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Timor-Leste’s Suhail Sattar and Yahya Suhail – first father-son duo to play international cricket together

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Suhail Sattar and Yahya Suhail batted together in Timor-Leste's inaugural T20I [Cricinfo]

Timor’s Suhail Sattar 50, and Yahya Suhail 17, are the first father and son duo to play together in an international match. They achieved the unique feat, and batted together, in Timor-Leste’s first international match, against hosts Indonesia in Balion November 6.

Yahya and Sattar, though, are not the first parent and child to play together in an international match. The Switzerland women’s team had a mother-daughter duo – Mettty Fernandes and Naina Metty Saju – playing six T20Is together this year.

There are other instances of father-son duos playing with each other – as well as against each other – in domestic cricket. Shivnarine Chanderpaul and his son Tagenarine played 11 first-class games together for Guyana, with Shivnarine even captaining his son in a game against Windward Islands at Providence Stadium in March 2014.

More recently, in the 2025 Shpageeza Cricket League final,  Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi played against his son Hassan Eisakhil.

Timor-Leste have had a rough start to international cricket, suffering ten-wicket defeats in each of their first three games.

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Ice-cool Connolly leads nervy Punjab Kings home on IPL debut

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Cooper Connolly was the Player of the Match on his IPL debut [Cricinfo]

Punjab Kings 165 for 7 in 19.1 overs (Cooper Connolly 72*, Prabhsimran Singh 37, Shreyas Iyer 18, Xavier Bartlett 11*; Kagsio Rabada 1-13, Ashok Sharma 1-31, Rashid Khan 1-29, Washington Sundar 1-27, Prasidh Krishna 3-29) beat Gujarat Titans 162 for 6 in 20 overs  (Sai Sudarshan 13, Shubman Gill 39, Joss Buttler 38, Glenn Phillips 25, Washington Sundar 18, Rahul Tewatia 11*; Marco Jansen 1-20, Vijayakumar Vyshak 3-34, Yuzvendra Chahal 2-28) by three wickets

Gujarat Titans (GT) stopped Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their tracks but could not stop them from going over the finish line in New Chandigarh. Cooper Connolly steered the hosts home in a chase that began authoritatively before taking nervy turns.

Prabhsimran Singh led the initial charge alongside Connolly before Prasidh Krishna initiated a collapse that derailed the chase. But with help from Marco Jansen and Xavier Bartlett, Connolly took PBKS home with five balls to spare.

GT had a sub-par outing with the bat, with three of their top four getting off to good starts but none of them capitalising. Yuzvendra Chahal was back to his best, taking out Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler, who top-scored with 39 and 38 respectively.

PBKS’ bowlers conceded 14 extras, 11 of which were wides, four of them coming in the final over by Arshdeep Singh. Perhaps the more relevant stat separating the teams was that GT hit three sixes in their innings and PBKS as many as 14.

Chahal came on with GT well set on 65 for 1 off 7 overs. He bowled slow, and varied his lines against Gill to dismiss him fourth time in the IPL. This time, it was a slog sweep that carried to deep midwicket.

There were a couple of near-chances in the 11th over, one a caught-and-bowled chance off Buttler and then one off Glenn Phillips, who hit an airy four that went just wide of Shreyas Iyer at cover. Chahal returned in the 16th, after a three-over break, with Buttler batting on 38 off 30 and itching for runs. Two dots later, Buttler looked to clear long-on but Bartlett used his height and reach to take an excellent high catch.

Vijaykumar Vyshak bowled across phases and found success later in the innings. Buttler and Gill took him on initially, hitting two fours and a six in his first two overs, the sixth and eighth of the GT innings. He came back and got Glenn Phillips to hole out to long-off in the 14th.

He saved the best for the death, bowling slower balls, either into the pitch or pitched right up. The first variant got Washington Sundar caught, cutting to deep point, and the latter had Shahrukh Khan slogging to deep square leg.

The pitch seemed flat early on as Gill, Sai Sudharsan and Buttler started with a flurry of fours. Nine in the first six overs, in fact. There were drives, pulls and flicks, and a gorgeous back-foot punch by Buttler off Vyshak.

The slowdown came in the middle overs, which saw GT make 77 for 3. Buttler faced 14 dots in his 33-ball 38, Gill, having rocketed to 27 off 15, made just 12 off his last 12 balls.

Phillips got off to a promising start on GT debut, hitting Chahal for a six and a four within his first eight balls at the crease. He missed out on a couple of boundaries because of Marco Jansen’s fielding at long-off. In the end, three of the top-four batters got to 25 but none went past 39.

After Kagiso Rabada dismissed Priyansh Arya cheaply, Connolly and Prabhsimran took him on: they hit three sixes in the fourth over, the same as GT’s innings tally.

Connolly then used Ashok Sharma’s pace to carve a length ball over cover point. He then hit two sixes off successive Rashid overs while Prabhsimran did the same off Washington Sundar.

However, Prabhsimran couldn’t get going against Rashid. He faced eight balls and scored just two before charging the legspinner and finding Prasidh at long-on. PBKS were 83 for 1 in the tenth over.

The momentum didn’t flag with that wicket, as Shreyas hit sixes off back-to-back short balls from Ashok. But out of nowhere, Prasidh dismissed the PBKS captain, who chipped a half-volley straight to deep midwicket.

This brought about a burst of T20-style wickets where the field mattered more than the quality of the ball. Nehal Wadhera cut a shortish slower ball straight to cover. Shashank Singh, looking to run the ball to deep third, nicked to the keeper off Prasidh. Marcus Stoinis, off Prasidh again, carved a shortish ball to deep third. PBKS had lost four wickets in the space of 16 balls for eight runs.

At 121 for 6, with PBKS needing 42 off 30, the game was flipping. But Connolly was ice-cool against Rabada. He punished two short balls to bookend the 16th over, the first cut over backward point for four to bring up his fifty and the last one pulled over square leg for six.

The pressure was eased at the other end as Jansen and Bartlett pulled Prasidh for sixes in the 17th and 19th overs respectively. That was where PBKS effectively sealed the game.

Brief scores:
Punjab Kings 165 for 7 in 19.1 overs (Cooper Connolly 72*, Prabhsimran Singh 37, Shreyas Iyer 18, Xavier Bartlett 11*; Kagsio Rabada 1-13, Ashok Sharma 1-31, Rashid Khan 1-29, Washington Sundar 1-27, Prasidh Krishna 3-29) beat Gujarat Titans 162 for 6 in 20 overs  (Sai Sudarshan 13, Shubman Gill 39, Joss Buttler 38, Glenn Phillips 25, Washington Sundar 18, Rahul Tewatia 11*; Marco Jansen 1-20, Vijayakumar Vyshak 3-34, Yuzvendra Chahal 2-28) by three wickets

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Akash rattles Petes as St. Joseph’s pull off three-wicket win

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Vigneswaran Akash

St. Joseph’s College produced a thrilling performance to defeat their arch rivals St. Peter’s College by three wickets in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ cricket quarter-final at Kuruvita on Tuesday.

‎The victory was built around a superb bowling display by Sri Lanka Under-19 spinner Vigneswaran Akash, who ripped through the Peterite batting line-up with a sensational eight-wicket haul in the second innings. The Josephians took the bowling honours in the keenly contested encounter where Akash was joined by Vishwa Peiris, who finished with a match bag of eight wickets, to trouble Petes.

‎Chasing a modest target of 97 runs for victory, St. Joseph’s began the final day in trouble at two wickets for three runs. Batting on a difficult surface, wickets continued to fall at regular intervals, putting the favourites under pressure.

‎However, two aggressive knocks turned the tide in favour of the Josephians. Aveesha Samash launched a brisk counter-attack, smashing five fours and a six in a rapid 32 off just 18 balls, while Senuja Wakunegoda added a valuable 24 at better than a run-a-ball pace. Their contributions ensured St. Joseph’s reached the target within 15 overs during the morning session.

‎For St. Peter’s, Janith Panditharathna and Sadeesha Silva shared all seven wickets to fall.

‎Earlier in the match, St. Peter’s posted 204 in their first innings. St. Joseph’s replied with 187, conceding a slender 17-run first-innings lead.

‎But the match turned dramatically when Akash spun a web around the Peterites in their second innings. The Jaffna-born spinner produced a devastating spell to bowl them out for just 79 runs, returning outstanding figures of 8 for 21 in 9.1 overs and finishing with a remarkable match haul of 11 wickets.

‎Peiris, who claimed six wickets in the first innings, added two more in the second to complete an impressive match return of eight wickets.

‎The victory sends St. Joseph’s into the semi-finals after overcoming a spirited challenge from their traditional rivals in a match dominated by spin bowling. (RF)

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Five-fers by Osanda Herath, George Bhanushanth and Chathuranga Dewapriya highlights on Saturday

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Five wicket hauls by WSO2’s Osanda Herath [5-22], Union Bank’s George Bhanushanth [5-10] and Maliban Biscuit’s Chathuranga Dewapriya [5-19] were the highlights of Saturday’s matches of the 15th Stafford Motors – MCA ‘G’ Division T20 league cricket tournament as MAS Active Kreeda, DSI Group, Mobitel, JF&I Packaging, Faiirfirst Insurance, Alaris Lanka, WSO2, Amana Bank, Wiley Global and Maliban Biscuits registered wins.

Scores:

At Dharmapala College grounds:

MAS Active Kreeda by five wickets

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107/10 in 18.5 overs [Asela Ekanayake 23, Kavindu Senarathne 16, Thaveesha Gunawardena 17; Anju Amaradasa 3-12, Suventhiran Subikaran 1-10, Sivakumar Partheepan 1-21, Kanesh Piratheepan 2-19]

MAS Active Kreeda

108/5 in 18.2 overs [Jineetha Malith 27, Adeesha Miyusara 12, Suventhiran Subikaran 12, Thanuja de Zoysa 16, Akila Silva 26, Sivakumar Partheepan 10*; Malinda Perera 3-27, Sudam Jayawardena 1-16, Rasika Damith 1-04]

JF&I Packaging by three wickets

AIA

140/10 in 17.4 overs [Madhura de Silva 78, Nuwan de Silva 17; Dishan Darshan 1-18, Dinesh Wishwajith 2-14, Chamod Sulakshana 1-35, Gayan Hasanka 4-22, Chamath Yatawara 2-19]

JF&I Packaging

144/7 in 19.2 overs [Dhanushka Kevitiyagala 18, Sarinda Malavige 17, Tiran Dharmapala 13, Chamod Sulakshana 23, Gayan Hasanka 2*, Isanka Lakshan 18*; Avindu Fernando 2-22, Malindu Kavishka 3-18, Madhura de Silva 2-33]

At Thurstan grounds:

DSI Group by three wickets

Allianz Insurance 118/9 in 20 overs [Charinda Fernando 15, Dulan Avishka 37, Naveen Vaas 11; Thilina Danushka 2-23, Sachin Chathuranga 2-11, Pradeep Kumaranayaka 1-17, Nilinda Maddumage 1-23, Asitha Wijesekera 3-07]

DSI Group

119/7 in 20 overs [Nilinda Maddumage 12, Thilina Danushka 20, Pradeep Kumaranayake 19, Udith Indunil 22*, Yasas Weerasekera 12; Ikram Abdeen 1-12, Dulan Avishka 1-26, Ranga Dias 2-25, Charinda Fernando 1-16]

Sachin Indrarathne stars in Mobitel’s 103 run win

Mobitel

182/6 in 20 overs [Krishan Santhusha 61, Sachin Indrarathe 55, Sachin Bulathsinghala 29; Rajitha Dihan 1-17,Kavinda Sudashka 1-25, Lawrence Jebachelvan 2-34, Kasun Wijerathne 1-28]

IPD Colombo

79/9 [all out] in 15.1 overs [Pasindu Perera 13, Lawrence Jebachelvan 14; Sachin Indrarathne 4-14, Dinidu Samodana 3-15, Damith Rangana 1-17, Budhdika Hewa 1-04]

At de Mazenod College grounds:

Fairfirst Insurance ‘B’ beat LOLC Insurance by nine wickets:

LOLC Insurance

102/10 in 18.2 overs [M Z Osman 12, Denneth Nissanka 10, Chamara Thennakon 28; Dulip Silva 2-21, Lahiru Madusankha 1-11, Sajitha Samarasinghe 1-16, Kasun Liyanage 2-09, Lahiru Perera 1-10, Azeem Mohomad 1-20]

Fairfirst Insurance ‘B’

103/1 in 9.3 overs [Dulip Silva 50*, Lakshan Perera 36, Prashein Fernando 13*; Neranjaya Madushanka 1-15]

Alaris Lanka by six wickets

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149/6 in 20 overs [Yasith Fernando 13, Kirulu Samarakoon 33, Ishrath Raji 51, Saranga Liyanage 17; Lakshintha Peiris 1-27, Champika Ranaweer 2-16, Vismitha Silva 1-30, Ashan Chathuranga 1-31]

Alaris Lanka

151/4 in 13.3 overs [Vishmitha Silva 39, Srihan Anuruddhika 30, Lakshintha Peiris 25*, Dhammika Perusinghe 39; Ishrath Raji 1-37,Prasanna Lakmal 1-30, Saranga Liyanage 1-08, Raqeeb Riyaz 1-07]

At Nalanda College grounds:

WSO2 by 60 runs

WSO2

180/7 in 20 overs [Devin Jayasinghe 54, Isuru Ruhunage 41, Osanda Herath 18, Dev Wijewardena 20, Rakitha Rupasinghe 24*, Dimuthu Madushan 10*; Gevin Batuwangala 1-29, Bhagya Dissanayaka 1-29, Kishokanth Kumar 1-34, Dasith Samarasinghe 3-34, Sithira Abayawardhana 1-09]

Sysco Labs

120/10 in 18.1 overs [Akash Harishanth 33, Chathura Hennanayaka35*; Oshanda Yomal 2-16, Osanda Herath 5-22, Brian Benett 2-16, Rakitha Rupasinghe 1-10]

Rikas, bowlers star in Amana Bank’s six wicket win

Future Life Holdings

128/9 in 20 overs [Sonal Dilmith 22, Praveen Wanniarachchi 27, Lasal Lakshitha 17, Manula Gimhana 16*; Ishrath Zarook 3-29, Rikasa Jawfer 3-23, Waseem Sinnen 3-25]

Amana Bank

132/4 in 17 overs [Ramesh Fernando 35, Rikas Jawfer 50, Waseem Sinnen 12*, Shamsul Muneer 17; Manula Gimhana 1-12, Sahan Ranasinghe 1-19, Prabath Wijesinghe 2-21]

At D S Senanayaka grounds

Wiley Global won by 26 runs

Wiley Global

144/10 in 17.5 overs [Jayaruwan Bandara 10, Thushara Peiris 53, Lilan Kularathna 23; George Banushanth 5-10, Noel Madushanka 1-17, Kasun Dilshan 2-36, Sasika Chathuranga 1-19, Nishan Maduranga 1-18]

Union Bank

118/9 in 20 overs [Isanka Rathnayake 53*, Kasun Dilshan 22; Sayuru Wanasinghe 4-14, Lilan Kularathna 3-11, Pradeep Sanjeewa 1-34]

Maliban Biscuits ‘B’ beat Hayleys Group ‘C’ by 9 wickets

Hayleys Group ‘C’

88/9 in 20 overs [Pasindu Adithya 40, Dilan Suraweera 14; Dilip Sandaruwan 2-18, Mohomad Shilmi 1-09, Tharindu Siriwardena 1-16, Chathuranga Dewapriya 5-19]

Maliban Biscuit ‘B’

92/1 in 11.5 overs [Gihan Ranasinghe 14, Mohomed Shilmi 48*, Sameera Lakmal 25*; Nishan Anuradha 1-27]

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