Bangladesh on back foot after Lankan run feast
(AFP Feb 3) Sri Lanka spinners led by Rangana Herath took three crucial wickets late into day four to leave Bangladesh with an uphill task of saving the opening Test in Chittagong on Saturday. Bangladesh reached 81-3 at stumps, still needing 119 to make Sri Lanka bat again. The visitors declared their first innings at [...]
Nalanda crush Dharmaraja by innings
Nalanda crushed Dharmaraja by an innings and 29 runs in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Campbell Place yesterday. The foundation for their win on day two was laid by Chaminda Wijesinghe and Umesha Dilshan who combined to wreck the Rajans in the first innings. The pair shared seven wickets to bundle out [...]
No change in the top positions
S. Thomas’ College leg spinner Dillon Peiris continues his domination for yet another week in the All-Island Schools while Denuwan Perera and Harshitha Samarawickrama go on with their strongholds in the Emerging and Girls’ schools categories as the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy / Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2018 competition completes the [...]
Sachithra stars in SSC’s second successive win
Off spinner Sachithra Senanayake captured 6 for 65 while leg spinner Jeffrey Vandersay bagged 3 for 30 as the duo guided SSC to a massive 194 run win over their traditional rivals NCC in their Premier Super Eight encounter at Maitland Crescent, yesterday. NCC chasing a challenging victory target of 350 runs was never on [...]
Sri Lanka and Thailand share honours on day one at SLTA
The first two games of the five rubber Asia/Oceania Group II Davis Cup tie between Sri Lanka and Thailand which was played yesterday at the SLTA clay courts in Greenpath, Colombo saw the two countries sharing honours with a win each. Sharmal Dissanayake the hope of the host did not disappoint his supporters as he [...]
Seekkuge, Asela Gunaratne shine in Army SC’s win
An allround performance by Seekkuge Prasanna and a match bag of eight wickets by Dushan Vimukthi paved the way for Army SC to secure an outright win by two wickets against CCC in their Premier Plate Championship encounter concluded at the BRC grounds yesterday. The duo shared eight wickets to bundle out CCC for a [...]
Negombo CC, Kalutara TC, Lankan CC, Galle CC prevail
Negombo CC, Kalutara TC, Lankan CC and Galle have already taken first innings leads against Panadura SC, Police SC, Navy SC and Kurunegala YCC in the Premier Tier B inter-club cricket matches being played at Panadura, Maggona, Welisara and Galle. Results At Panadura: Match drawn Negombo CC 292 (Praveen Fernando 75, Prasansana Jayamanna 63, Sandun [...]
Fired up CH&FC cop the fighting Policemen
Lee Keegal, Henry Terrence and Yoshitha Rajapaksa braced two tries each as a fired-up CH&FC unit reached 50 points to beat an equally avid Police SC by a margin of 14 points in a second round match of the Dialog League Rugby Championship played at Racecourse yesterday. Both sides had the will and power to [...]
Havies pip Sailors in the nick of time
Navy SC should blame themselves for failing at a crucial try and at a vital moment as Havelocks SC scraped through with a nail-biting 16-11 win in the second round game of Dialog League Rugby Championship at Havelock Park yesterday. The game was tied at 11-all with only ten minutes left from the final whistle, [...]
Soldiers fight hard, but hill country Rugby was sterner
The Army played some stirring rugby in the first half to lead the champions 17-14 at the break. But Kandy SC weathered that early storm and emerged winners by 29 points (3 goals, a try, a penalty) to 20 (2 goals, 2 penalties) at Ratmalana last evening. The Soldiers seemed pretty keen on striking the [...]
CR complete fourth win
The CR&FC achieved their fourth win of the second round by prevailing over the Air Force by 27 points to 17 at Longdon Place last evening. CR’s points came from two goals, two tries and a drop goal as against a drop goal, a goal and a penalty try. Air Force’s fly half Gayantha Iddamalgoda [...]
Schoolboy prodigy Udaya Ranasinghe National Champ for fifth time in a row
The Table Tennis sensation from the hill capital, Vidyartha College’s Udaya Ranasinghe clinched his 5th consecutive Men’s National Table Tennis title at the 71st National Table Tennis Championships 2017, concluded at the S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia Indoor Stadium last weekend. Erandi Warusawithana of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) won her 2nd National title. National [...]
Rohan scalps 13 to help Tissa Central to a 52-run win at Debarawewa
Rohan Sanjaya bowling left arm spin captured thirteen wickets to help Tissa Central College register a 52 run win over Debarawewa National School. The Under-19 Division II first round encounter was hosted by Debarawewa National School. Twenty wickets fell on day one when Tissa Central were dismissed for 125 runs and Debarawewa NS dismissed for [...]
SLC looking for a permanent solution to Mathews’ injury
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is awaiting experts’ views on injured Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews to decide the best approach to get the 30-year-old cricketer back in full action. While the other national players are on duty in Bangladesh, Mathews is at home after his latest hamstring injury which initially ruled him out for two [...]
Huniyam Ceremony
The House where International Sports is the Key Word had a ceremony recently where pots and coconut flowers played a major role. Observers say that it was a ceremony of sorts (Huniyam) to make believe that no alien forces will be able to break into the elections that are around the corner. Anyway the ceremony [...]
Rashmin rides high at Pondicherry Equestrian Challenge
Rashmin Tirimanne de Silva became the first to represent Sri Lanka at the Pondicherry Equestrian Challenge 2018 held at the Red Earth Riding School from January 25-28, and win. He won the 80cm Table ‘A’ Open Class, riding ‘Caveman’, and finished third in the same class in the second round on ‘Cassina Nagra’, from among [...]
Full rugby and weightlifting contingents in spite of Ministry cuts
Sri Lanka will definitely be represented at rugby at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in April this year, according to SLRFU’s vice president Lasitha Gunaratne. At the same time the weightlifting squad also may get the green light to go ahead with its full contingent of eleven lifters, though it had earlier been pruned down to [...]
1500metre gold for Gayanthika in Tehran
Gayanthika Abeyrathne made up for her disappointing performance in the women’s 800m by clinching the gold medal in the 1500m race at the 8th Asian Indoor Athletics Championship being held in Tehran, Iran. Abeyrathne clocked an impressive 4 mins 26.22secs to win the title. She was placed fourth in the 800m race earlier with a [...]
India cruise to U19 World Cup title
India cruised to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Australia in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup final at Tauranga in New Zealand. The BCCI was quick to announce a financial reward for the Indian players and coaching staff, with head coach Rahul Dravid set to enjoy a bonus of approx. AUD$100k, while the playing group were [...]
League Champs Kandy have no equal
The Dialog Rugby League Championship has been done and the Cup needs no dusting as Kandy SC have been crowned for another year. One cannot say they bamboozled their opponents, but knocked them out 12 times, with two more matches to play, and 24 points and 4 wins ahead of their nearest rival, there is [...]
The Australian Open a Celebration of Tennis
This year’s Australian Open (AO) Championships was the 30th in Melbourne and the 200th Grand Slam of the Open era. This milestone event has left an unforgettable impression, with memorable matches. From the quarterfinals onwards, players were so well matched in skills and tactics, even in the Doubles. It being so, every match turned out [...]
Sanjeewa ranked No.1
The Pin Fernando Grand Prix, the amateur ranking for Sri Lankans sponsored annually by UTE, powered by CAT SOLAR, is counted for the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), providing a great opportunity for the top Sri Lankans to be invited to participate in the Asia Pacific Golf Championship played yearly. It was played in 2017 [...]
The Education Ministry-SLC Cricket paradox
School cricket in Sri Lanka is, indeed, a unique entity which originally evolved under an unplanned structure that involved a few schools such as The Academy (Royal) and S. Thomas’, which played their first inter-schools match way back in 1879. Other schools such as Wesley, Kingswood, Ananda, Nalanda and Richmond, to name a few, followed [...]
Tall scoring by the winners feature of this weekend
A fine combined batting display by Nations Trust Bank (NTB) ‘A’ guided them to an excellent 4-wicket victory over Pyramid Wilmer (Pyramid) in the ongoing 7th Prestige Automobile (Pvt.) Ltd., “BMW-Hyundai’ Trophy, MCA ‘C’ Division 50-Over League Tournament 2018 match at the MCA Grounds last weekend. Tall scoring featured in 3 days of cricket where [...]
Professional Tennis Courts opened at Pegasus Reef Hotel
Last Saturday, two new superior quality Tennis courts were declared open at Pegasus Reef Hotel, Hendala, in the presence of officials of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA), Principals of schools and Tennis enthusiasts. According to Pegasus Reef General Manger Harsha Jayasinghe, the two hard courts covered, with an acrylic surface, will serve both Tennis [...]
FMSSL to honour top riders
The National Awards Ceremony of the Federation of Motorcycle Sports in Sri Lanka (FMSSL), honouring the achievements of the top riders in 2017, was held on January 19 at the Grand Monarch in Thalawathugoda. Champion riders, who competed in both the gravel and circuit events during the year 2017, were considered for the awards. Eleven [...]
Football World Cup Exhibition; another Illusion or clear Intent?
Wow, what a show it created as it must, the first nation worldwide, to receive a World Cup visit on its global tour. As one young enthusiast excitedly asked, Sir did we win the World Cup? One could only turn up one’s eyes and say, as good as we won son! Yes, it is now [...]