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India’s Shaw slams sixth-highest one-day score of 244

10 Aug 2023 - 0     - 610

India’s Prithvi Shaw struck the sixth-highest individual one-day score on Wednesday when he blasted an extraordinary 244 for Northamptonshire in their English county One-Day Cup match at home to Som


Pakistan govt. allows cricket team to travel for World Cup in India but expresses security concern

07 Aug 2023 - 1     - 749

Pakistan cricket team will be travelling to India later this year to compete in the ICC World Cup later this year after the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave them permission to play in the sho


Brittle B-Love batting bowled over

02 Aug 2023 - 0     - 164

It’s still early days in this season’s Lanka Premier League but B-Love Kandy may already be sweating about their chances in the tournament after a second successive defeat exposed their brittle ba


Sri Lanka add second fielding coach ahead of second Test against Pakistan

22 Jul 2023 - 9     - 2738

With Sri Lanka’s fielding proving a major concern following their four-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the first Test that ended on Thursday, team management have drafted in an additional fielding coac


Honours even in fourth Ashes Test as Broad joins 600 club

20 Jul 2023 - 0     - 201

England’s Stuart Broad became just the fifth bowler to take 600 Test wickets as Australia ended Wednesday’s opening day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford on 299-8.


Sri Lanka ’A’ bounce back with big win over Oman ’A’

18 Jul 2023 - 0     - 200

Pasindu Sooriyabandara top scored for Sri Lanka ’A’ in their emphatic 217-run win over Oman ’A’ in the ACC Men’s Emerging Cup match played at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Tuesday.


Australia retain Warner for fourth Ashes Test

18 Jul 2023 - 0     - 145

David Warner has kept his place in Australia’s XI for the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford despite the opener’s ongoing struggles against England paceman Stuart Broad.


England put their faith in ageing attack for must-win Ashes clash

18 Jul 2023 - 0     - 176

James Anderson returns on his Old Trafford home ground to lead an ageing England attack in a must-win fourth Ashes Test.


Nissanka recalled for Pakistan Tests

13 Jul 2023 - 4     - 2090

Opener Pathum Nissanka was recalled to Sri Lanka’s Test team, ahead of the two-Test series against Pakistan, having missed the country’s last two red-ball assignments.


Pakistan’s Afridi eyes 100th wicket on Test comeback against Sri Lanka

13 Jul 2023 - 0     - 1080

Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi will have one eye on taking his 100th Test wicket when the two-Test series against Sri Lanka begins in Galle on Sunday.


Dimuth a doubt for first Pakistan Test

13 Jul 2023 - 4     - 3726

Sri Lanka’s 35-year-old Test captain and opening batter Dimuth Karunaratne is doubtful for the first Test match against Pakistan, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sources said.


Theekshana, Nissanka rise in ICC ODI player rankings

13 Jul 2023 - 1     - 3140

Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theekshana and Pathum Nissanka made big gains in the ICC’s ODI player rankings, after making significant contributions to their team’s unbeaten run at the Cricket World Cup Q


Athapaththu, Samarawickrama record partnership guides SL Women to win over NZ Women

12 Jul 2023 - 4     - 1224

An unbeaten 80 from captain Chamari Athapaththu and 49 not out from Harshitha Samarawickrama set Sri Lanka Women up for a dominant 10-wicket win over New Zealand Women in the third and final T20I play


ICC WC Qualifier: Three SL players in Team of the Tournament

10 Jul 2023 - 2     - 2158

Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka, Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana were included in the Team of the Tournament for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier which ended on Sunday.


Kamindu Mendis to captain SLC President’s XI against Pakistan

10 Jul 2023 - 0     - 468

Kamindu Mendis will captain a 14-member SLC President’s XI squad for a two-day warm-up match against Pakistan starting tomorrow (11) in Hambantota.


New Zealand Women win T20I series after eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka Women

10 Jul 2023 - 1     - 585

Veteran batter Suzie Bates scored a half-century to help New Zealand Women to a series win over Sri Lanka Women in the second T20I played in Galle, avenging the ODI series defeat earlier this month.


Lahiru Kumara ruled out of World Cup qualifiers, Sahan Arachchige named as replacement

01 Jul 2023 - 5     - 1887

Fast bowler Lahiru Kumara, who walked off the field with an injury during Sri Lanka’s Super Six win over the Netherlands on Friday, has been ruled out for the rest of the Cricket World Cup qualifier


Sri Lanka trounce Scotland, Hasaranga misses out on World Record

27 Jun 2023 - 9     - 2517

Sri Lanka snuffed out a late charge to record a comprehensive 82-run win over Scotland in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier match in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.


Ton-up Khawaja keeps England at bay in Ashes opener

18 Jun 2023 - 0     - 186

Usman Khawaja ended his decade-long wait for a maiden Test hundred in England as he led an Australia recovery in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston on Saturday.


Australia’s Lyon primed to rattle England and join exclusive club

13 Jun 2023 - 0     - 176

Australian spinner Nathan Lyon heads into another Ashes campaign on the cusp of joining an elite group of players with 500 Test wickets -- and warning he can still get better.


Colombo Strikers will look to form strongest side at LPL auction, Pakistan captain Babar Azam says

12 Jun 2023 - 2     - 1630

Ahead of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) auction, Pakistan’s captain and star batter Babar Azam, who was a pre-auction direct signing by the Colombo Strikers franchise, said that he and his team are


Muthusamy takes seven, Sri Lanka ’A’ bowled out for 325 on day one of first unofficial Test

12 Jun 2023 - 1     - 2867

Lasith Croospulle and Ramesh Mendis missed out on centuries, as Sri Lanka ’A’ were bowled out for 325 at stumps on the first day of their first Unofficial Test against South Africa ’A’ in Pall


19-year-old Thai spinner pips Chamari, Harshitha to ICC’s Women’s Player of the Month award

12 Jun 2023 - 0     - 232

Thailand’s 19-year-old left-arm spinner Thipatcha Putthawong was named as the ICC’s Women’s Player of the Month, beating Sri Lankans Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama to the award


India, Australia and star opener sanctioned by ICC after WTC Final

12 Jun 2023 - 0     - 248

Australia and India have been hit with big fines for slow over rates during the ICC World Test Championship Final at The Oval.


Sunil Gavaskar not happy with Rahul Dravid’s explanation of India’s Loss

12 Jun 2023 - 0     - 329

Following the defeat, India’s head coach, Rahul Dravid, faced criticism from former cricketers and his ex-teammates, Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh with the trio discussed various factors contri


Suresh Raina to participate in LPL player auction at base price of $50,000

11 Jun 2023 - 10     - 2077

Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina has signed up for the Lanka Premier League 2023 (LPL) player auction that will take place later this week, with his base price set at USD 50,000.


Coetzee, Stubbs, Muthusamy steer South Africa ‘A’ to series win

08 Jun 2023 - 0     - 226

Right-arm fast bowler Gerald Coetzee took a five-wicket haul while Tristan Stubbs and Senuran Muthusamy made valuable knocks to pave the way for South Africa ‘A’ to record a comfortable five-wicke


Mahela Jayawardene to travel to Zimbabwe for ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers

08 Jun 2023 - 6     - 2393

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene, who is a Consultant Coach for the national cricket team, will travel with the team to Zimbabwe where Sri Lanka is set to play its Cricket World Cup qualify


Head and Smith turn tide for Australia in WTC final against India

08 Jun 2023 - 0     - 170

Travis Head’s dashing century was the centrepiece of an Australia fightback against India on the opening day of the World Test Championship final at The Oval on Wednesday.


LPL’s Colombo Strikers name Aussie Simon Helmot as Head Coach

07 Jun 2023 - 1     - 1088

The Colombo Strikers franchise has named Simon Helmot as its Head Coach for the upcoming Lanka Premier League (LPL) season.