ඉනිම ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට පිටියට පිවිසි එංගලන්ත තරුණ ආරාධිත කණ්ඩායමට සියළු දෙනා දැවී ලබාගත හැකි වූයේ ලකුණු 104ක් පමණි. පන්දු යැවීමේදී කැපී පෙනෙන දක්ෂ්තා දැක්වූ වනුජ සහන් පන්දුවාර 11.1 ක් යවමින් ලකුණු 13කට කඩුළු 4ක් දවා ගනිද්දී දුවිදු රණතුංග හා දුලාජ් සමුදිත කඩුලු 2ක බැගින් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

ලකුණු 144ක් ඉද්‍රියෙන් නැවතත් තම දෙවැනි ඉනිම ආරම්භ කළ ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිළ දිනය අවසානයේදී කඩුළු 2කට ලකුණු 132ක් ලබා සමස්ථ දෙවැනි ඉනිමේ 276ක ඉදිරියට පැමිණීමට සමත් විය. දෙවැනි ඉනිම වෙනුවෙන් අභ්ෂේක් ලියනාරච්චි ලකුණු 51, සදීෂ රාජපක්ෂ ලකුණු 32 ලබා ගථ. දිනය නිමා වන විට උප නායක ෂෙහාන් ඩැනියෙල් ලකුණු 25ක් හා ලහිරු දවටගේ ලකුණු 21 ක ලබා සිටියහ.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල පළමු ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 80 කදී කඩුලු 7 ට ලකුණු 248 යි – (අසිත වන්නිනායක 100, සදීෂ රාජපක්ෂ 23, පවන් පතිරාජ 23, රනුද සෝමරත්න 29, රවීන් ද සිල්වා (නොදැවී 33), ළහිරු දවටග් 12, ආර්. එල්. එවිට්ස් 53/3, ඊ. ජැක් 43/2)

එංගලන්ත තරුණ ආරාධිත පිල පළමු ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 42.1 කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 104 යි – (එම්.ඩී. වැග්ස්ටෆ් 53, කේ. කේ පටෙල් 11, එම්. හර්ස්ට් 10, වනුජ සහන් 14/4, දුලාජ් සමුදිත 27/2, දුවිඳු රණතුංග 34/2)

ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල දෙවැනි ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 26 කදී කඩුලු 2 ට ලකුණු 132 යි – (අභි‌ෂේක් ලියනාරච්චි 51, සදීෂ රාජපක්ෂ 32, ෂෙහාන් ඩැනියල් (නොදැවී) 25, ළහිරු දවටගේ (නොදැවී) 21)

பயிற்சி ஆட்டத்தில் இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி முன்னிலை பெற்றுள்ளது.

3 ஒரு நாள் போட்டிகள் மற்றும் 2 நான்கு-போட்டிகளில் பங்குபற்றுவதற்காக இங்கிலாந்து சென்றுள்ள இலங்கை 19 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட இளைஞர் அணிக்கும் இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அழைப்பிதழ் அணிக்கும் இடையில் நடைபெற்ற மூன்று நாள் பயிற்சிப் போட்டியில் இலங்கை அணி அதிக அனுகூலங்களைப் பெற முடிந்தது. நாள் டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகள்.

முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடத் தொடங்கிய இலங்கை அணி முதல் இன்னிங்சில் 7 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 248 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு டிக்ளேர் செய்யப்பட்டது. 56 ஓவர்களுக்குள் மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்ட முதல் நாளில் இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி 4 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 182 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றிருந்த நிலையில் இரண்டாம் நாள் ஆட்டம் மழையால் முற்றாக கைவிடப்பட்டது.

இலங்கை அணி சார்பாக துடுப்பெடுத்தாடுவதில் வெற்றிபெற்ற அசித வன்னிநாயக்க 200 பந்துகளுக்கு முகங்கொடுத்து 100 ஓட்டங்களைக் குவித்தார். இந்த இன்னிங்ஸில் 13 பவுண்டரிகள் அடங்கும், மேலும் அவர் மற்ற பேட்ஸ்மேன்களை பேட்டிங் செய்ய அனுமதிக்க தனது இன்னிங்ஸின் நடுப்பகுதியில் நிறுத்தினார்.

இலங்கையின் முதல் இன்னிங்ஸின் பதில் இன்னிங்ஸை விளையாட களம் இறங்கிய இங்கிலாந்து இளைஞர் அழைப்பு அணியால் 104 ஓட்டங்களை மாத்திரமே எடுக்க முடிந்தது. வனுஜா சஹான் 11.1 ஓவர்கள் வீசி 13 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு 4 விக்கெட்டுக்களையும், துடுது ரணதுங்க மற்றும் துலாஜ் சமுதித ஆகியோர் தலா 2 விக்கெட்டுக்களையும் கைப்பற்றினர்.

144 ஓட்டங்களுடன் தமது இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸை ஆரம்பித்த இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி, நாள் முடிவில் 2 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 132 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று மொத்தமாக 276 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்சில் முன்னேறியது. இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸிற்காக அவ்ஷேக் லியனாராச்சி 51 ஓட்டங்களையும் சதிஷ ராஜபக்ச 32 ஓட்டங்களையும் பெற்றனர். ஆட்டநேர முடிவில், துணைத் தலைவர் ஷெஹான் டேனியல் 25 புள்ளிகளையும், லஹிரு தவடகே 21 புள்ளிகளையும் பெற்றனர்.

இலங்கை யூத் 80 முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் 7 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 248 – (அசித வன்னிநாயக்க 100, சதிஷா ராஜபக்ச 23, பவன் பதிராஜா 23, ரனுத சோமரத்ன 29, ரவின் டி சில்வா (33 நாட் அவுட்), லஹிரு டவடக் 12, ஆர்.எல் எவிட்ஸ் 53/3, இ.ஜாக் 43/2)

இங்கிலாந்து யூத் இன்விடேஷனல் 42.1 ஓவரில் 104 ஆல் அவுட் – (எம்.டி.வாக்ஸ்டாஃப் 53, கே.கே.படேல் 11, எம்.ஹர்ஸ்ட் 10, வனுஜா சஹான் 14/4, துலாஜ் சமுதித 27/2, துவிந்து ரணதுங்க 34/2)

இலங்கை யூத் இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸ் 26 ஓவர்களில் 2 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 132 – (அபிஷேக் லியனாராச்சி 51, சதிஷா ராஜபக்ச 32, ஷெஹான் டேனியல் (நாட்அவுட்) 25, லஹிரு தவடகே (நாட்அவுட்) 21)

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Sri Lanka–Afghanistan Series Postponed Amid Regional Tensions

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Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to postpone the upcoming limited-overs series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates due to the current situation in the Middle East, sources confirmed.

The series, which was scheduled to run from March 13 to 25, included three T20 internationals in Sharjah and three ODIs in Dubai. However, growing security concerns following reports of Iranian strikes across parts of the region have forced officials to reconsider travel and hosting arrangements.

Both cricket boards are understood to be in discussions to reschedule the fixtures once conditions improve. The decision comes at a time when Sri Lanka is also focusing on strengthening its domestic fitness programme, with selectors emphasizing that physical readiness will be a key factor in future squad selections.

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Jayasuriya Hands Over Resignation as Sri Lanka Head Coach

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Cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya has formally handed over his resignation as Head Coach of the Sri Lanka national team, following the side’s disappointing World Cup campaign.

It is learnt, the resignation was submitted on Thursday after discussions with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva. Jayasuriya, who took charge with hopes of reviving the team’s fortunes, decided to step aside after the tournament’s poor showing.

Despite stepping down, Jayasuriya will remain involved in Sri Lankan cricket. In a significant transition, he has been assigned to lead the High Performance Centre, where he will oversee player development and the broader cricketing structure.

Sri Lanka Cricket has yet to announce a replacement for the head coach role, but officials confirmed that talks are underway to identify a candidate capable of steering the national side forward.

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Afghanistan Names New Captains for Sri Lanka Series as Rashid Khan Steps Down

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Afghanistan cricket has entered a new phase of leadership as selectors announced sweeping changes ahead of their upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lanka. Following the team’s early exit from the ICC T20 World Cup, star all-rounder Rashid Khan has been relieved of his captaincy duties. Ibrahim Zadran will now lead the T20 side, while Hashmatullah Shahidi has been entrusted with the ODI captaincy.

Despite losing the armband, Rashid remains a key figure in Afghanistan’s plans, with his name included in both squads. The selectors have opted for a balanced mix of seasoned performers and promising youngsters, signaling a strategy to rebuild while maintaining stability.

The T20 squad features explosive opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz, alongside Ibrahim Zadran, who will captain the side. Veteran Mohammad Nabi adds experience, while spin remains Afghanistan’s strongest weapon with Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Sharafuddin Ashraf forming a formidable attack. Young talents like Sediqullah Atal and Darwish Rasooli have also been given opportunities, reflecting the selectors’ intent to groom the next generation.

On the other hand, Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the ODI side, supported by experienced campaigners such as Rahmat Shah and Mohammad Nabi. The batting unit includes Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, while wicketkeeping duties will be shared between Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil. The bowling attack is spearheaded by Rashid Khan, with support from Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Farid Ahmad Malik, and Nangyal Kharotai. Reserves include Qais Ahmad, M. Saleem Safi, and Bashir Ahmad, ensuring depth across departments.

Security Concerns Cloud Series
The series, scheduled from March 13 to 25, was to feature three T20Is in Sharjah and three ODIs in Dubai. However, escalating regional tensions—sparked by reports of Iranian strikes and claims surrounding the death of Iran’s supreme leader in alleged U.S.–Israeli attacks—have raised serious doubts about security and travel. Cricket authorities are monitoring the situation closely, with contingency plans under discussion.

ODI Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (WK), Rashid Khan, A.M. Ghazanfar, Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Farid Ahmad Malik, Nangyal Kharotai, Bila Saim.
Reserves: Qais Ahmad, M. Saleem Safi, Bashir Ahmad.

T20I Squad: Ibrahim Zadran (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Rahman (WK), Shahidullah Kamal, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Malik, Abdullah Ahmadzai.

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