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Wanindu Hasaranga spin a web to outplay UAE

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Sri Lanka display an all-round performance to beat United Arab Emirates by a massive margin of 175 runs in their opening game of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers worked off at Zimbabwe yesterday.
First, the batters of Sri Lanka outclassed the opposition bowling and then the bowlers showed pure class to trouble the UAE batting lineup.
Put into bat first Sri Lanka posted 355 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in their allotted 50 overs and in reply UAE were bundled out for below par score of 180 runs.
Earlier Sri Lanka was off to a decent start when they added a 95-run partnership for the first wicket between Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka.
Dimuth notched up his first half-century in the qualifying round when he went on to score 52 runs while Pathum Nissanka smashed 57 runs before both of them departed.
After both the openers were back in the pavilion Sadeera Samarawickrama joined Kusal Mendis in the middle and continued Sri Lanka’s dominance with another 149-run partnership for the third wicket.
Kusal Mendis continued his fine form top scoring a brilliant 78 off 63 deliveries, while Sadeera Samawickrama – who found a spot in the playing XI after 2-3 years – proved his capabilities smashing 64 balls and 73 runs to set the platform for Sri Lanka to push past the 300-run mark.
Mendis holed out to the substitute fielder off Ali Naseer at the boundary line and Samarawickrama was run out on 73 from 64 balls to give UAE hope of restricting the scoring in the final six overs.
But Asalanka had other ideas, unleashing boundary after boundary in a brilliant display of finishing as he struck 48* off just 23 balls. And Wanindu Hasaranga (23* off 12) hit three boundaries in the final over to help post a score of 355/6 that will test UAE to the limit.
In reply, the target for UAE was beyond their limits as they were bundled out for 180 runs in just 39 overs.
Man with a golden arm Wanindu Hasaranga was the architect of UAE’s batting collapse as he ripped through their batting order to end with figures of 6-24. It also registers as Hasaranga’s best ODI bowling figure. En route to his six-wicket haul, Hasaranga also completed a mini milestone of 50 ODI wickets.
When the scoreboard was at 119-5, the UAE innings was revived to a certain extent when Ali Naseer joined Rameez Shehzad in the middle to put on a 48-run partnership for the 6th wickets, but it was cut short when Mahesh Theekshana joined the party to bamboozle Ali Naseer for 34 runs.
None of their batters impressed apart from wicketkeeper batter Vriitya Aravind and M. Waseem who top scored with a fighting 39 runs.
The win saw the Islanders placed top in the points table with a superior net run rate.
Meanwhile, in the other encounter, Oman pulled off a superb run chase to beat Ireland by five wickets in another group match to cause the first upset in the qualifying tournament.
Ireland would have been confident after posting a healthy 281/7 thanks to Harry Tector (52 off 82 balls) and George Dockrell (91 off 89 balls) cameos after Oman elected to bowl.
But the under-dogs Oman chased down the target in style with 11 balls to spare.
Kashyap Prajapati, Aqib Ilyas and Zeeshan Maqsood hit half-centuries to take their team over the line.

වනිඳු හසරංග එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යය දණ ගස්වයි.

සිම්බාබ්වේහිදී ඊයේ ආරම්භ වූ ICC ක්‍රිකට් ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගාවලියේ පළමු තරගයෙන් එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 175 ක දැවැන්ත ජයග්‍රහණයක් ලබා ගැනීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය.

පළමුවෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම නියමිත පන්දුවාර 50 තුළ කඩුලු 6ක් දැවී ලකුණු 355ක් රැස්කළ අතර පිළිතුරු ලෙස UAE කණ්ඩායම ලකුණු 180කට අඩුවෙන් දැවී ගියේය.

දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න සහ පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක අතර පළමු කඩුල්ලට ලකුණු 95ක සබඳතාවක් එක් කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම යහපත් ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත්හ.
දිමුත් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ වටයේ දී සිය පළමු අර්ධ ශතකය වාර්තා කළ අතර ඔහු ලකුණු 52ක් හා පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක ලකුණු 57ක් ලබා සිටියදී ඔවුන් දෙදෙනාම දැවී ගියහ.

පසුව සදීර සමරවික්‍රම, කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් සමඟින් එක්ව තෙවැනි කඩුල්ලට තවත් ලකුණු 149 ක සම්බන්ධතාවක් පවත්වමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආධිපත්‍යය දිගටම පවත්වාගෙන ගියේය.

කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් පන්දු 63කදී විශිෂ්ට ලකුණු 78ක් රැස්කරමින් සිය දක්ෂතා අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන ගිය අතර වසර 2-3කට පසුව ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායමේ ස්ථානයක් හිමිකරගත් සධීර සමරවික්‍රම පන්දු 64කදී ලකුණු 73ක් ලබාගනිමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ සිය ස්ථානය තහවුරු කිරිමට තම හැකියාවන් ඔප්පු කළේය.

අවසන් භාගයේදි පන්දු 23කදී නොදැවී ලකුණු 48ක් රැස්කළ අසලංක සහ වනිඳු හසරංග (පන්දු 23* 12) අවසන් ඕවරයේදී හතරේ පහර 3ක් එල්ල කරමින් ලකුණු 355/6ක් ලබා ගැනීමට උපකාරී විය.

පිළිතුරු ලෙස එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ පන්දුවාර 39කදී ලකුණු 180කට දැවී ගියේය.
වනිඳු හසරංග එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ පිතිකරණ බිඳවැටීමේ නිර්මාපකයා වූ ඔහු සිය හොඳම එක්දින පන්දු යැවීම (6-24) ලෙසද අවසන් කලේය. හසරංග සිය කඩුලු 6 දවාලීමට යන ගමනේදී එක්දින කඩුලු 50ක කුඩා සන්ධිස්ථානයක් ද සම්පූර්ණ කළේය.

මෙම ජයග්‍රහණයත් සමඟ දිවයිනේ ක්‍රීඩකයින් ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු සටහනේ ඉහළ ශුද්ධ ලකුණු අනුපාතයක් සමඟින් පළමු ස්ථානයට පත් විය
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මේ අතර, අනෙක් තරගයේදී ඕමානය විශිෂ්ට ලකුණු හඹා යාමක් ආරම්භ කරමින් තවත් කාණ්ඩයේ තරගයකදී අයර්ලන්තය කඩුලු පහකින් පරාජය කිරීමට සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගාවලියේ පළමු පෙරළිය ඇති කළේය.

ඕමානය පන්දු යැවීමට තෝරා ගැනීමෙන් පසුව හැරී ටෙක්ටර් (පන්දු 82 කදී ලකුණු 52) සහ ජෝර්ජ් ඩොක්‍රෙල් (පන්දු 89 කදී ලකුණු 91) ට ස්තූතිවන්ත වෙමින් ආරක්ෂාකාරී 281/7 ක් ලබා ගැනීමෙන් පසු අයර්ලන්තය විශ්වාසය මඳක් ඉහළ නැංවී තිබුණි.

එහෙත් ඕමාන් කණ්ඩායම පන්දු 11ක් ඉතිරිව තිබියදී විශිෂ්ට ලෙස ඉලක්කය හඹා ගියේය.
කාශ්‍යප් ප්‍රජාපති, අකිබ් ඉල්යාස් සහ සීෂාන් මක්සූඩ් අර්ධ ශතක රැස් කරමින් තම කණ්ඩායම ඉදිරියට ගෙන ගියහ.

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Chamudi Praboda to Lead Sri Lanka U19 Women on India Tour

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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.

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Rumesh Tharanga Reaches Historic World No. 3 Ranking

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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.

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Dinara and Aahil Reach Finals at SSC ITF J30 Week 2

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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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