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Warner hits 65 as Australia thrash Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup

29 Oct 2021 - 0     - 441

Opener David Warner struck form with an attacking 65 to help Australia to their second successive victory in the Twenty20 World Cup with a seven-wicket thrashing of Sri Lanka on Thursday.


Clinical England thrash Bangladesh in T20 World Cup

27 Oct 2021 - 0     - 434

England raced to a second successive victory at the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket drubbing of Bangladesh today in the two nations’ first ever meeting in the format.


SLC stance unchanged on cricketers taking a knee

27 Oct 2021 - 3     - 8869

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has not changed its position regarding its players ‘taking a knee’ and expects them to not participate in the gesture during the T20 World Cup, in keeping with a previously


Sri Lanka defeat Bangladesh in feisty World Cup clash

24 Oct 2021 - 2     - 4070

Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in a feisty T20 World Cup clash on Sunday, hammering home their status as surprise title contenders.


England crush Windies at T20 World Cup, Aussies edge South Africa

24 Oct 2021 - 0     - 471

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid took career-best T20 figures of 4-2 as favourites England began the Super 12 stage by skittling West Indies for just 55 in a rematch of the 2016 final.


Team Preview: Can Pakistan live up to their promise?

24 Oct 2021 - 0     - 487

Pakistan is ranked third in the ICC’s T20I Rankings; a position which on paper suggests a team that can be genuine title contenders. However, the lead up to the tournament has not seen many name Bab


Team Preview: Can spin heavy India live up to their promise?

24 Oct 2021 - 0     - 389

India has been among the tournament favourites in ICC events for the last decade but are without any silverware since the Champions Trophy in 2013. Captain Virat Kohli has indicated his intention of r


Team Preview: Can Shanaka’s men rise to the occasion in the Super 12?

24 Oct 2021 - 0     - 431

Sri Lanka head into this month’s T20 World Cup with plenty to prove, having sunk to tenth position in the ICC T20I Rankings and being required to fight it out in the Opening Round of the tournament


Team Preview: Power-packed West Indies primed for title defence

23 Oct 2021 - 0     - 419

Five years have lapsed since Carlos Brathwaite thundered Ben Stokes for four consecutive sixes into the Kolkata sky to take the West Indies to their second T20 World Cup title. So long has the gap bet


Team Preview: England - batting powerhouse with question marks over bowling

23 Oct 2021 - 0     - 320

ODI World Champions England with much of the same batting line-up that has terrorized white-ball bowlers over the last five years. They are missing the services of talismanic all-rounder and hero of t


Team Preview: Proteas must hit the ground running in challenging group

23 Oct 2021 - 0     - 297

Temba Bavuma’s South Africa will have a point to prove as they kickstart their T20 World Cup campaign on October 23 versus Australia. With only two teams per group advancing to the knock-out phase o


Team Preview: Australia hope returning stars can reverse T20 woes

23 Oct 2021 - 0     - 364

Thing were looking all rosy for Australia in early 2020. They were perched on top of the ICC T20I Rankings, gearing up for a home T20 World Cup and riding a wave of four consecutive T20I series victor


Sri Lanka blow Netherlands away for 44, register massive eight-wicket win

22 Oct 2021 - 6     - 1956

Bowlers Wanindu Hasaranga and Lahiru Kumara set up a crushing eight-wicket win for Sri Lanka in the final round-one match of the Twenty20 World Cup after they skittled out Netherlands for 44 on Friday


’Completely overwhelming’ as Namibia make history at T20 World Cup

22 Oct 2021 - 0     - 321

World number 19 Namibia, the lowest-ranked side in the tournament, chased down their modest target of 126 with skipper Gerhard Erasmus making an unbeaten 53.


Sri Lanka thump Ireland to reach Super 12s, Namibia claim maiden win

21 Oct 2021 - 0     - 291

The Netherlands, who won the global qualifying tournament in 2019, were red-hot favourites to win after posting a formidable 164 for four.


Bangladesh bowled out for 153 in must-win T20 World Cup match

20 Oct 2021 - 0     - 612

Mohammad Naeem hit 64 off 50 deliveries but Bangladesh slipped to 153 all out in their must-win match of the Twenty20 World Cup against hosts Oman on Tuesday.


Theekshana, Hasaranga help Sri Lanka beat Namibia by 7 wickets

19 Oct 2021 - 2     - 1758

Spinners Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga set up a comprehensive seven-wicket win for Sri Lanka against debutants Namibia in round one of the T20 World Cup on Monday.


Scotland in shock win over Bangladesh

18 Oct 2021 - 0     - 609

Scotland sprung a shock six-run win over Bangladesh in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup First Round match to set up an intriguing race for the two Super 12 slots from Group B.


Du Plessis to make first appearance in LPL

17 Oct 2021 - 0     - 462

Former South African captain Faf du Plessis will make his first appearance in the Lanka Premier League when the second edition starts later this year, it is confirmed.


Oman trounce Papua New Guinea in T20 World Cup opener

17 Oct 2021 - 0     - 382

Co-hosts Oman rolled over Papua New Guinea by ten wickets in the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup First Round at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Oman.


Ireland, Namibia and the Netherlands stand in the way of SL and Super 12

17 Oct 2021 - 0     - 540

With the T20 World Cup set to commence this weekend, Sri Lanka, by virtue of its T20I Ranking, will batte it out in the First Round of the tournament and will need to finish among the top two sides fr


Mendis, Gunathilaka and Dickwella allowed to play club cricket

12 Oct 2021 - 10     - 2755

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has rescinded the domestic cricket ban handed to Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella, subject to the players paying their respective fines.


SLC to consider ending domestic cricket ban for bubble breachers

12 Oct 2021 - 6     - 3335

A partial reduction of the blanket ban handed to Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka, for breaching the bio-secure bubble during the tour of England in July this year, will be de


Sri Lanka make four changes to T20 World Cup squad

10 Oct 2021 - 2     - 3937

Fast bowlers Lahiru Kumara and Binura Fernando were included in Sri Lanka’s final 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup this month, with Akila Dananjaya and Pathum Nissanka also making the final cut


Jaffna Stallions ownership group hit back after removal

30 Sep 2021 - 0     - 2117

The ownership group of the Jaffna Stallions franchise that won last year’s Lanka Premier League claim they were verbally offered the rights to another team despite being deemed ineligible to retain


Gavaskar bats for Rohit Sharma for India captaincy

30 Sep 2021 - 4     - 5282

All’s not well in the Indian cricket team it would seem, with reports coming from the UAE, where the IPL is taking place, that not only R. Ashwin but two more senior players are reported to have res


’A’ Team series with Pakistan confirmed for Oct-Nov

29 Sep 2021 - 0     - 614

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that Pakistan ’A’ will visit the island to play two four-day and three 50-over matches against Sri Lanka ’A’. The visitors will arrive in the country on O


Ownership of LPL champions changes hands

29 Sep 2021 - 1     - 2804

The ownership of the Jaffna Stallions franchise, the winners of the inaugural Lanka Premier League (LPL) tournament, has changed hands, with Sri Lanka-born British entrepreneur Subaskaran Allirajah ac


Dr. Daminda to represent SLC at ICC bio-safety briefing

28 Sep 2021 - 0     - 2245

Dr. Daminda Attanayake will represent Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) at the upcoming ICC and BCCI organised bio-safety meeting on Thursday.


Mahela eligible for selection committee meetings

27 Sep 2021 - 1     - 1225

Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena, who was recently appointed as a consultant to the national cricket team for the T20 World Cup next month, is eligible to attend the selection committee me