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Days ahead of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, New Zealand captain Southee hopes his team will spoil Sri Lanka’s plans to play the WTC final.

After enjoying a thrilling win over England at Basin Reserve last month, New Zealand captain Tim Southee is looking to end the two-Test series against Sri Lanka on home soil with a win. The result of the New Zealand-Sri Lanka series is also crucial for India as it is part of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle and Sri Lanka still has a chance to qualify for the finals.

However, the Dimuth Karunaratne-led side must win both matches against the hosts to reach the decider scheduled to be held at the Oval in London from 7 to 11 June 2023.

On the other hand, Southee, who took over the captaincy in December 2022 after the resignation of Kane Williamson, will be looking to give his team the first tournament win under his leadership. Last month, after a humiliating loss to England in the first Test at the Bay Oval, the Black Caps managed an incredible 1-run win in the second Test. It saved the New Zealand team from losing the series. Accordingly, the tournament ended in a draw.

Sri Lanka’s chances of qualifying for the Test World Cup depend on this tournament. Winning both matches in this tournament is mandatory for the Sri Lankan team. But the Kiwis, led by Tim Southee, who are looking for victory in a Test series, have already prepared plans to destroy the plans of the Sri Lankan team.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ සැලසුම් විනාශ කිරීමට සැරසෙන ටිම් සවුති

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමඟ පැවැත්වෙන තරග 2කින් සමන්විත ටෙස්ට් තරගාවලියට දින කිහිපයකට පෙර, නවසීලන්ත නායක සවුති තම කණ්ඩායම WTC අවසන් මහා තරගය ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සතු සැලසුම් නරක් කරනු ඇතැයි අපේක්ෂා කරයි.

පසුගිය මාසයේදී එංගලන්තයට එරෙහිව බේසින් රිසර්ව්හිදී ත්‍රාසජනක ජයග්‍රහණයක රස විඳීමෙන් පසු, නවසීලන්ත නායක ටිම් සවුති ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එරෙහිව තම මව්බිමේදී පැවැත්වෙන තරග දෙකකින් යුත් ටෙස්ට් තරගාවලිය ජ්‍යග්‍රහණයකින් කෙළවර කිරීමට බලා සිටී. නවසීලන්ත – ශ්‍රී ලංකා තරගමාලාවේ ප්‍රතිඵලය ඉන්දියාවට ද තීරණාත්මක වන අතර එය දැනට පැවැත්වෙන ලෝක ටෙස්ට් ශූරතා (WTC) චක්‍රයේ කොටසක් වන අතර අවසන් මහා තරගයට සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට තවමත් අවස්ථාවක් තිබේ.

කෙසේ වෙතත්, 2023 ජුනි 7 සිට 11 දක්වා ලන්ඩනයේ ඕවල් ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත තීරණාත්මක තරගයට පැමිණීමට දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න ප්‍රමුඛ කණ්ඩායම සත්කාරක කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව තරඟ දෙකම ජය ගත යුතුය.

අනෙක් අතට, කේන් විලියම්සන්ගේ ඉල්ලා අස්වීමෙන් පසු 2022 දෙසැම්බරයේ නායකත්වය ලබා ගත් සවුති, ඔහුගේ නායකත්වය යටතේ පළමු තරඟාවලි ජයග්‍රහණය තම කණ්ඩායමට ලබා දීමට අපේක්ෂා කරයි. පසුගිය මාසයේදී, බේ ඕවල්හිදී පැවැති පළමු ටෙස්ට් තරගයෙන් එංගලන්තය හමුවේ ලද නින්දිත පරාජයෙන් පසුව, බ්ලැක් කැප්ස් දෙවැනි ටෙස්ට් තරගයෙන් ලකුණු 1කින් ඇදහිය නොහැකි ජයග්‍රහණයක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. එය නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම තරගාවලි පරාජයෙන් ගලවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඒ අනුව එම තරගාවලිය සම තත්වයෙන් නිමා විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ටෙස්ට් ලෝක කුසලානයට පීවිසීමේ අවස්ථාව රැදී පවතින්නේ මෙම තරගාවලිය මතය. මෙම තරගාවලියේ තරග දෙකම ජය ගැනීම ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට අනිවාර්‍ය්‍ය වේ. නමුත් ටෙස්ට් තරගාවලියක ජය සොයන ටිම් සවුති ප්‍රමුඛ කිවියන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ සැලසුම් විනාශ කිරීමට මේ වන විටත් සැලසුම් සකස් කර හමාරය.

இலங்கை அணியின் திட்டங்களை தகர்க்கப் போகும் டிம் சவுத்தி

இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான இரண்டு போட்டிகள் கொண்ட டெஸ்ட் தொடருக்கு சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்னதாக, நியூசிலாந்து கேப்டன் சவுதி, WTC இறுதிப் போட்டியில் விளையாடும் இலங்கையின் திட்டத்தை தனது அணி கெடுத்துவிடும் என்று நம்புகிறார்.

கடந்த மாதம் பேசின் ரிசர்வ் மைதானத்தில் இங்கிலாந்துக்கு எதிரான த்ரில் வெற்றியை அனுபவித்த நியூசிலாந்து கேப்டன் டிம் சவுதி, சொந்த மண்ணில் இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான இரண்டு டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகள் கொண்ட தொடரை வெற்றியுடன் முடிக்க முனைந்துள்ளார். நடப்பு உலக டெஸ்ட் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் (WTC) சுழற்சியின் ஒரு பகுதியாக இருப்பதால், நியூசிலாந்து-இலங்கை தொடரின் முடிவு இந்தியாவிற்கும் முக்கியமானது மற்றும் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு தகுதிபெற இலங்கைக்கு இன்னும் வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது.

எவ்வாறாயினும், திமுத் கருணாரத்ன தலைமையிலான அணி 2023 ஜூன் 7 முதல் 11 வரை லண்டனில் உள்ள ஓவல் மைதானத்தில் நடைபெறவிருக்கும் தீர்மானத்தை அடைய ஹோஸ்ட்களுக்கு எதிரான இரண்டு போட்டிகளிலும் வெற்றி பெற வேண்டும்.

மறுபுறம், கேன் வில்லியம்சன் ராஜினாமா செய்த பின்னர் 2022 டிசம்பரில் கேப்டன் பதவியை ஏற்றுக்கொண்ட சவுதி, தனது தலைமையின் கீழ் தனது அணிக்கு முதல் போட்டி வெற்றியை வழங்க விரும்புவார். கடந்த மாதம், பே ஓவலில் நடந்த முதல் டெஸ்டில் இங்கிலாந்திடம் அவமானகரமான தோல்விக்குப் பிறகு, பிளாக் கேப்ஸ் இரண்டாவது டெஸ்டில் நம்பமுடியாத 1 ரன் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது. இது நியூசிலாந்து அணியை தொடரை இழக்காமல் காப்பாற்றியது. அதன்படி, போட்டி டிராவில் முடிந்தது.

இலங்கை டெஸ்ட் உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு தகுதி பெறும் வாய்ப்பு இந்த போட்டியை பொறுத்தே உள்ளது. இந்த போட்டியில் இரண்டு போட்டிகளிலும் வெற்றி பெறுவது இலங்கை அணிக்கு கட்டாயம். ஆனால், டெஸ்ட் தொடரில் வெற்றியைத் தேடிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் டிம் சவுத்தி தலைமையிலான கிவீஸ் அணி, இலங்கை அணியின் திட்டங்களைத் தகர்க்க இப்போதே திட்டங்களைத் தயாரித்து விட்டது.

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Sri Lanka Schools National Championship 2024: Super Eight Round Standings & Upcoming Matches Preview

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The Super Eight Round of the Sri Lanka Schools National Championship 2024 – Under 20 Division 1 Boys Football Tournament has been intense, with teams battling for a spot in the next stage.

Current Standings (After 8 Matches)

Group A

1. St. Joseph’s College – 4 points (1W, 1D, 0L) | Goals: 5-1

2. Alighar National School – 4 points (1W, 1D, 0L) | Goals: 4-1

3. Darussalam College – 3 points (1W, 0D, 1L) | Goals: 7-4

4. Kalutara Muslim Central College – 0 points (0W, 0D, 2L) | Goals: 0-10

Group B

1. Zahira College Colombo – 6 points (2W, 0D, 0L) | Goals: 7-0

2. Hameed Al Husseine College – 6 points (2W, 0D, 0L) | Goals: 5-0

3. Al Falah College Negombo – 0 points (0W, 0D, 2L) | Goals: 0-4

4. St. Patrick’s College Jaffna – 0 points (0W, 0D, 2L) | Goals: 0-8

Key Highlights So Far

• Zahira College Colombo and Hameed Al Husseine College remain unbeaten in Group B.

• St. Joseph’s College and Alighar National School are leading Group A but are closely followed by Darussalam College, making the race for the semifinals highly competitive.

• Kalutara Muslim Central College and St. Patrick’s College Jaffna are yet to score points and are struggling in their respective groups.

Upcoming Matches & Their Impact

• St. Joseph’s College vs. Alighar National School (MD-5): A potential group-decider as both teams are tied on points.

• Darussalam College vs. Kalutara Muslim Central College (MD-5): Darussalam has a chance to secure a semifinal spot with a win.

• Zahira College vs. Hameed Al Husseine College (MD-6): The top two teams in Group B will clash in a high-stakes match that could determine the group winner.

• Al Falah College vs. St. Patrick’s College (MD-6): A crucial battle for survival in Group B.

With four more matches remaining, every point counts, and teams will be looking to secure their places in the knockout stage. Stay tuned for more updates!

Follow us for match reports, results, and exclusive insights on the Sri Lanka Schools Football Championship 2025. 

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Sri Lanka Masters Set for International Masters League T20 2025 Challenge

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Sri Lanka Masters, led by legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara, are all set to compete in the much-anticipated International Masters League T20 2025. The tournament, featuring cricketing greats from six nations, will kick off on February 22 and conclude with the final on March 16 in Raipur, India.

Sri Lanka Masters’ Fixtures

The team will begin their campaign against India Masters on February 22 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai. They will then take on South Africa Masters on February 26, followed by a high-voltage clash against Australia Masters on February 28. Their group stage will continue with matches against West Indies Masters on March 6 and England Masters on March 10 before the semi-finals on March 13 and 14.

Squad Overview

The Sri Lanka Masters squad boasts a mix of experience and all-round talent. With Sangakkara leading from the front, the team includes seasoned campaigners such as Romesh Kaluwitharana, Upul Tharanga, and Lahiru Thirimanne. The bowling attack will be spearheaded by Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal, and Isuru Udana, while all-rounders like Seekkuge Prasanna, Jeevan Mendis, and Chaturanga de Silva provide balance to the squad.

Expectations & Key Players to Watch

With a strong batting unit led by Sangakkara and Tharanga, Sri Lanka Masters will look to dominate in the powerplay and set up big totals. The bowling attack, featuring Pradeep and Lakmal, will be crucial in restricting opposition teams. All-rounders like Prasanna and Mendis could play a pivotal role in tight situations.

As the tournament unfolds, Sri Lanka Masters will aim to make a strong statement and challenge for the coveted title. With cricketing legends returning to the field, fans can expect thrilling encounters and moments of brilliance from the island nation’s seasoned stars.

Stay tuned to Sri Lankan Sports TV for exclusive updates and match analysis from the International Masters League T20 2025!

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Super 8 Round Begins with Exciting Matches Amid Media Coverage Concerns

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The Super 8 round of the Sri Lanka Schools Football Championship 2025 kicked off at Kelaniya Football Grounds, featuring dominant performances and intense competition. However, despite Sri Lankan Sports TV officially requesting media coverage access, the organizers failed to respond, raising concerns regarding transparency and event management.

Matchday 1 (14th February 2025)

🔹 St. Joseph’s College 4-0 Darussalam College
St. Joseph’s College started strong with a commanding 4-0 victory over Darussalam College. R. Bright stole the show with an impressive hat-trick, leading his team to an emphatic win.

🔹 Alighar National School 3-0 Kalutara Muslim Central College (Walkover)
Kalutara Muslim Central College was unable to participate due to unforeseen circumstances, resulting in a 3-0 walkover victory for Alighar National School.

Matchday 2 (15th February 2025)

🔹 Hameed Al Husseinie College 1-0 Al Falah College
A closely contested match saw Hameed Al Husseinie College secure a 1-0 win against Al Falah College, demonstrating solid defense and tactical play.

🔹 Zahira College 4-0 St. Patrick’s College
Zahira College put on a dominant display, winning 4-0 against St. Patrick’s College. Their attacking force looked sharp, sending a strong statement for the upcoming matches.

Media Coverage Dispute

Despite Sri Lankan Sports TV’s formal request to live stream the matches, the organizers refused to provide access, citing the need for approval from FFSL. However, the legal rights for the tournament remain with Sri Lankan Sports TV, making this an unfortunate situation for fans and stakeholders eager for wider coverage.

Stay tuned for further updates on Sri Lankan Sports TV.

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