Veteran batter Craig Ervine will once again stand in as captain for Zimbabwe’s three-match one-day international series away to Sri Lanka. The games, which are part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, will be day-night affairs scheduled for 16, 18 and 21 January 2022 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy. Ervine has been entrusted with ...
Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena will join the Sri Lanka U19 team as a consultant coach for the upcoming ICC U19 World Cup in the Caribbean. Jayawardene will be leaving the island on the 8th of January to join the team bubble upon a negative PCR result by the 9th, Sunday in Guyana, Jayawardena confirmed to ThePapare.com. The Sri ...
Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former Sri Lanka Captain Mahela Jayawardena as the ‘Consultant Coach’ for the National Teams, effective 1st January 2022. Jayawardena, in his new role, which is effective for a period of one year, will be in charge of the overall cricketing element of the national teams and will provide invaluable strategic support for the players and ...
Ramesh Mendis produced another late-order cameo to push the Dambulla Giants to 159 against the Galle Gladiators in Match 8 of the Lanka Premier League before incessant rain saw the game called off. Coming in with the score on 79/2 in 11.2 overs, Mendis put on 45 off 38 alongside captain Dasun Shanaka to steady the Giants innings, before striking ...
Rohit Sharma was named India’s ODI and T20I captain by the All-India Senior Selection Committee as they announced the Test squad for their upcoming tour of South Africa. Rohit will replace Virat Kohli, who stepped down as T20I captain after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, as the team’s limited-overs captain. Rohit was also named vice-captain of the India Test ...
Galle Gladiators defeated the reigning champions Jaffna Kings by 54 runs in the inaugural match of the Lanka Premier League 2021, played at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Reporting from Khettarama After being asked to bat by Jaffna Kings captain Thisara Perera, Galle lost their top three batters cheaply. Last year’s highest run-getter, Danushka Gunathilaka, skied one straight ...
Sri Lankan Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne is highly regarded for his long knocks, but have you seen him go bang bang bang in shorter formats? Here is a compilation of some aggression from Dimuth in domestic matches. https://youtu.be/CHuz6Nj96xc The post WATCH – T20 style batting from Dimuth Karunaratne – Duck it appeared first on ThePapare.com.
Sri Lanka notched up a 200-run win over USA in their only warm-up game ahead of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2021, on Friday. It was an absolute run-fest for Sri Lanka in Harare, as they played their 1st game against an international team in over 600 days. Only 1 batter crossed the 50-run mark – vice captain ...
Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers took to social media to announce his retirement from all forms of the game. AB de Villiers made the announcement on Friday, 19 November, marking an end to an incredible career that spanned more than 18 years. It has been an incredible journey, but I have decided to retire from all cricket. Ever ...
A tearful Tim Paine resigned from the Australian Test captaincy today, just 19 days out from the beginning of the Ashes, after allegations emerged of improper conduct in 2017 Tim Paine has stood down as Test captain in a bombshell announcement that has thrown Australia’s Ashes defence into chaos less than three weeks out from the series opener. Paine announced ...
Sri Lanka Cricket President’s XI squad has been announced for the four-day warm-up game against the visiting West Indies team, which begins on 14th November. The left-handed batter Charith Asalanka, who had an excellent T20 World Cup campaign with the bat, has been named as the Captain of the 15-member squad. Young batting sensation Pathum Nissanka and Test regulars Oshada ...
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has questioned the selection of players for the upcoming Lanka Premier League season. Jayawardene posted a Tweet on his personal Twitter handle and raised his concerns about the players picked and omitted from the five franchise teams for LPL 02. The LPL player draft held yesterday to select final squads of five franchise teams ...
The player draft for the Lanka Premier League 2021 concluded with some interesting picks and shocking left outs. Sri Lanka’s premier T20 League will take place without the immediate past captain, the vice-captain named for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, and a couple of most senior active cricketers in the country. In contrary, 35-year-old Gihan Rupasinghe, who has ...
Recently retired former Sri Lanka Captain Shashikala Siriwardene is set to mentor the Malaysia National Women’s team ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier. According to Women’s Criczone, the Malaysian Women’s team will be in Sri Lanka from the 5th – 17th of November, to prepare for the tournament set to be played from the 22nd -28th ...
The 23-year-old left handed batsman Kamindu Mendis has been appointed as Sri Lanka ‘A’ Captain for the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan ‘A’. Read More – In-form Kamil leads Lankan fightback against Pakistan A Mendis, who was part of the Sri Lanka T20 World Cup squad, will take over the leadership baton of the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team who will ...
Former Sri Lanka Captain Marvan Atapattu has picked Pakistan as the ‘favourites’ to win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in the UAE. Reporting from Dubai “It’s not easy to beat the Pakistan team in the UAE. These conditions are very close to their home conditions. The length you ball and the shots they play, I think they can ...
In a special interview with ThePapare.com, former Captain of the Sri Lankan team and outgoing President of the MCC Kumar Sangakkara spoke about Sri Lanka’s performance at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the players who impressed him the most and the plans of the Sri Lanka Cricket Technical Advisory Committee for the next World Cup. The post WATCH – ...
Pakistan beat Scotland by 72 runs in the penultimate match of the Super 12 stage as Babar Azam’s side wrapped up top spot in Group 2. Pakistan produced a dominant performance in their final Super 12 game to brush Scotland aside in Sharjah and finish top of Group 2 with five wins from five. Captain Babar Azam was in the ...
West Indies superstar Dwayne Bravo has confirmed he will retire at the end of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. In August, captain Kieron Pollard announced Bravo had played his final T20I in the Caribbean. Following his side’s loss to Sri Lanka on Thursday, Bravo confirmed he would be hanging up his boots in a conversation with former captain Daren ...
Rahul Dravid, former India captain and ICC Hall of Fame member, will succeed Ravi Shastri as the head coach of the Indian men’s team. Read More : Perera under pressure to finish World Cup campaign on a high Dravid, who has been India A and Under-19 coach previously, will take charge after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, when ...
