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New Zealand bank on experience to end T20 World Cup pain

07 Nov 2022 - 0     - 318

Captain Kane Williamson is banking on experience to power New Zealand into a second successive Twenty20 World Cup final as they chase glory at last.


New Zealand qualify for T20 World Cup semis

04 Nov 2022 - 3     - 1020

New Zealand booked their place in the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, after Australia were restricted to 168/8 in their 20 overs against Afghanistan a short while ago.


Williamson helps New Zealand all but reach T20 World Cup semi-finals

04 Nov 2022 - 0     - 218

Skipper Kane Williamson hit a quickfire half-century to all but take New Zealand into the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals as they hammered Ireland by 35 runs on Friday.


Injured Australia captain Finch could miss crunch T20 World Cup clash

03 Nov 2022 - 0     - 386

Australia captain Aaron Finch said Thursday he could pull out of his team’s pivotal final Super 12 match at the Twenty20 World Cup against Afghanistan because of a hamstring injury.


Kohli stars as India beat Bangladesh to stand on brink of T20 semi-finals

03 Nov 2022 - 0     - 335

Virat Kohli became the highest run-scorer in Twenty20 World Cup history yesterday as India edged Bangladesh by five runs in a crunch rain-hit Twenty20 World Cup clash in Adelaide that went to the last


WATCH: England roar back to beat New Zealand and revive World Cup hopes

01 Nov 2022 - 0     - 350

Clinical England rescued their Twenty20 World Cup campaign as they held their nerve to beat New Zealand by 20 runs at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.


WATCH: Sri Lanka keep World Cup semis hopes alive with six-wicket win

01 Nov 2022 - 10     - 3427

Dhananjaya de Silva scored an unbeaten 66 as Sri Lanka kept their slim Twenty20 World Cup hopes alive with a six-wicket win over Afghanistan at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.


As it happened: Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 6 wickets to keep World Cup semi-final hopes alive

01 Nov 2022 - 0     - 615

Sri Lanka and Afghanistan face off in Super 12 with their respective World Cup campaigns on the line


Shanaka vows to fight as Sri Lanka won’t give up on semis

31 Oct 2022 - 2     - 855

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka believes his side is still capable of clinching an unlikely semi-final berth at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.


Australia v England washout leaves all to play for at T20 World Cup

28 Oct 2022 - 0     - 453

A highly anticipated clash between Australia and England at the Twenty20 World Cup was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain on Friday in Melbourne, leaving their group wide open.


WATCH: Stoinis powers Australia to seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka

25 Oct 2022 - 0     - 386

Marcus Stoinis smashed an unbeaten 59 off 18 balls to power Australia to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka and reinvigorate their Twenty20 World Cup defence on Tuesday.


Australia ’hard to stop’ despite opening defeat: Marsh

24 Oct 2022 - 0     - 513

All-rounder Mitchell Marsh said today that defending champions Australia were confident of bouncing back from their opening defeat at the T20 World Cup declaring: “Our best is the best in the world.


Mendis powers Sri Lanka to big win over Ireland at T20 World Cup

23 Oct 2022 - 6     - 1957

Disciplined bowling and an unbeaten half-century by Kusal Mendis powered Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket hammering of Ireland in their opening Super 12 match at the T20 World Cup on Sunday.


UAE Beat Namibia To Send Netherlands Into Super 12 At T20 World Cup

20 Oct 2022 - 0     - 346

The United Arab Emirates won their first-ever game at a Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday to upset Namibia by seven runs and send the Netherlands into the Super 12 stage of the tournament.


Watch: Mendis fires Sri Lanka past Netherlands into T20 World Cup Super 12

20 Oct 2022 - 0     - 920

Opener Kusal Mendis slammed a 44-ball 79 as Asian champions Sri Lanka beat the Netherlands by 16 runs to sweep into the Super 12 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday.


Chameera likely to be out for up to three months, to undergo pre-planned surgery

19 Oct 2022 - 1     - 1458

Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera will likely miss up to three months of cricket, with the player expected to now undergo a pre-planned ankle surgery, after being ruled out of the ICC Men’s T20 World


Sri Lanka crush UAE at T20 World Cup despite Meiyappan hat-trick

18 Oct 2022 - 0     - 473

Karthik Meiyappan lit up the Twenty20 World Cup with a hat-trick Tuesday but it was in vain as Sri Lanka dismissed the United Arab Emirates for just 73 to get their campaign back on track.


Netherlands edge closer to World Cup Super 12 with tense Namibia win

18 Oct 2022 - 0     - 356

Bas de Leede took two wickets and made an unbeaten 30 as the Netherlands took a giant step towards the Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 on Tuesday with a tense five-wicket victory over giant-killing Namibi


’Historic day’ as Namibia stun Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup opener

16 Oct 2022 - 0     - 349

Jan Frylinck smashed 44 runs and took two wickets as Namibia hammered Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka by 55 runs to cause a major upset in the opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.


LIVE BLOG: Namibia beat Sri Lanka by 55 runs in World Cup opener

16 Oct 2022 - 2     - 1279

Sri Lanka open their T20 World Cup campaign at the Kardinia Park, Geelong


India trounce Sri Lanka to win Women’s Asia Cup

15 Oct 2022 - 0     - 480

India breezed to an eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka, to win the Women’s Asia Cup for a seventh time, at Sylhet today.


High flying Lankans full of optimism

15 Oct 2022 - 0     - 433

It has been several years since Sri Lanka entered a global cricketing tournament with as much confidence and positive momentum as they will carry when they kick off their T20 World Cup campaign in Aus


Namibia aim to carry on positive momentum

15 Oct 2022 - 1     - 410

Namibia, participating in their first ICC Global event in 18 years, enjoyed a relatively impressive campaign in last year’s T20 World Cup held in Oman and the UAE, and Gerhard Erasmus’ team will b


LPL season 3 to begin on December 6

14 Oct 2022 - 1     - 1089

The rescheduled Lanka Premier League will begin on December 6, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced on Friday, with the tournament broken down into three stages.


Sri Lanka edge Pakistan in thriller semi

13 Oct 2022 - 1     - 1513

Sri Lanka pulled off a stunning one-run win over Pakistan in the semi-final of the Women’s Asia Cup in Sylhet yesterday, booking a place in the title-decider for the first time since the tournament


Mendis shines in Sri Lanka’s win

11 Oct 2022 - 0     - 834

Opener Kusal Mendis shone with a quick-fire 29-ball knock of 54 inclusive of six boundaries and three sixes in Sri Lanka’s first T20 World Cup warm-up match against Zimbabwe, played at Melbourne on


CCC, Moors SC record fourth outright win

10 Oct 2022 - 0     - 427

In Group A, the two top teams, CCC and Moors SC continued their winning streaks recording their fourth wins.


Kellopotha’s journey to big BBL deal

05 Oct 2022 - 0     - 517

By Harsha Amarasinghe A very tall and a very skinny boy from Matale moved out to living in hostels at the Moors Sports Club in Colombo 2, nearly 12 years ago in an attempt to make it big in the domest


The belief has grown – Silverwood

01 Oct 2022 - 0     - 1135

A turn of fortunes on the field has resulted in a renewed sense of belief among his players and trust in the methods put forward by the coaching staff, Sri Lanka’s cricket Head Coach Chris Silverwoo


Don’t Count Asalanka Out

22 Sep 2022 - 0     - 1315

Charith Asalanka had a nightmare of an Asia Cup despite the Sri Lankan team eventually emerging as the champions following that sensational victory in the final against Pakistan a couple of weeks ago.