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Trinity defend title in nerve tingling final

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1 year ago

2023/11/22

Trinity College beat St. Joseph’s College by two wickets to defend the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ limited overs cricket tournament title.

by Reemus Fernando

A crucial half century by Supun Waduge and a valuable eighth wicket stand between Jayavi Liyanagama and Tharana Wimaladharma helped Trinity pull off two wickets win over St. Joseph’s in a nerve-tingling final of the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ Limited Overs Cricket tournament at Thurstan ground yesterday.

Chasing 136 runs to win Trinity lost four wickets for 43 runs but Waduge manage to repair the damage with a half century which held the middle order together. The Joes came back fighting later with Yenula Dewthusa and Nushan Perera taking quick wickets to swing the pendulum back. Dewthusa took back to back wickets in the 33rd over to leave Trinity struggling at 111 for seven wickets. But Liyanagama held his nerve to seal the victory with ten overs to spare.

For the second consecutive match Waduge provided the cornerstone for Trinity to build their innings. He scored a century in the semi-final against Royal before coming up with the match defining knock yesterday.

He scored six fours and a six in his knock of 60 runs which came in 84 balls. While skipper Manula Kularatne added vital 14 runs, Liyanagama remained unbeaten on 16.

Deciding to bowl first Trinity broke the backbone of Joes’ batting line up within the first 20 overs. Malith Rathnayake took two wickets including the crucial wicket of Hirun Kapurubandara. Kapurubandara was in red hot form during the tournament but could post only 20 runs on Tuesday before he was trapped lbw.

Tharana Wimaladharma was the pick of the bowlers for Trinity. He took three wickets for 22 runs in his nine overs, while Dinuka Tennakoon grabbed two wickets.

The Joes were six wickets down for 73 runs at one stage but a seventh wicket stand of 44 runs between Manasa Madubhashana and skipper Lahiru Amarasekara ensured they had a three figure score to defend. Madubhashana was their top scorer. He remained unbeaten on 37 runs.

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Four relay teams in 20 member team picked for Asian Athletics Championships

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2025/05/1

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Sri Lanka Athletics has picked a team of twenty athletes inclusive of four relay teams for the upcoming Asian Athletics Championship.

The men’s and women’s 4×400 metres, 4×400 metres mixed relay and men’s 4×100 metres are the realy events taken part by Sri Lanka. Kalinga Kumarage and Aruna Dharshana who were part of the gold winning men’s 4×400 metres team at the last edition are joined by juniors Sadew Rajakaruna, Omel Shashintha and Kalhara Indupa for the Gumi, South Korea event taking place from May 27 to 31.

Experienced campaigners Kalinga and Dharshana will also be part of the mixed relay.

Italy based sprinter Yupun Abeykoon and reigning national 100 metres champion Chamod Yodasinghe will compete in the 100 metres and are joined by Deneth Weeraratne, Merone Wijesinghe and H.D.M.C.B. Dissanayake to form the 4×100 metres relay.

Nadeesha Ramanayake who won the women’s 400 metres at the last edition will feature in the women’s 4×400 metres alongside Sayuri Lakshima, Jayeshi Uththara and Nishendra Fernando and Jithma Wijetunga.

Ananda College Colombo athlete Lesandu Arthavidu will compete in the high jump. His recent performance of 2.22 metres has stood in good stead for the school athlete to be in the senior team.

Sri Lanka will have high hopes on javelin throwers Sumeda Ranasinghe and Rumesh Tharanga who are the leading throwers in Asia this year.

In the women’s category javelin thrower Dilhani Lekamge and long distance runner Rasara Wijesuriya are the other members.

Lekamge won the bronze medal with a Sri Lanka national record performance of 60.93 metres at the last edition. Wijesuriya is in top form after creating records in long distance events. She will compete in both the 5000m and the 10,000 metres.

Tharushi Karunaratne who won the gold medal in the 800 metres is the notable absentee. She is currently studying and training in the USA.

Team

Men’s:

Yupun Abeykoon (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Chamod Yodasinghe (100m, 4x100m), Deneth Weeraratne (4x100m) Merone Wijesinghe(4x100m), H.D.M.C.B. Dissanayake (4x100m),

Kalinga Kumarage(men’s 4x400m, mixed relay), Aruna Dharshana (men’s 4x400m, mixed relay), Sadew Rajakaruna (4x400m), Omel Shashintha (4x400m), Kalhara Indupa (4x400m), Sumeda Ranasinghe (javelin), Rumesh Tharanga (javelin), Lesandu Arthavidu (high jump).

Women’s

Nadeesha Ramanayake (400m, 4x400m, mixed relay), Sayuri Lakshima (4x400m), Nishendra Fernando(4x400m), Jayeshi Uththara (4x400m), Jithma Wijetunga (4x400m), Dilhani Lekamge (javelin), Rasara Wijesuriya(5000m, 10000m).

by Reemus Fernando

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Galle secure NSL title

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13 mins ago

2025/05/1

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Galle captain Ramesh Mendis receives the championship trophy from SLC Secretary Bandula Dissanayake after his side won the First Class title at SSC yesterday.

Galle secured the country’s premier First Class cricket title – National Super League (NSL) – when they overcame Dambulla on first innings points in the final that concluded at SSC yesterday.

Galle and Dambulla qualified for the final after topping the points table in the league stage and Galle were declared champions after their first innings victory.

Put into bat first, Galle posted 370 thanks to a hundred by Oshada Fernando and Dinesh Chandimal (80) as they shared an 118 run stand for the second wicket. Quick Mohammad Shiraz was the pick of the bowlers finishing with six wickets.

Wicketkeeper Vishad Randkia held Dambulla’s innings together posting a hundred after opener Ron Chandgraguptha had hit 65. Dambulla were bowled out for 313 with Nimsara Atharagalla picking up five wickets.

The fact that Dambulla ended up with a first innings deficit meant that they had to win the game outright to clinch the title.

All what Galle had to do was to bat out time with a bit of bad weather around the corner and that’s exactly what they did to secure the title.

They posted 246 for five with Dinesh Chandimal scoring another half-century in the second innings.

At 162 for five, Dambulla still had an outside chance but Dunith Wellalage and Ramesh Mendis posted unbeaten half-centuries to ensure the title was theirs.

Ramesh Mendis finished as the second highest leading run scorer in the competition with 454 runs followed by Chandimal with 453 runs.

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Six players from Sri Lanka reach second round

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14 mins ago

2025/05/1

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Mayooran Kubherane (Pix by Kamal Wanniarachchi)

ITF Junior Circuit J30 Week I Tennis

Dinara de Silva, the winner of the ITF Junior Circuit J30 week one tournament advanced to the second round of the week two tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Shreeya Deshpande of India at the SSC courts in Colombo.

While Gehansa Methnadi reached the second round with a 7-4, 6-4 win in the girls’ singles, Mayooran Kubherane and Ganuka Fernando booked second round berths in the boys’ singles. Yuhansa Peiris and Ashlin de Silva reached the second round earlier.

The second round matches were scheduled for yesterday evening.