LPL will do for Sri Lankan cricket what IPL has done for Indian cricket - Irfan Pathan

The former Indian national cricketer is in Sri Lanka as a member of the Kandy Tuskers franchise for this season’s LPL.

Ramith Rambukwella replaces Aftab Alam in LPL

The 29-year-old opening batsman, Rambukwella, who can also bowl off-breaks replaces Afghanistan’s pace bowler Aftab Alam. Alam left the Lanka Premier League (LPL) because of his own illness.

Anushka’s yoga pose not for all

Eefa, whose celebrity clients include Hrithik Roshan, had earlier named the Shirshasana as a favourite asana.

Chandimal halts Jaffna Stallions’ winning spree

After keeping the Stallions down to 149 for nine, the Kings went on to reach their target with six wickets and four deliveries to spare.

As it happened: Colombo Kings end Jaffna Stallions' winning streak

A fifth win will see the Stallions extend their lead at the top of the LPL table

Shoaib Malik promises to bring his Indian wife to Sri Lanka in next LPL

Sania and son Izhaan Mirza Malik recently went to Pakistan to support Shoaib in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Two more players leave LPL

Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir and Canadian Ravinderpal Singh, who tested positive for Covid-19, will play no part in the tournament.

LPL LIVE BLOG: Jaffna Stallions take on bottom-placed Galle Gladiators

Table topping Jaffna Stallions look to extend winning run against Galle Gladiators

SL full-back Wijesinghe slapped with four-year ban

The former Kandy star tested positive for banned substances on August 1, 2019 after which the SLADA’s Disciplinary Committee had launched an investigation into this and the decision to impose the ban had been made a few days ago.

Afridi leaving LPL to be with sick daughter

’’Unfortunately I have a personal emergency to attend to back home. I will return to join back my team at LPL immediately after the situation is handled. All the best,’’ he tweeted.

Most important thing is to rotate the strike - Perera

Perera followed up his 97 not out against Dambulla Viiking the previous day with an equally impressive 68 off just 28 balls inclusive of five fours and five hits over the rope, taking him past Dasun Shanaka as the leading run-scorer of the tournament so far. To cap off his evening, he came back to claim two wickets and three catches to derail the Tuskers’ pursuit of 186.

Shanaka spearheads Dambulla victory

The Viiking got off to an inauspicious start with openers Niroshan Dickwella and Paul Stirling falling cheaply. Upul Tharanga (25) and Samit Patel (30) got them out of troubled waters but both fell in quick succession to Dushmantha Chameera, who bowled with good pace, leaving their side on 82 for 4 halfway through the eleventh over.

LPL an investment for the future - SLC Secretary

“They have made a major part of the due payment (for the LPL), and while we can offset the payments against future production costs for inbound tour next year, we have given them time to make the rest of the payment before that,” de Silva added.

LPL LIVE BLOG: Jaffna Stallions face Kandy Tuskers

Table toppers Jaffna Stallions look to extend unbeaten run against Kandy Tuskers

Asanka Gurusinha appointed Nigeria coach

The 54-year-old’s appointment was confirmed by Musa Ehizoje Bodie, the Public Relations Officer Nigeria Cricket Federation.

Irfan Pathan still unfit

During the opening match against Colombo Kings on November 26, the 38-year-old Irfan Pathan sustained a hamstring injury and could not deliver the last ball of his second over.

LPL LIVE BLOG: Dambulla Viiking take on Jaffna Stallions

Unbeaten tag on the line with Dambulla Viiking taking on Jaffna Stallions

Acclaimed Doctor Dinesh Palipana named Queensland’s Australian of the Year 2021

Born in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Dinesh moved constantly as his father, an Engineer by profession was stationed in various places in the island. At the age of ten the family migrated to Brisbane, Australia and he grew into a young man who was destined for greatness in the prime of his youth, navigating between his interests in law and dealing with a period of uncertainty about his life.

Oshada likely to travel on South Africa tour

’’Apparently it is a soft tissue injury. Hard tissue injury can affect the bone. To ascertain the player has not ATFL (Anterior Talo-Fibular Ligament) damage, an MRI scan has been performed and we are awaiting the reports,” the source close to the Dambulla team management said.

Just me expressing myself – Russell

Russell brought up his half-century in just 14 balls, the fastest T20 fifty ever scored in Sri Lanka and was instrumental in taking Colombo Kings up to 96 for 1 after inclement weather had resulted in the match being reduced to five overs per side. Incidentally, the total broke the overall record for the highest team score in a 5-over innings.

Russell powers Kings to second win

It was a tailor made situation for Russell -- no need for circumspection, no need for control, just go all out attack -- and so it proved, as the West Indian 65 of the 96 runs his team managed in their five overs.

Shanaka, Patel script Dambulla victory

Kandy Tuskers fell victim to their second close defeat of the tournament as they were adjudged 4 runs short of the DLS par-score when rain came down with the Tuskers on 84 for 3 in 9.4 overs in their reply to the total of 195 posted by Dambulla Viiking.

LPL Live Blog: Gladiators face Colombo Kings

Live blog of the first double-header of the Lanka Premier League

LPL LIVE BLOG: Dambulla Viiking open campaign against Kandy Tuskers,

Live blog of the first double-header of the Lanka Premier League

Five foreign football players apply for Sri Lanka dual citizenship

They are Hamilton O Mervyn, brothers Reef Sebastian Peries and Ryan Sebastian Peries, Haneef Mohamed Haseef Mohamed and Vigneswaran Dagsan.

Shahid Afridi cleared to play, despite not completing seven-day quarantine

The 40-year-old all rounder was initially ruled out for the Gladiator’s first two matches after his delayed arrival to the island meant he would not be able to complete the quarantine period in time.

No second Super Over in LPL

The extent of the Irfan Pathan’s hamstring injury, sustained Thursday’s match, is not yet known.

Isuru Udana leads Colombo to Super Over win

The Colombo Kings won the opening match of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket Tournament at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota yesterday, but only after it went into a Super Ove

LPL Opener As It Happened: Colombo Kings edge LPL opener, win in Super Over

Live blog of the first match of the Lanka Premier League between Colombo Kings and Kandy Tuskers

Gibbs relishing LPL coaching role

Gibbs has previously commentated for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), an experience he says he thoroughly enjoyed, and was a role he was to reprise as part of the six-member commentary panel for the LPL.