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Joes cruise to innings win

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by Reemus Fernando

St. Joseph’s cruised to thumping innings and 43 runs victory over St. Thomas’ Matara to have realistic hopes of earning a top position in their group in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ tournament at Darley Road on Monday.

The Joes took the remaining four wickets of St. Thomas’ second innings within eight overs in the morning to record a comprehensive victory.

Spinner Yenula Dewthusa bagged nine wickets including a five-wicket haul in the second innings and Lahiru Amarasekara took three wickets each in both innings.

St. Joseph’s were placed third behind St. Sebastian’s and Mahanama in their group prior to the match but will now overtake Mahanama to occupy the second position. While both St. Sebastian’s and Mahanama have finished their quota of matches (5), St. Joseph’s have one more match to further improve their position.

Match Results

Joes record innings win at Darley Road

Scores:

St. Thomas’

77 all out in 40.4 overs (Pesandu Sanjan 24; Yenula Dewthusa 4/38, Lahiru Amarasekara 3/14) and 35 for 6 overnight 76 all out in 30 overs (Yenula Dewthusa 5/32, Lahiru Amarasekara 3/13)

St. Joseph’s

196 for 9 decl. in 28.5 overs (Sadeesha Jayawardena 27, Avintha de Alwis 42, Hirun Matheesha 34, Manasa Madubashana 35; Sanju Dilshan 3/71, Pesandu Sanjan 2/32, Manuga Yonal 3/23)

Maliyadeva on first innings at Kurunegala

Scores:

Prince of Wales

184 all out in 51.5 overs (Rivith Jayasoriya 44, Omesh Mendis 52, Dimath Abeysinghe 4/37, Themiya Missaka 2/20, Thaveesha Balasooriya 2/06) and 258 all out in 64.1 overs

Maliyadeva

171 for 3 overnight 285 for 9 decl. in 78.1 overs (Chandupa Abeysinghe 22, Amesh Tennakoon 137, Gayana Weerasinghe 63, Themiya Missaka 21; Prasanna Lakmina 2/20, Meshith de Silva 2/26)

St. Aloysius’ better in second essay at Thurstan Ground

Scores;

Thurstan 156 all out in 41 overs (Thenuka Devapriya 27, Navindu Dulan 24, Azeem Mohamed 37, Ushan Imesh 29n..o.; Kalana Pathum 5/47, Kavindu Kesara 4/06) and 42 for 1 overnight 162 all out in 56.5 overs (Shanikya Deshapriya 46, Azeem Mohomad 20, Thenuka Dewapriya 40; Kalana Pathum 2/60, Induwara Udena 2/15, Thamod Hansaka 2/15, Kavindu Kesara 3/23)

St. Aloysius’

111 all out in 33.5 overs (Charya Paranavithana 41; Vihas Thewmika 4/29, Thanuga Palihawadana 3/25) and 210 for 3 in 38.4 overs (Charya Paranavithana 39, Induwara Udena 20, Vidura Lakshan 56n.o., Hasitha Suranga 76n.o.; Vihas Thewmika 2/63)

S. Thomas’ 250, St. Anthony’s 105/5 at Katugastota

Scores:

S. Thomas’

250 all out in 67.2 overs (Senadhi Bulankulame 63, Thisen Eheliyagoda 35, Akash Fernando 39; Kaveesha Piyumal 4/37, Thisara Ekanayake 2/72, Trevin Mathew 2/51)

St. Anthony’s

105 for 5 in 27 overs (Induwara Galapitage 49n.o., Thisara Ekanayake 26; Akash Fernando 2/18)

Sharujan, Helambage shine at Bambalapitiya

Scores:

St. Benedict’s

323 all out in 76 overs (Sheron Kannangara 60, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 137, Shenel Samarathunga 21, Arshan Joseph 28; Vishen Helambage 5/108, Lashmika Perera 2/31, Kavika Jayasundara 2/37)

St. Peter’s

107 for 5 in 22 overs (Vishen Helambage 77; Chamath Chathurya 3/22)

Moratu Vidyalaya post 301 for nine wicket at Moratuwa

Scores;

Moratu Vidyalaya 301 for 9 decl. in 83.1 overs (Deneth Sithumina 76, Sukitha Dewthilina 65, Mahith Appuhami 27, Kaviska Oshan 50n.o.; Janith Fernando 2/61, Tharindu Eshan 2/26, Ravindu Thushara 3/61, Dasun Perera 2/42)

St. Joseph Vaz’s

27 for 1 in 12overs

Richmond fight back to dismiss Ananda for 42 runs at Dombagoda

Scores:

Richmond

70 all out in (Kaveesha Induwara 21; Nethma Samaraweera 3/15, Kithma Withanapathirana 5/13) and 123 for 2 in 43 overs (Tharinda Nirmal 65n.o. Thamindu Pradeeptha 38)

Ananda

42 all out in 23.2 overs (Ashinsa Nainayake 19; Sihath Ramanayake 2/04, Maheesha de Silva 2/10, Yuri Koththigoda 2/17, Malsha Tharupathi 4/09)

Sanithu’s all-round performances help Wesley at Campbell Park

Scores;

Wesley

315 all out in 67.4 overs (Sanithu Amarasinghe 96, Ashan Sudharshana 25, Linal Subasinghe 50, Rashmika Amararathna 57n.o.; Jathon Wyman 27; Minod Caldera 7/100)

Nalanda

83 for 6 in 27 overs (Yasiru Samarakoon 23, Sadew Samarasinghe 36; Sanithu Amarasinghe 5/27)


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FIFA World Cup 2026 winners’ prize money doubles to $50m

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, appears with US President Donald Trump during the draw for the 2026 football World Cup on December 5, 2025, in Washington, DC [Aljazeera]

The winner of the FIFA World Cup 2026 will receive a record jackpot of $50m, football’s global governing body says.

That figure is up from $42m in 2022 and $38m in 2018. But it is still less than half of what was on offer at the much less hyped FIFA Club World Cup earlier this year.

FIFA said the total prize fund for next year’s World Cup – to be staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico – is $655m, a 50 percent increase on the previous edition in Qatar.

By comparison, the FIFA Club World Cup, which was controversially expanded from seven teams to 32 and shoehorned into the football calendar, had a total prize fund of $1bn. The prize for the winning team was worth up to $125m for a tournament that faced fierce resistance from players and leagues and drew sparse crowds for some matches.

The Club World Cup, also staged in the US, was won by Chelsea.

FIFA has a different distribution model for the two tournaments. The disparity in prize money reflects factors such as clubs overseeing much higher costs through wages than national teams.

Beyond the prize money, further funds are put towards the development of football globally.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said the World Cup would be “groundbreaking in terms of its financial contribution to the global football community”.

FIFA approved the prize money for every stage of the World Cup at a meeting of its council in Doha.

The runner-up will receive $33m with $29m and $27m going to the third- and fourth-placed teams, respectively. The lowest prize money will be $9m and all 48 participating nations will get $1.5m to cover what FIFA described as “preparation costs”.

FIFA said, in all, $727m would be distributed to the football federations participating.

It is not known how each nation will distribute the money, but at the last World Cup, French sports daily L’Equipe reported France’s players were in line for a bonus of $586,000 by their federation if they won the trophy. France was ultimately beaten by Argentina in the final.

[Aljazeera]

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England have review reinstated after technology failure on Carey appeal

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Josh Tongue and England appeal for the wicket of Alex Carey [Cricinfo]

England will have a review reinstated after the supplier of Snicko technology admitted an operator error may have cost them the wicket of Alex Carey on the opening day of the Adelaide Test.

ESPNcricinfo understands that Brendon McCullum and Wayne Bentley, England’s head coach and team manager respectively, held talks with Jeff Crowe, the match referee, after the close of play to air their grievances. The ECB will also encourage the ICC to review their systems to improve their decision-making processes in future.

TV umpire Chris Gaffaney upheld Ahsan Raza’s on-field “not out” decision after Carey, on 72, flashed at a ball from Josh Tongue outside off stump. There was a clear spike shown on the Real-Time Snickometer (RTS) several frames before the ball had passed the bat. “There’s a clear gap, no spike,” Gaffaney said.

But Carey, who went on to score 106, admitted after play that he thought he had hit the ball, saying he had “a bit of luck” and was “clearly not” a walker. BBG Sports, the supplier of RTS, later suggested that an operator had “selected the incorrect stump mic for audio processing” and took “full responsibility for the error”.

David Saker, England’s bowling coach, said on Wednesday night that the dressing room has harboured concerns about the reliability of RTS all series. “We shouldn’t be talking about this after a day’s play, it should just be better than that,” Saker said. “In this day and age, you’d think the technology is good enough to pick things up like that.”

The ICC’s playing conditions allow player reviews to be reinstated at the match referee’s discretion if a player review “could not properly be concluded due to a failure of the technology”. There is precedent for the decision from England’s tour to India in early 2021, when Ajinkya Rahane was incorrectly given not out in the second Test in Chennai.

Crowe’s decision means that England will have two reviews available to them on the second day in Adelaide, with Australia set to resume their innings of 326 for 8. It may be scant consolation to them given Carey was able to bat on and score a further 34 runs after being incorrectly given not out.

The ICC has two approved “sound-based edge detection technology” suppliers: RTS, which is used in Australia, and UltraEdge, which is used in the rest of the world. Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, said on Thursday morning that umpires “can’t trust” RTS and suggested that UltraEdge is superior.

“This technology that we are using here is simply not as good as technology that’s used in other countries,” Ponting said while commentating on Channel 7. “You talk to the umpires, they’ll tell you the same thing. They can’t trust it.

“They’ve got a third umpire sitting up in there that’s got to make decisions based on what he’s seeing that the technology is providing, and sometimes they have a gut feel that it’s not right. “That can’t happen. You’ve got to be able to trust the technology that’s in place.”

The ICC did not respond to a request for comment.

[Cricinfo]

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Fourth T20I abandoned due to foggy conditions in Lucknow

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Six inspections took place before play was finally called off [Cricinfo]

No play was possible in the fourth T20I between India and South Africa because of poor visibility in foggy Lucknow. Leading the series 2-1, India are now assured of taking their unbeaten streak in T20I series to 15. The decider of the series is scheduled to be played in Ahmedabad on Friday.

While the AQI in Lucknow hovered around the early-to-mid 400s, which is hazardous, the concern for the umpires remained visibility. During their inspections, one of the umpires would go to a square boundary to see if he could spot the white ball held up by the side of the pitch. Six inspections took place before play was finally called off at 9.26pm.

Cricket in north Indian winters has long been a contentious issue, and not just for visibility. The BCCI had scheduled a Test for South Africa in Delhi before better sense prevailed and Delhi was given a Test before Diwali, which is when the air quality in north India starts to fall to poor and dangerous levels.

South Africa’s tour comes to an end on Friday in Ahmedabad. In what has been a hugely successful tour, they blanked India 2-0 in the Tests and forced a decider in the ODI series, which India won 2-1. India have registered two comprehensive wins in what remains their strongest format to go 2-1 up in the T20Is, but they didn’t get a chance to seal the series before the finale because of the bad light in Lucknow.

Jasprit Bumrah, who missed the last match for personal reasons, was with the team in Lucknow, which should be a boost for India ahead of the last match, which will be played in Bumrah’s hometown.

[Cricinfo]

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