Farhan and Sadaqat help Pakistan seal series in style
Both batters blazed fifties to take Pakistan to 215, and Sri Lanka never got going in the chase
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Pakistan win the second T20I as well
Powered by Maaz Sadaqat's rapid 96 and captain Sahibzada Farhan's 73, Pakistan posted a huge total and recorded a comfortable 82-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second Twenty20 International played in Rawalpindi. With that, Pakistan took a 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series between the two countries with one game still to be played.
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සසිත් බණ්ඩාරගේ ශතකයක් – පාකිස්තාන යොවුන් පිල ලකුණු 21ක් ඉදිරියෙන්
සසිත් බණ්ඩාර රැස් කළ විශිෂ්ට ශතකය හමුවේ ශ්රී ලංකා වයස අවුරුදු 17න් පහළ කණ්ඩායම සිය පළමු ඉනිමට ලකුණු 285ක් රැස් කළ ද, මොහොමඩ් යූසෆ්ගේ නොදැවුණු ලකුණු 144 හමුවේ පාකිස්තාන යොවුන් ක්රීඩකයෝ දෙවැනි දිනය නිමා වන විට කඩුලු 4ක් දැවී ලකුණු 306ක් ලබා ඉදිරියට පැමිණියහ.
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Sasith Bandara's unbeaten 96 gives Sri Lanka youngsters a strong start
By the close of the first day (on the 9th) of the three-day match against Pakistan Under-17s in Multan, the Sri Lanka Under-17 team, batting in their first innings, had reached 277 for 8.
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Sri Lanka hope to get out of T20I rut and keep series alive
Pakistan, who're 1-0 up in the three-match series, might go unchanged for the second game
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Sasith records a century; Pakistan 306/4
At the close of the second day of the one-off three-day match between the Sri Lanka Under-17 team and the Pakistan Under-17 team, the Pakistan players, batting in their first innings, had reached 306 for 4.
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Sathsara Mihiranga records best bowling figures
Results from several more matches in the Inter-School Division One One-Day Cricket Tournament, organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association with the support of Sri Lanka Cricket, were added to the tournament.
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Under-17 cricketers 277/8
Sri Lanka Under-17s had reached 277 for 8 at the close of the opening day of the one-off three-day match against Pakistan Under-17s.
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Sanjana hammers Pakistan too
Once again Sanjana Kavindi's aggressive batting has carried the Sri Lanka Women's Under-19 team to victory. This time she unleashed her assault on hosts Pakistan.
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Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee pledges continued cooperation with the ICC
Issuing a clarification regarding remarks recently made by the Hon. Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee, Mr Eran Wickramaratne, during a television interview, the Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee stresses that those remarks were not made with any intention of expressing an unfavourable view of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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Sri Lanka girls beat Pakistan for the first time
Thanks to a superb knock from Sanjana Kavindi and an impressive bowling effort by the Sri Lankan players, the Sri Lanka youth girls managed to record a comfortable nine-wicket win over the Pakistan youth team today (on the 09th) in the sixth match of the Under-19 Women's Twenty20 tri-series being held in Pakistan.
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Pakistan take T20 series lead
Sahibzada Farhan's rapid 89 on his captaincy debut in T20 internationals, together with a half-century from Maaz Sadaqat, carried Pakistan to a comfortable win over Sri Lanka in the first T20 international tonight (09th).
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Farhan and Sadaqat power Pakistan to victory despite Udara’s maiden T20I fifty
Pakistan drew first blood against Sri Lanka, securing a four-wicket victory in the opening T20I to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
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Farhan, Sadaqat help Pakistan ace 183 chase to go 1-0 up
Lahiru Udara's 91 was the only bright spark in an otherwise hapless batting performance from Sri Lanka
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Razaullah, Mohammad Imran make T20I debuts as Sri Lanka bat in Rawalpindi
Pakistan's new T20I captain Sahibzada Farhan said they would have bowled anyway
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Sri Lanka dominate Pakistan to register third win in U19 T20 Tri-Series
Sri Lanka registered their third win in the Women’s U19 T20 Tri-Series in Pakistan 2026, defeating hosts Pakistan by nine wickets in the sixth match of the tournament.
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Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee clarifies Eran Wickramaratne’s remarks on ICC
The Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee wishes to place in proper context certain remarks made during a recent television interview by its Honorary Chairman, Eran Wickramaratne.
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Pakistan skipper vows to attack ahead of Sri Lanka series
Newly-appointed Pakistan T20I captain Sahibzada Farhan has vowed to ensure his side continues to play attacking cricket under his leadership, starting with their upcoming series at home against Sri Lanka that commences on Friday.
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