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Unity Team beats ETON College as well as Trinity Group Combined

GAME ONE

MHC UNITY TEAM – 164 all out in 42.1 overs…..  Kaveesh Dilranga 42, Sudesh Indunil 12, Ravin Sayer 13, Kasun Veeranga 21,  Roshen Fernando 14,  P Thuvarakaseelan 15

—  A.Gravin 3 for 20, Ros Powel 3 for 30, P.Mclanghlan 2 for 26

Trinity Group Combined Team 141 all out in 45.2 overs.G Thomas 20, A Gravin 21, G Jackson 34, R Powel 2

—    Janith Liyanage 4 for 21, Ravin Sayer 3 for 2

Result: MHC UNITY TEAM WON BY 23 RUNS. ………MAN OF THE MATCH: Janith Liyanage

 GAME TWO

MHC UT winning the toss made 244 for 09 in 50 overs……… Kaveesh Dilranga 41, Janith Liyanage 27, Sudesh Indunil 25, P Thavarakaselan 22, Kasun Veeranga 59

— Bowling – R Macmillan 2 for 50, J Watt 2 for 24

Eton College 161 all out in 46.2 overs….  D Gandde 41, G Lanax 27, P Watt 26

— Bowling – Ravin Sayer 2 for 31, Sudesh Indunil 2 for 32, K Thanushan 4 for 34

Result: MHC UT Won by 83 Runs. ……… Man of the Match : K Thanushan from Tamil MMV – Vauniya Continue reading →

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Murali Harmony Cup Unity tour to UK

The Foundation of Goodness confirmed last Friday that it is organising a Murali Harmony Cup Unity tour to the United Kingdom. The Unity squad includes exceptionally talented U-19 cricketers from 14 different schools island-wide, including seven from the previously war affected areas in the North and East.

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The young cricketers were invited to participate in the tour after their outstanding performances during the 2013 Murali Harmony Cup, initiated by Sir Ian Botham. The Unity Tour, designed to showcase Sri Lanka’s cultural diversity, while promoting nation building and reconciliation, will depart for the UK on Monday (tomorrow), and play three matches against top English schools. The 50-over limited overs matches will be played against Emanuel School (11 June), Eton College (12 June) and Oundle College (15 June). Continue reading →

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Mahela is my landmark says rising Kiwi star, Raki Weerasundara

Kanihskaa Balachandran in ESPNcricinfo,

RAKI WEERASUNDARAShortly after Raki Weerasundara‘s third birthday, his family called time in Colombo and started a new life in Wellington. The year was 1998, and with Sri Lanka plunged in civil war, the political and security situation had compelled several of its citizens to relocate to countries with friendly immigration laws. There had been mass emigration in the 1980s, when the ethnic conflict boiled over, and relocation gathered pace again in the late ’90s, to places like New Zealand, England and Switzerland. Continue reading →

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Halle Luiya in the Desert: Afghanistan Under 19 stun the Aussies

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afghans celebrate Abudllah Adil and  team mates express their effervescent  joy

Afghanistan Under-19s pulled off a major upset by defeating Australia Under-19s by 36 runs in Abu Dhabi. Afghanistan’s top order were at the forefront of the victory, as Mohammad Mujtaba (75), Ihsanullah (63) and Hashmatullah Shaidi (57) all scored half-centuries to propel the team to 253. The team had lost Usman Ghani in the first over of the innings, but Ihsanullah and Mujtaba steadied the innings with a second-wicket stand worth 126 that gave Afghanistan a solid platform to build on. For Australia, James Bazley and Cameron Valente picked up three wickets each. Continue reading →

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Greg Chappell: Aussie U19 can learn from defeats in Sri Lanka & Abu Dhabi

Kanishkaa Balachandran in Abu Dhabi, courtesy of ESPNcricinfo

The last ten days, ever since they left home for Sri Lanka and then the UAE, have been difficult for the Australian Under-19 team. The three-time World Cup winners failed to win any of their four games since the start of February, losing 3-0 to Sri Lanka U-19s and conceding their opening warm-up game against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi. Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka’s Under 19 Squad head for UAE and Youth World Cup

 

 

976289575DI-P12--10-02-(re)-hgw_SI-P Sri Lanka Under-19 squad left the island yesterday to take part  in the Under-19 World Cup which will begin in UAE on Valentine’s Day. Captained by Kusal Mendis, Sri Lanka’s Under-19 cricketers took  wings to United Arab Emirates yesterday to take part in the ICC Youth World Cup  that gets underway on Valentine’s Day. Sri Lanka are pooled alongside New  Zealand, West Indies and UAE in Group ‘D’. The Sri Lankans will take on Kiwis in  the curtain-raiser of the competition. Sri Lanka will play two warm-up games against India and Namibia.

KUSAL MENDISSri Lanka squad contains one survivor from the 2012 Under-19  World Cup in Australia in Anuk Fernando. The left-handed all-rounder played only  two matches in the last edition, but has since assumed an important role for the  side with his left-arm seam and his batting down the order.

Hashan Ramanayake, Harsha Rajapaksha and Hashan Vimarshana have  replaced three members of the squad for the Asia Cup, where Sri Lanka lost to  Afghanistan in their group, but recovered to make the semi-finals. They then  lost to eventual champions India.

The team is coached by Naveed Nawaz.

Sri Lanka Under-19 squad: Kusal Mendis (capt), Sadeera  Samarawickrama, Minod Bhanuka, Hashan Dumindu, Kavindu Kulasekara, Priyamal  Perera, Thilaksha Malshan Sumanasiri, Hashan Ramanayake, Binura Fernando, Anuk  Fernando, Hashan Vimarshana, A.K. Tyronne, Lakshan Jayasinghe, Ramesh Mendis and  Harsha Rajapaksha.

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The Short vs the Tall and Long: the SHORT wins

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Under 19 Captains together in Colombo: ALEX Gregory of Australia and KUSAL Mendis of Sri Lanka the day before their respective teams faced each other in ODI contest.

Kusal may have been dwarfed but he scored a run-a-ball century and helped Sri Lanka reach 262 runs. This proved more than enough as Sri Lanka’s long line of bowlers, led by three spinners, dismissed Australia for only 167 runs. Continue reading →

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Lahiru Jayaratne to be a Trainee at the Darren Lehmann Academy in 2014

Michael Roberts

LAHIRU JAYARATNESri Lanka Cricket South Australia and Sri Lanka Cricket have combined to sponsor a short-term training stint at the Darren Lehmann Academy for a promising young player from the island in 2014. Sri Lanka Cricket has now selected LAHIRU JAYARATNE for this course. Lahiru has played for Sri Lanka Under 19s and  for the present Under 23 team. He is also a member of the A Team squad selected for the forthcoming series against England A in Sri Lanka. His official profile is detailed below. Continue reading →

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Murali Harmony Cup returns to the Northern Sri Lanka

DSC_0260x Kushil, Sanga, Murali and Mahela at Media Event

murali cup crowd at KILI Crowd at one venue –Murali Cup 2012

MEDIA RELEASE, 24 October 2013 Sri Lanka cricket legends Muttiah Muralidharan, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena announced the return of the Murali Harmony Cup to Northern Sri Lanka from 1-5 November at a media conference on Thursday night. The Murali Harmony Cup is a 20-team reconciliation cricket tournament staged to promote community-building and friendship in post-war Sri Lanka. The schoolboy tournament will follow the same format as the inaugural event held in 2012 with twelve U19 boy’s teams and eight U23 ladies’s club teams competing against each other in the northern towns of Jaffna, Oddusuddan, Mankulam, Kilinochchi and Vavuniya. Continue reading →

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A tale of bowlers biting dust and some bulldozing rearguard batting

Tail-enders bulldoze SL under 19 to draw: Tyrone, Binura score centuries” — Island, 2 August 2013 

BINURA FERNANDOTail-enders A.K. Tyrone of Richmond College, Galle and Binura Fernando of D.S. Senanayake College Colombo scored centuries when the hosts needed them the most as Sri Lanka Under-19 posted a mammoth 499 runs to draw the second Youth Test and the series against their Indian counterparts at Welegedara Stadium, Kurunegala yesterday. The hosts commenced the day with a lead of just 64 runs in the second innings and five wickets in hand. But with the overnight batsmen Priyamal Perera and Sadeera Samarawickrama getting out early (7 for 258) the Sri Lanka Under-19 were facing the danger of a series defeat.

The tail-enders Tyrone and Fernando then produced a rearguard action adding 188 runs for the eighth wicket to guide the team to safety. Tyrone scored 123 runs with 17 fours and three sixes. He faced 161 balls. Fernando anchored the tail with an unbeaten century inclusive of 15 fours and a six. He faced 232 balls. Continue reading →

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