Vice-captain Dinesh Chandimal was dropped from the squad to play Zimbabwe in the short series starting 30th of June 2017 at the Galle International Stadium. Sri Lanka will play Zimbabwe in five one-day internationals and a one-off test. After a successful comeback to one-day international cricket, Malinga will retain his place in the squad. However, he plead guilty for violating terms of his ...
Sri Lanka’s Asela Gunaratne is all set to join Bangladesh Premier League side Dhaka Dynamites for the 2017-18 season commencing on the 4th of November. The 31-year-old will play alongside Kumar Sangakkara, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Shane Watson and Sunil Narine. Despite making a late international debut, Gunaratne has burst through as one of Sri Lanka’s finest all-rounders in the recent ...
Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena pulled out of the planned stint with Lancashire during the NatWest T20 Blast campaign due to personal reason. The 40-year-old was keen on making a comeback to cricket after a successful coaching stint with Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. “I am very disappointed to be unable to join Lancashire Lightning in the upcoming NatWest ...
Head coach Graham Ford has left Sri Lanka after the side’s failure to qualify for the all-important semifinals of the recently concluded ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales. Fielding coach Nic Pothas will take over the side as the new interim head coach until further notice. Ford has had issues with the board’s newly appointed cricket manager Asanka Gurusingha. ...
The international cricket council declared Afghanistan and Ireland as full members at the annual general meeting in London last evening. The two teams got through as the majority voted in favor of them. Therefore, Afghanistan and Ireland have become cricket’s 11th and 12th Test playing nations. “Test cricket is the pinnacle, it’s the best. Not being able to play Tests ...
Throughout the past week, Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara continued to criticize the national cricket team for failing to stay fit ahead of major ICC tournaments including the recently concluded Champions Trophy in England and Wales. Sri Lanka won just one game but came super close to get through to the semi-finals tournament. A couple of major flaws on the field ...
England women were all over Sri Lanka in the ICC Women’s World Cup Warm-up Match played on June 19 at Queen’s Park, Chesterfield. The hosts won the game with 8 wickets and 118 deliveries to spare. Batting first, few Sri Lankan batsman got starts on top of the order. However, England restricted them from going on to make a big score. Chamari Atapattu ...
Huawei, the leading smartphone brand in Sri Lanka has entered into a partnership with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as the Official Smartphone Partner for the Sri Lanka Cricket Team. The Smartphone Sponsorship of the National Team comprises of both men’s and women’s cricket teams across all forms of the game spanning Test, One Day and T20. Huawei’s partnership in sponsoring ...
Sri Lanka will hope to get back to winning ways as they take on Zimbabwe in five one-day international and a one-off test starting 30th of June 2017 in venues across Sri Lanka. One Day International cricket will return to the Galle International Stadium for the first time in 17 years. The first ODI will be played at Galle on the ...
Brilliance from Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Amir, and Hassan Ali led tournament underdogs Pakistan to an excellent win in the all-important finals of the ICC Champions Trophy against India at Kennington Oval, London last evening. Pakistan won the match by a huge margin of 180 runs. After being put on to bat first, Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman got Pakistan off ...
India moved one step closer to retaining its ICC Champions Trophy crown with an utterly convincing and clinical display against Bangladesh at Edgbaston on Thursday. It was a brilliant display in Birmingham, a perfect venue for this Asian derby, with outstanding performances from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The win sets up the final that the organisers dreamed off, but ...
After losing to Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy, Sri Lanka will gear up to take on neighbor India starting 26th of July 2017. The two teams will play three Tests, five one-day internationals and a twenty20 in venues across Sri Lanka. India’s 50-day tour will commence with a warm-up game on the 21st or the 22nd of July 2017. ...
Led by Inoka Ranaweera, the Sri Lanka women’s squad departed to England for the ICC Women’s World Cup scheduled to be held from June 24th to July 23rd in England and Wales. The team went through high-intensity training under head coach Hemantha Deshapriya ahead of departure. Sri Lanka Cricket held the training campaign in Kandy to help cricketers get used ...
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara got to the 100th ton of his international career as Surrey outclassed Yorkshire in the second quarter-final of the Royal London One-Day Cup played at Headingley, Leeds last evening. Surrey won the knockout game by 24 runs. Batting first, Surrey lost 3 wickets for 70 in just the 14th over of the game. Sanga partnered up with Ben Foakes to ...
A total mess up on the field knocked Sri Lanka out of the ICC Champions Trophy after a narrow defeat against Pakistan in the final group match played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff last evening. Pakistan won the game and qualified to the semis with 3 wickets and 5 overs to spare. Batting first, Sri Lanka got off to a fantastic start despite ...
Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera was hit on the head during a practice session at Cardiff ahead of the must-win game against Pakistan. He was under observation and there has been no serious injury. “In a most fortunate turn of events, there has been no serious injury and although under careful observation there is currently no complaint related to head ...
All-rounder Dhananjaya De Silva will fly out to replace injured batsman Kusal Janith Perera for the remainder of the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales. Kusal Perera picked up a possible lateral mid-hamstring injury attempting to dive to avoid being run-out. Sri Lanka lost two big wickets for run outs and Kusal Perera was desperate to get back to his ...
After an ordinary bowling performance, the young Sri Lankan batsman played fearless cricket to beat tournament favorites India by 7 wickets in a do or die match in the ICC Champions Trophy at Kennington Oval, London last evening. Captain Angelo Mathews believed the win was inspired by Kumar Sangakkara’s words of wisdom. The win also molded the last two games into ...
Host nation England became the first team to advance through to the all-important semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy last evening. They got the better of New Zealand by 87 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. The match was effected by rain but overs were not reduced in either innings. New Zealand and Bangladesh’s hopes now rest in the hands of England. ...
Kumar Sangakkara played 134 Tests, 404 ODIs and 56 T20Is from 2000-2015, scoring a total of 28,016 international runs with 63 centuries and 145 half-centuries. As a wicket-keeper, he accounted for 748 batsmen. Sangakkara won the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 and ICC World Twenty20 2014 with Sri Lanka, while he also played in the final of the ICC Cricket World ...
