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Thomians collapse after second wicket stand

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1 month ago

2026/02/25

Kanilka Anthony (5/66) and Dinal Fernando bowled the bulk of the overs and shared eight wickets between them as Trinity restricted S. Thomas’ to 189 runs on day one of the Ranil Abeynayake Memorial Trophy cricket encounter at the BRC ground on Tuesday.

‎Trinity are the hosts of this match which is also a Division I Tier ‘A’ tournament encounter.

‎With the Anthony-Fernando pair threatening to bundle out the visitors for a low score, number nine batsman Shanil Perera dropped anchor with an unbeaten 37 for them to post their eventual total.

‎In reply,Trinity were 54 for one wicket at close.

‎Batting first Jayden Amaraweera and Aaron Kodithuwakku put on a stand of 85 runs for the second wicket but rest of the batsmen failed to capitalize on the patiently put on base.

‎The Thomians got off to a bad start after open bat Yevan Gunathilake was out for five runs with just eight runs on the board . But there were no further wickets in the morning as the second wicket pair batted for 35 overs together.

‎Amaraweera made 50 in 115 balls and Aaron’s 72 came in 181 balls.

‎Scores:

‎S. Thomas’ 189 all out in 77.4 overs

‎(Aaron Kodituwakku 72, Jaden Amaraweera 50, Shanil Perera 37n.o.,

‎Kanika Anthony 5/66, Dinal Fernando 3/34)

‎Trinity 54 for 1 in 16 overs

(Pulisha Thilakarathne 25n.o.) (RF)

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Zimbabwe Women set for maiden tour of Pakistan

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1 hour ago

2026/04/10

Priyan

Pakistan and Zimbabwe will play 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is [Cricbuzz]

Zimbabwe Women are set for their maiden tour to Pakistan for three ODIs and three T20Is.

The ODIs kick off on May 3 and will be part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2025-29. The T20I series will be played from May 12. All six matches will take place at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi.

Pakistan are currently placed fifth on the Women’s Championship table after a 2-1 series loss to South Africa. Zimbabwe are placed seventh after a three-match series loss to New Zealand.

Zimbabwe are scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on April 29.

Date	Match
May 3	1st ODI
May 6	2nd ODI
May 9	3rd ODI
May 12	1st T20I
May 14	2nd T20I
May 15	3rd T20I

[Cricbuzz]

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Bangladesh advance match timings to save energy

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2 hours ago

2026/04/10

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BCB aim to wrap up the matches by sunset, which is around 6:30 pm local during this time of the year [Cricbuzz]

The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced that they have decided to change match timings of the upcoming international assignments of the national cricket team in order to support the government’s energy-saving initiative.

As a result, the match timings of the upcoming men’s white-ball series against New Zealand and the women’s T20I series against Sri Lanka have been changed.

“The board has decided to readjust the match timings of the forthcoming Bangladesh vs New Zealand ODI and T20I series to support the energy saving initiative of the Bangladesh Government. The revised timing will aim to make maximum use of daylight in the day-night games,” the BCB said in a statement.

The board said they will bring the start time forward by three hours for all three ODIs scheduled in Dhaka and Chattogram, with the aim to finish the matches by sunset, which is around 6:30 pm during this time of the year. The ODIs will start at 11:00 am. The three T20Is will start from 2:00 pm with an aim to finish them by 5:30 pm.

Instead of the originally planned 6 pm starts, women’s T20Is will begin at 1:30 pm at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The women’s T20Is are scheduled on April 28 and 30, and May 2.

New Zealand are scheduled to arrive on April 13 for the tour, which comprises three ODIs and three T20Is. The first two ODIs will be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on April 17 and 20, before the teams travel to Chattogram for the third match on April 23 at the Bir Shreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium.

The first two T20Is will be held in Chattogram on April 27 and 29, with the final game scheduled in Dhaka on May 2. Bangladesh began their preparations for the series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on March 27.

[Cricbuzz]

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Dimantha anchors Trinity after Royal post 439/9

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9 hours ago

2026/04/10

Thilina Walpola

UNDER 19 DIVISION 1 TIER A

Trinity reached 223 for five wickets at stumps on the second day as Dimantha Mahavithana anchored the innings with an unbeaten century after Royal poated a a mammoth 493 for nine wickets declared in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ semi-final at Surrey ground on Thursday.

‎‎Scores

‎Royal 328 for 4 overnight 493 for 9 dec in 119.3 overs (Hirun Liyanarachchi 78, Dushen Udawela 105, Vimath Dinsara 68, Ramiru Perera 57, Udantha Gangewatta 98, Himaru Deshan 29; Sethmika Senevirathne 4/111)

‎Trinity 223 for 5 in 53 overs (Dimantha Mahavithana 125, Puleesha Thilakarathne 32, Chaniru Senarathne 20, Malika Vithanage 22n.o.;Himaru Deshan 2/63, Ramiru Perera 2/68) (RF)