Young Matheesha Pathirana has become the cynosure of all eyes in Madras. His match-winning effort the other night in the epic clash between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians has made him a household name in the south Indian city. Not many Sri Lankan sides have gone to Bombay and covered themselves in glory in recent years. Oh, yes. There ...
Sri Lanka registered a massive win over Bangladesh in the second Test at Chattogram and clinched the two-match series, 2-0. Bangladesh resumed their second innings on fifth and final day at 268/7 with a mammoth task of chasing down a target of 511 with only 3 wickets in hand. It was just a matter of time for Sri Lanka ...
Three games in the U19 Division I schools cricket tournament semi-final stage were played today, with Richmond College, Galle, securing their spot in the finals in tier ‘A’. The remaining semi-finals in tiers ‘A’ and ‘B’ commenced today for day one. Richmond College, Galle capitalised on their dominant performance on day one today by restricting St. Sebastian’s College well short ...
Hatton National Bank (B) crowned champions of MCA ‘F’ Division Cricket Tournament 2024 as they beat Dialog Axiata by 7 wickets in the final worked off today (20th April) at MCA Grounds, Colombo. After been put into bat first, Team Dialog posted 142 runs for 9 wickets in the allotted 25 overs. The wicket-keeper batter Sithum Silva was the standout ...
Mahanama College registered a massive 133-run win over D.S. Senanayake College to clinch the 18th Annual Limited Overs Encounter between the sides played today (21st April) at SSC Grounds, Colombo. Having won the toss, D.S. Senanayake College skipper Gaviru Senhas invited the opposition to take the first lease of the wicket. Mahanama College got off to a solid start as they raced ...
The national selectors have announced a 15-member Sri Lanka Development squad for the three-match T20 series against Uganda. The 23-year old Nipun Dhananjaya has been assigned the captaincy duties. Dinura Kalupahana, Malsha Tharupathi and Garuka Sanketh who represented Sri Lanka in the recently concluded ICC Men’s U19 World Cup, have also made the cut. The three-match T20 series between the ...
The first semi-final in the U19 Division I tier ‘B’ schools cricket tournament concluded today at the Nalanda College Grounds in Colombo, with Lumbini College, Colombo clinching a spot in the finals. Lumbini College, Colombo secured a remarkable win against Thurstan College, Colombo today, defying all the odds. >>Sithuka and Kevin Forge Pathana’s Path to Semifinals<< Batting first Lumbini College ...
The first semi-final in the U19 Division I tier ‘A’ schools cricket tournament commenced today at Kirimandala Mawatha between Richmond College, Galle and St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa. St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa skipper Manuja Chanthuka won the toss and invited Richmond College, Galle to have a bat first. Richmond College did not have the best of starts with the bat in ...
Sri Lanka national selectors have picked a 25-member preliminary squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, Daily FT reported. The hard-hitting middle order batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who last appeared in a T20I for Sri Lanka 15 months ago, has been recalled to the squad. The wicket-keeper batter Niroshan Dickwella, who played his last T20I for Sri Lanka in ...
The 13th Battle of the Golden Lions between Rahula College, Matara and Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya ended in a draw today (6th April) at Uyanwatte Cricket Stadium, Matara. Dharmapala College, Pannipitya survived defeat by a whisker against Rahula College, Matara in their 13th two-day encounter at Matara. >>Sri Sumangala Triumphs in the 31st One Day Clash Batting first, Rahula College struggled to post a ...
First semi-final in the U19 Division I tier ‘B’ schools cricket tournament commenced today at Nalanda College Grounds Colombo. Lumbini College,batting first suffered an early setback as they were bundled out for a paltry 74 runs, courtesy of the superb bowling display by Thurstan College’s medium pacer Yovun Silpa. Yovun ended up with figures of 6 wickets for 33 runs, ...
Sri Lanka registered a convincing win over England in the third ODI match of the Women’s U19 Tri-Nation Series 2024 played today (9th April) at Galle International Cricket Stadium. After winning the toss, Sri Lanka opted to bat first and posted 226 runs on the board on the back of a fine half-century from Rashmika Sewwandi. Sewwandi stroked 59 runs ...
When you have worked so hard at your game and kept knocking on the door, when the opportunity comes your way, you just need to turn up and everything falls in line. That seems to be the case with Kamindu Mendis. Everything the left-handed batter touched turned gold in Bangladesh. He hit a purple patch on his return to the ...
The 3rd Battle of Pearls Limited Overs Encounter between Dhammissara National School, Nattandiya and Ananda National School, Chilaw will be played on the 27th April at Sir Albert Peiris Grounds, Wennappuwa. The first encounter between the two sides was played in 2018 which was won by Dhammissara National School and the second encounter played in 2019 ended in a draw. ...
Historically, Sri Lanka have picked their technically most sound batter to occupy the number three slot in Test match cricket. In the early days there was Roy Dias and then Asanka Gurusinha took over from him. Then came Kumar Sangakkara and for the next decade and half the number three slot was his. But since the nation’s most successful batter ...
Sri Lanka have received a shot in the arm in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) having progressed to fourth place in the table following their 2-0 series win in Bangladesh. The national cricket team was badly placed prior to the series as they were bottom of the table at ninth. However, after collecting all 24 points available from the ...
Trinity College, Kandy and Richmond College, Galle resumed their battle in the U19 Division I schools cricket tournament tier ‘A’ final for day 3, as well as Royal College and Wesley College resumed their encounter yesterday (9th April) for day 02 in their relegation game at Nalanda College grounds. In Tier B segment St. Peter’s College and Lumbini College met ...
Sri Lanka registered a thrilling win over Australia in the first match of the Women’s U19 Tri-Nation Series 2024 played today (28th March) at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium. After winning the toss, Sri Lanka skipper Manudi Nanayakkara opted to bat first and they managed to post 117 runs for 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. The opening batter ...
Sri Lanka Women registered their first ever bilateral series win against South Africa Women as they won the third and final T20I by 4 wickets. Having won the toss, Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu opted to bowl first at Buffalo Park in East London, South Africa. The hosts managed to post a decent total on the board – 155/6 courtesy ...
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