Chandimal is charged for breaching ICC code of conduct. Sri Lanka is accused of breaking the spirit of the game. The Sri Lanka Cricket board still remains without its office bearers. It’s a mess everywhere you look. Breaching the ICC code of conduct Following the ball-tampering controversy at St. Lucia, test captain Dinesh Chandimal has been charged for breaching the ...
When Suranga Lakmal grabbed the wicket of Hope after lunch, expectations would have been to break through the remainder of the West Indies batting line up. But thanks to the efforts of Brathwaite, Hope, and bad weather, the hard-fought match concluded in a draw. West Indies ended up with 5 wickets in hand while the bad weather took away almost 33 overs. ...
Sri Lankan quicks managed to bowl out the West Indies batsmen for 300. Kumara and Rajitha led the attack, pulling things back for Sri Lanka at the end of day 3 of 2nd Sri Lanka – West Indies test match. But that’s not even the biggest news. Earlier in the day, the game lost 2 hours of play thanks to ...
Danushka Gunathilaka and Dasun Shanaka will replace Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Gamage in the 2nd and 3rd Test of the ongoing tour against West Indies. Angelo Mathews will return to the island for the birth of his second child whilst Lahiru Gamage is out with a finger injury he sustained in the 1st Test. Their replacements will only leave the ...
The Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial U19 limited over cricket tournament commenced earlier today with Central Province taking on North Western and Northern Province playing against Western Province North in two different venues across the city of Colombo. A total of 10 teams, divided into two groups will take part in a series of games with the participation of 150 U19 ...
Upul Tharanga steered Galle to an emphatic 75 run win over Colombo in the all-important finals of the SLC Super Provincial One Day International Tournament on June 10, 2018. The final was held after a long break, particularly due to the bad weather condition in all parts of the island. Galle vs Colombo: Match Report Galle won the toss and ...
Sri Lanka suffered a massive 226 run defeat after being bowled out for less than 230 in both innings of the 1st Test against Windies at Port of Spain last evening. Devendra Bishoo and Roston Chase picked a combined 7 wickets as the pitch deteriorated and started to generate spin on Day 5. Match Report 1st Test Despite losing a ...
After an important win over Bangladesh, Sri Lanka suffered back to back blows against India and Pakistan, minimizing their chances of making it to the all-important finals of the ongoing Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup in Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia. To make it to the final, Sri Lanka will have to beat Thailand and hope for a miracle. Even then, they’ll have ...
Lasith Malinga, Isuru Udana, Dasun Shanaka and Thisara Perera were all picked by the Montreal Tigers for the inaugural Global T20 Canada cricket tournament starting 28th of June 2018. A total of 22 matches will be played in a round robin format before the knockouts. The championship match will be played on the 15th of July 2018. All contests will take ...
Sri Lanka will lock horns with West Indies in the Carribean after almost a decade and the 1st Test is scheduled to be played at Port of Spain on the 6th of June 2018. The side from the sub continent has the edge but West Indies has just lost one of out six played between the two sides in the Carribean. ...
Thisara Perera’s late burst was not enough to get the World XI past West Indies in the 1st T20 of the ICC World XI tour of England at London last evening. West Indies led by Carlos Brathwaite dominated and won the game by 72 runs. Batting first, Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis got West Indies off to a flying start before ...
The Kumble-led Cricket Committee decided against eliminating the coin toss in Test Cricket describing it an integral part of the game after a two-day meeting in Mumbai. Mahela Jayawardena was also part of the committee, joined by former England captain and ex-MCC President, Mike Gatting, and David Boon. The committee discussed player behavior, ball tampering penalty and ICC World Test Championship playing conditions. “The ...
Today, the Sri Lanka Test Squad will take on West Indies in a three-day tour match before the all-important 1st test between the two sides on the 6th of June at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain. It has been almost a decade since the two teams last played each other in a bilateral series in the Caribbean. With a ...
The Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposed a number of individuals including three former cricketers, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Jeevantha Kulatunga and Hasan Raza directly associated and prepared to take money to fix matches. All encounters and conversations were filmed by an undercover agent using secret cameras. Moreover, the curator of the Galle International Stadium, Tharanga Indika was also exposed along with Tharindu Mendis a domestic ...
The Investigative Unit from Al Jazeera exposed a number of individuals including three former cricketers, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Jeevantha Kulatunga and Hasan Raza directly associated and prepared to take money to fix matches. All encounters and conversations were filmed by an undercover agent using secret cameras. Moreover, the curator of the Galle International Stadium, Tharanga Indika was also exposed along with Tharindu Mendis ...
Shane Watson, after an unusually slow start, bounced back to take the Chennai Super Kings to a commanding win over the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the all-important finals of the Indian Premier League last night. Chasing a score of 179, the Chennai Super Kings won the game by 8 wickets with 9 deliveries remaining. Photo – Asia Times Sunrisers Hyderabad, after ...
Not just Steven Smith but Lasith Malinga was also named in the list of marquee players for the proposed Global T20 Canada league, beginning June 28, 2018. Smith, who is serving a 12-month ban for his part in the recent ball tampering incident has been permitted to play in domestic leagues outside Australia. Lasith Malinga has the opportunity to return to form ...
Former Proteas skipper AB De Villiers, also known as Mr 360 announced his retirement from all formats of the game with immediate effect. The announcement was made via a short video clip last evening. De Villiers said he has “run out of gas” and was “tired” after 114 Test matches, 228 one-day internationals and 78 Twenty20 for South Africa. The 34-year-old ...
Sri Lanka Cricket announced a pay raise by 34% for 33 contracted players after a massive financial gain of USD 13.5 million (LKR 2.12 billion) in 2017. In addition, the match fee will also be increased in the 2018/19 season. Last year, Sri Lanka Cricket announced the opposite, deciding to trim salaries down by a big margin with the introduction of ...
The International Cricket Council has considered scrapping the coin toss to reduce the impact of home advantage ahead of the World Test Championship next year. The Ashes Test next summer could be the first game in 141 years to be played without a toss. The idea was backed by the England and Wales cricket board but former Indian Cricketer Saurav ...
