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Sri Lanka ‘A’ take upper hand on rain-hit Day 2

Sri Lanka ‘A’ managed to take upper hand on rain-hit Day 2 of the one-off four day encounter against Afghanistan ‘A’ at P. Sara Oval Grounds, Colombo. Resuming from their overnight score of 372 for 7, the hosts were bowled out for 435 runs...

වනුජ සහන් වටිනා අර්ධ ශතකයක් කරා

ශ්‍රී ලංකා A සහ ඇෆ්ගනිස්තාන A කණ්ඩායම් අතර පැවැත්වෙන සිව් දින ටෙස්ට් ක්‍රිකට් තරගයේ දෙවන දිනය නිමා වන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇෆ්ගන් කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 417 ඉදිරියෙන් පසු වීමට සමත් වුනා. තරගයේ පළමු දිනයට තරගය නතර කරන විට සිය පළමු ඉනිම ක්‍රියාත්මක කරමින් සිටි ශ්‍රී...
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