St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya, one of the leading rugby playing schools in the island, sounded a warning to opponents winning their first match of the Dialog Under 19 inter-schools rugby league tournament, brushing off the challenge of Royal College.
Sri Lanka have sent three players, left arm fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka, left arm spinner Dunith Wellalage and all-rounder Sahan Arachchige, as stand by ’options’ to the squad at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe.
Cricketing minnows Oman, coached by former Sri Lanka captain Duleep Mendis, pulled off a massive upset by beating Ireland by five wickets in their opening World Cup qualifier in Bulawayo on Monday, the Gulf sultanate’s first-ever victory over a Test nation in an ODI.
South Africa ‘A’ left arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy bagged five scalps on day one of the 2nd unofficial Test match against host Sri Lanka ‘A’ played at the P. Sara Stadium for his third successive five wicket haul of the two Test match series as Sri Lanka ‘A’ taking first lease of the wicket ended the day on 257 for 7.
Sri Lanka’s top four batsmen found form, each scoring half-centuries to help their team to a score of 355 for 6 in 50 overs in their opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers against United Arab Emirates in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Ravichandran Ashwin, despite being the top-ranked Test bowler and one of the top-10 wicket-takers in Test history, has been going through a difficult time. His exclusion from the World Test Championship final against Australia earlier this month came as a huge blow to the legendary spinner.
Royal College, fielding a young outfit mixed with experienced players, will be looking forward to regaining the Under-19 schools’ rugby title after surrendering it to Isipathana last year after hanging on to it for three successive years (2017, 2018 and 2019).
S. Thomas’ College held off a last-minute charge from Wesley College to get their hands on the Oliver Goonethilake Shield and open their Dialog Inter School Rugby League campaign with a 19-13 win, while Dharmaraja College stunned Trinity College and St. Peter’s pulled off an invaluable win over Royal College.
S. Thomas’ College took a 11 points to 7 half-time lead against Wesley College in their Dialog Under 20 Schools Rugby match in Mount Lavinia, while St. Peter’s and Dharmaraja also led in their matches.
Sri Lanka might be embodying the spirit of its 1979 team, having to qualify for this year’s Cricket World Cup, but spinner Maheesh Theekshana believes it could be the first step in emulating the heroics of the 1996 team that beat Australia to win the sport’s marquee tournament instead.
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