Connect with us

Sports

SL secures 8-wicket victory over Ireland

Published

on

Sri Lanka secured a dominant eight-wicket consolation victory over series winners Ireland in the third one-day international at Stormont.

In contrast to the opening two matches, Ireland’s batters struggled from the off as Achini Kulasuriya dismissed Sarah Forbes and Amy Hunter in the first two balls of the match.

Kulasuriya continued to rip through Ireland’s top order as skipper Orla Prendergast departed to leave the hosts on 10-3.

As wickets continued to tumble, the Irish needed a knock of 35 from all-rounder Arlene Kelly and late runs from Alice Tector (17), Freya Sargent (16) and Aimee Maguire (10) to reach a paltry 122 in 46.3 overs.

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu matched Kulasuriya’s three-wicket haul with impressive figures of 3-15 as she dismissed Kelly before mopping up the Ireland tail.

The tourists were never under any pressure in the run chase despite losing opener Vishmi Gunaratne (9) in the seventh over which put them on 32-1.

Athapaththu’s 48 helped them clinch victory as Harshitha Samarawickrama followed up her 105 on Sunday by hitting an unbeaten 48.

Ava Canning bowled Gunaratne, with Sargent dismissing the Sri Lanka skipper for Ireland’s only other wicket as the visitors won with 26.5 overs to spare.

The defeat took a little gloss off an otherwise highly successful 10 days of white-ball action for Ireland as they followed a 1-1 drawn Twenty20 series by taking a 2-1 victory in the ODIs. 

(Agencies)

News

Yupun finishes 2nd at Tampere Indoor Meeting

Published

on

By

Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon has clocked a season-best time of 6.66 seconds to finish second in the 60-meter event at the Tampere Indoor Meeting 2025 in Finland.


Competing in the World Athletics Indoor Continental Tour Bronze Label competition, this marks his third-best performance in the 60 meters.

Continue Reading

Sports

Konstas leaves Sri Lanka to play Sheffield Shield

Published

on

By

Konstas trained with the team at their main session in Galle on Tuesday before packing his bags to fly back to Australia in the evening, Cricket Australia confirmed.

Australia selectors determined the 19-year-old would be better served lining up for NSW against Queensland on Saturday at the Gabba – a Test venue at which he has never played – than watching from the sidelines in Galle. The selectors value players getting experience at home Test venues. It was part of the reason Nathan McSweeney got the nod at the start of the Border-Gavaskar series, as Konstas has not played at either the Gabba or Adelaide Oval.

Australia will have adequate concussion substitutes in Konstas’ absence, with 15 remaining in the squad as well as development player Tanveer Sangha.

The tour was Konstas’ first with the Australian squad to the subcontinent, but he previously attended development camps in Chennai and Sri Lanka.

He may have an additional opportunity to hone his skills against spin with an Australia A tour of India in the works for later in 2025.

After his famous start to life as a Test player, the Sri Lanka tour may have shaped as underwhelming for Konstas, who missed selection and was then struck down by a stomach bug.

But Head said Konstas would have learnt from the touring experience.

“Sam’s a big part of where we’re going, there’s no doubt about it,” Head said. “Disappointed that he missed out on the first Test but great for him to be here, great for him to be experiencing conditions.”

Head expected Konstas would return to the top of the batting order when Australia travelled to England for the World Test Championship Final against South Africa in June.

“Most likely I’ll go back in the middle order and Sam will open,” Head said.

(espncricinfo.com)

(This story, originally published by 
espncricinfo.com has not been edited by SLM staff)

Continue Reading

News

Dimuth to retire & migrate to Australia!

Published

on

By

Former cricket captain and opener  of Sri Lanka – Dimuth Karunaratne is set to retire from international cricket following his 100th Test match, reports say.

The second Warne-Murali Test, set to begin on Thursday (Feb. 06) at the Galle International Cricket Stadium, will be his swansong.

According to reports, Karunaratne is to formally inform Sri Lanka Cricket of his decision tomorrow (Feb. 05).

Meanwhile, speaking to ‘Daily FT’, Karunaratne has also said that he plans to retire from all levels of cricket and migrate to Australia with his family next month.

Continue Reading

Trending

Copyright © 2024 Sri Lanka Mirror. All Rights Reserved