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For the first time in the country's history, Sri Lanka's presidential election has gone into a second round of counting after no single candidate won more than 50% of the vote. The election commission will now count voters' second and third choices for president - people were asked to mark up to three candidates in order of preference during the election. The first round, which saw the counting of people's primary choice of candidate, had Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a leftist politician in the lead with 42.31%.   Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa  is in second place with 32.76%. In a press conference, the election commission said that all other candidates apart from Dissanayake and Premadasa have been eliminated The eliminated candidates' ballots will now be checked to see if secondary or third preferential votes were given to the two frontrunners. To be declared the winner, Sri Lanka's election laws say that a candidate must win 50% plus a single vote. The ele...

PAK Women vs SA Women, 3rd T20I at Multan, PAK vs SA [Women], Sep 20 2024 - Live Cricket Score Pakistan Women South Africa Women Pakistan Women Cricket Team       Pakistan  181 for 4 (Muneeba 45, Sana 37, Sekhukhune 2-30) beat  South Africa  168 for 4 (Luus 53*, Tryon 30*, Sandhu 2-20, Iqbal 2-27) by 13 runs A superb bowling display by left-arm spinners  Nashra Sandhu  and  Sadia Iqbal  combined with a collective batting display helped Pakistan win the second T20I against South Africa and level the series in Multan. Sune Luus   and Chloe Tryon put up an unbroken 80-run stand off 42 balls - the  highes t  for a fifth-wicket stand for South Africa women in T20Is - but could not get their side over the line. After being put in, Pakistan lost opener Gull Feroza in the fourth over. But her partner  Muneeba Ali  gave Pakistan a solid start, helping them post 45 in the powerplay. She stitched a 49-run stand with ...

  Earlier, O'Rourke completed his five-for as Sri Lanka folded for 305 in their first innings New Zealand  255 for 4 (Latham 70, Williamson 55, Dhananjaya 2-31) trail  Sri Lanka  305 (Kamindu 114, Kusal 50, O'Rourke 5-55) by 50 runs Partnerships were the name of the game as New Zealand strung together several of significance to come within 50 runs of Sri Lanka's first-innings total of 305 at stumps on day two in Galle. There were breezy fifties from  Tom Latham  and  Kane Williamson , and  Rachin Ravindra  also put forward an aggressive cameo. By the time an extended final session ended 15 minutes early due to bad light, there were more names on that list, as  Daryl Mitchell  and  Tom Blundell   had put together an unbeaten stand of 59 off 105. Theirs was the fourth 50-plus stand of the innings on a day that belonged almost in totality to the visitors. All this happened despite a rain-curtailed morning session during whi...