Two new Sri Lanka records were set on the first day of the 88th National Athletic Championship that began at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Diyagama on Friday, August 06.
S.G. Ranasinghe of the Air Force set a new record in the pole vault event for women.The other record was in the 3000 metres steeple chase event where W.T.E.K. Dulakshi also of the Air Force. She finished the distance in 11 minutes, 00.30 seconds. The previous best was 11 minutes 1.08 seconds set by Nimali-JNW
England U19s face to a nine-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka U19s in the first Twenty20 international at Durham’s Riverside Ground on Monday. England won the toss and elected to bat first in Chester-le-Street but Luke Wells’s fourth-ball dismissal for three set the tone for the evening.
Fellow opener Jack Manuel topped scored on 23, to edge out Adam Rossington by one run. Joe Root and Ateeq Javid were the only other England batsmen to reach double figures, on 10 and 14 respectively, as the hosts were all out for 107 from 18.3 overs.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Ramith Rambukwella raced to an opening-wicket partnership of 75 before Rambukwella was bowled by Adam Ball for 36. Rajapaksa went on to claim his half century (54), with Yasoda contributing 14 as the visitors cruised to victory with more than six overs to spare-JNW
Seasoned players Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh were rested while Yuvraj Singh was today recalled in the 15-member Indian squad for the upcoming cricket tri-series in Sri Lanka, beginning from August 10. The national selectors also decided to rest injured Gautam Gambhir, who missed out on the second Test against Sri Lanka because of a knee injury.
Tamil Nadu off-spinner R Ashwin and Jharkhand batsman Saurabh Tiwary, two promising youngsters who have done well in the domestic circuit, have been retained in the squad-report-JNW
