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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     - 1757

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has rescinded the domestic cricket ban handed to Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella, subject to the players paying their respective fines.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     - 3936

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     - 2243

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


Mahela appointed as ’Consultant’ for T20 World Cup

24 Sep 2021 - 3     - 2705

Former national cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene was appointed as a ‘Consultant’ to the Sri Lanka team for the first round of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup next month.


’Western bloc’ has let Pakistan down, board chief says

21 Sep 2021 - 1     - 739

Pakistan have been let down by the ’’Western bloc’’ and the back-to-back pullouts by New Zealand and England could have a ’’domino effect’’ for cricket in the South Asian country, Paki


Sri Lanka to play two Tests, three T20Is in India next year

21 Sep 2021 - 0     - 394

Sri Lanka will tour India next year for two Tests and three T20Is, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced yesterday, part of a busy home summer for the Indians.


Cairns facing ’greatest challenge’ after suffering spinal stroke

20 Sep 2021 - 0     - 588

Cairns posted a video on social media on Sunday to thank medical teams in Canberra and Sydney, who treated the 51-year-old after he experienced an aortic dissection, a tear in the body’s main artery


SLC to ‘seriously consider’ replacing New Zealand in Pakistan if invited

19 Sep 2021 - 23     - 14791

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) would ‘seriously consider’ replacing New Zealand in Pakistan should they receive an invitation from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) according to SLC Secretary Mohan de Sil


SL to field best XI against Oman, says Shanaka

16 Sep 2021 - 1     - 1196

It doesn’t take a deep dive into cricket analytics to see what the biggest headache for Sri Lanka cricket is ahead of the T20 World Cup – a cursory glance at the list of top run scorers in the rec


SLC says reports of players deliberately underperforming are false

16 Sep 2021 - 7     - 2303

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today denied media reports that certain players in the national team that played in the T20I series against South Africa did not fully commit themselves or deliberately underpe


Career Destroying Guide: Einsteins of National Cricket Selections

15 Sep 2021 - 5     - 5489

Sri Lanka’s embarrassing defeat to South Africa in the T20I series has made their chances of winning the upcoming World Cup a distant dream, and qualifying for it, playing against the likes of Irela


Career Destroying Guide – Einsteins of National Cricket Selections

15 Sep 2021 - 0     - 364

From winning the World Cup in 2014 to a home whitewash, signifies the downfall of Sri Lanka’s cricket. Sri Lanka never looked like winning a single moment during the recent 3-0 thrashing thanks to h


Retire Malinga’s jersey number 99, says his mentor and childhood coach

15 Sep 2021 - 0     - 1281

Former Sri Lankan fast bowler Champaka Ramanayake believes that the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) should ’’retire’’ the number 99 jersey Lasith Malinga’s wore when playing for the national team.


Opposing captain’s consent not required to replace unfit wicket-keeper : MCC

15 Sep 2021 - 0     - 701

The Sri Lankan team management had sought the match official’s permission to allow Dinesh Chandimal, the reserved player, to keep wickets in place of Kusal Perera, who batted but was unfit to field


Whitewashed

14 Sep 2021 - 1     - 760

While Sri Lanka struggled to 120 for 8 in their 20 overs, de Kock and Hendricks chased the score down with 32 balls to spare for South Africa to record their first-ever 10-wicket win against the hosts


Malinga announces retirement from all formats of Cricket

14 Sep 2021 - 6     - 2674

Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga announced his retirement from all formats of cricket today.


Sri Lanka announce squad for T20 World Cup

13 Sep 2021 - 1     - 794

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday confirmed the 15-man squad who will represent the island in next month’s T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman.


Ominous signs of a T20 World Cup debacle

13 Sep 2021 - 1     - 620

Sri Lanka’s total of 103 all out was their lowest ever score batting first at home, and the lowest score they have been bowled out for by South Africa.