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Search for elusive Test win in India resumes

04 Mar 2022 - 0     - 548

Sri Lanka will once again seek their first Test match victory on Indian soil, a feat that has eluded even the best of Sri Lankan sides in 20 matches played over the water.


Jeffrey Vandersay ’’doubtful’’ for first Test

02 Mar 2022 - 0     - 830

Sri Lanka’s 32-year-old leg spinner Jeffrey Vandersay is ’’doubtful’’ for the first Test match against India.


Prof. Arjuna to personally work with Bhanuka on fitness issues

02 Mar 2022 - 0     - 2744

Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the Chairman of the medical panel of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will personally supervise, guide and monitor the fitness and skin fold level of Bhanuka Rajapaksa.


Sri Lanka look to bounce back from all-round failure in first T20I

25 Feb 2022 - 0     - 714

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka admitted his team failed in all three departments in the first T20I against India in Lucknow on Thursday.


Royal-Thomian in July

25 Feb 2022 - 0     - 2802

The 143rd Royal-Thomian annual cricket encounter will be played in July, the Daily Mirror learns.


Dickwella and de Silva added to depleted Sri Lankan squad

24 Feb 2022 - 0     - 3864

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sent two additional players to India for the T20Is and the Test matches to follow thereafter, it is learnt.


Shanaka wants Hasaranga-less Sri Lanka’s top order to ’fire’ in India

23 Feb 2022 - 0     - 838

Skipper Dasun Shanaka said today that Sri Lanka’s top batters will need to be among the runs against a strong Indian bowling line-up in three Twenty20 internationals beginning this week.


Ashain Daniel added to unchanged Sri Lanka squad for India

21 Feb 2022 - 0     - 677

Sri Lanka have retained the same squad that travelled to Australia, for this week’s T20I series against India with spinner Ashain Daniel the only new inclusion.


Kandy, Jaffna in final showdown for supremacy

18 Feb 2022 - 0     - 509

The National Super League Limited Over tournament will conclude tomorrow with the clash for the title between Kandy and Jaffna scheduled to be played at the Pallekele International Stadium from 2.30 p


Untroubled Australia crush Sri Lanka by six wickets in fourth T20

18 Feb 2022 - 0     - 450

Australia eased to a six-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the fourth Twenty20 international in Melbourne today, barely needing to shift out of first gear as they heaped misery on the tourists who h


Nuwan Thushara ruled out for final two T20Is

17 Feb 2022 - 0     - 587

Sri Lanka’s squad on tour to Australia has been further depleted after fast-bowler Nuwan Thushara and all-rounder Ramesh Mendis picked up injuries ahead of tomorrow’s fourth T20I at the Melbourne


Shane McDermott appointed Bangladesh fielding coach

17 Feb 2022 - 0     - 1056

Australia’s Shane McDermott, who recently was Sri Lanka’s fielding coach, will take up the same role with the Bangladesh national team, it is learnt.


Dickwella smashes century, Jaffna to meet Kandy in final

16 Feb 2022 - 0     - 569

Niroshan Dickwella issued a timely reminder to national selectors with a brilliant century against Galle in the National Super League Limited Over Tournament, leading his side to a 66-run win at the P


Bhanuka Rajapaksa passes fitness tests, available for India tour

16 Feb 2022 - 0     - 2229

Sri Lanka’s top order batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa is available for the upcoming India tour, it is learnt, after he passed the required fitness tests.


Australia seal T20 series against Sri Lanka with six-wicket drubbing

15 Feb 2022 - 0     - 353

Australia’s Kane Richardson and Ashton Agar combined for a miserly bowling performance as the hosts outclassed Sri Lanka by six wickets in today’s low-scoring third Twenty20 international in Canbe


Kandy in final, Jaffna, Galle battle for second slot

15 Feb 2022 - 0     - 423

The National Super League Limited Over cricket tournament has reached the final stages with two more matches to be played tomorrow at the Pallekele International Stadium and Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.


Mendis cleared to return for third Aussie T20I

14 Feb 2022 - 0     - 460

Sri Lanka will be boosted by the return of Kusal Mendis for the third T20I against Australia, after he returned a negative Covid-19 test today.


SLC should have guts to protest against Australian umpiring, says Arjuna

14 Feb 2022 - 5     - 5977

World Cup winning former national captain Arjuna Ranatunga believes Sri Lanka should have lodged a protest against the Australian umpires who didn’t call a wide on the fifth ball of the final over o


Hasaranga picked up by RCB for 10.75 crore, becomes most expensive Sri Lankan in IPL history

12 Feb 2022 - 8     - 5564

All-rounder Wanindu Hasanranga will feature for the Royal Challengers Bangalore for the upcoming Indian Premier League season after the franchise forked out a massive 10.75 Crore bid (Rs. 287 million)


Hazlewood, Zampa star as Aussies beat SL by 20

11 Feb 2022 - 0     - 1509

Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa bowled Australia to victory in a rusty first home limited-overs outing of the summer that nonetheless saw Sri Lanka defeated by 20 runs on the DLS method in a rain-affect


Finch sings praises of ’calm’ interim Australia coach McDonald

10 Feb 2022 - 0     - 453

Limited overs captain Aaron Finch today hailed the “calm” approach Andrew McDonald brings to the Australian team as the interim coach emerges among the favourites to take over from Justin Langer.


Playing this series before T20WC a big plus point – Shanaka

09 Feb 2022 - 0     - 542

Sri Lanka’s five-match T20I series versus reigning T20 world champions Australia which is set to get underway this Friday in Sydney will be massively important ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup,


Skipper Dhananjaya guides Jaffna to fourth win

04 Feb 2022 - 0     - 583

A captain’s knock of 101 in 120 balls inclusive of ten boundaries and a six by Dhananjaya de Silva laid the foundation for Jaffna to coast to a comfortable 51-run win over Dambulla in the second rou


Sri Lanka finish sixth after defeat to Pakistan

04 Feb 2022 - 0     - 532

Pakistan U19 skipper Qasim Akram’s all-round performance paved the way for his side to record a massive 238-run win against Sri Lanka U19 in the fifth-place play-off encounter of the ICC U19 World C


Lakmal bids adieu

02 Feb 2022 - 0     - 549

Former Test captain Suranga Lakmal will retire from all forms of international cricket after Sri Lanka’s tour of India starting this month.


Three more Sri Lankan women’s cricketers invited for FairBreak T20 tournament

29 Jan 2022 - 0     - 2061

Three more Sri Lankan women’s cricketers, who recently participated in the Women’s Commonwealth Games Qualifiers in Malaysia, have been approached by the organizers to participate in the world’s


Farbrace turns down SL, to remain with Warwickshire

28 Jan 2022 - 5     - 4058

Sri Lanka’s search for a new head coach to replace Mickey Arthur hit a roadblock, after it was announced that Paul Farbrace would remain in the coaching staff at Warwickshire.


Gunathilaka back from suspension for Australia series

26 Jan 2022 - 0     - 634

Danushka Gunathilaka was included in Sri Lanka’s T20I squad for the tour of Australia next month - his first international assignment since having his one-year suspension lifted earlier this month.


Atapattu leads Sri Lanka to Commonwealth Games

24 Jan 2022 - 0     - 581

Chamari Atapattu, the Sri Lankan Women’s skipper, led from the front to guide her team to a thrilling 22-run victory over Bangladesh in the Commonwealth Games Women’s Cricket qualifier tournament


Madugalle and Mahanama to officiate as match-referees in PSL

20 Jan 2022 - 0     - 1783

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has hired the services of Ranjan Madugalle and Roshan Mahanama as match-referees for the upcoming PSL (Pakistan Super League) matches to be played in Pakistan.