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. ...
It has been over a decade but come boxing day, we mourn for the 30,000 lives lost in the devastating Tsunami that hit Sri Lanka in 2004. Among the victims were top Sri Lankan cricketers who lost almost everything from family members to cricket gear. The mothers of Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Chandana were lucky to survive but Nuwan Zoysa’s maternal aunt and ...
I wasn’t yelling at the players. It was obviously disappointing, the loss in Kandy, my first loss as captain. It was a different experience and hopefully it doesn’t happen too often. We know what we have to do to turn it around, it’s just about making sure we go out there and do it. Having suffered his first defeat ...
Sri Lanka Cricket made a couple of positives changes after a horrendous 2017 ahead of the tri series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe starting 13th of January 2018. Angelo Mathews was reappointed skipper of the limited over side, Dinesh Chandimal returned to one day international cricket, Lahiru Madushanka is set for debut and Kusal Mendis was finally picked after the press ...
Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara weighed on the benefits on introducing a minimum Test match fee for all countries to stop younger players from ditching five-day cricket for lucrative Twenty20 leagues. Test Cricket has long been a competitive format but Twenty20 cricket has slowly stolen all the attention with the introduction of big money. Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images ...
Sri Lanka made a fair number of changes but dropped specialist bowler Lasith Malinga for the two match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh, starting on the 15th of this month at Mirpur. Test skipper Dinesh Chandimal returned to the squad and will lead the side in the absence of all-rounder Angelo Mathews who picked up another hamstring injury during the recently ...
Once again, former T20 captain, Lasith Malinga has been snubbed from the side for the one-off Twenty20 against South Africa at the R Premadasa Stadium on August 14. Sri Lanka announced a 15 man squad with 4 standbys and the side will be led by Angelo Mathews. Suranga Lakmal, Isuru Udana, Niroshan Dickwella and Asela Gunaratne were also in the ...
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 ...
Former Sri Lanka captain and world cup winner Lasith Malinga has been out of international cricket for quite some time. Frustrated and clueless of being left out, Malinga has hinted at retirement ahead of the all-important ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019. Malinga last played ODI cricket for Sri Lanka in September 2017 and was withdrawn from the Mumbai Indians ...
While we were busy calculating net run-rate, Dinesh Chandimal and co had big plans and they were executed to the dot as Sri Lanka completed a crushing 10 wicket win over Bangladesh to qualify for the all-important finals of the Bangladesh tri nation series short while ago. The home team was bundled out for just 82 in 24 overs and ...
Excellent batting from Dhananjaya De Silva and Roshen Silva in the second innings saved Sri Lanka and almost gave them a hint of a chance in the 3rd Test against India at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi. However, India won the three-match series 1-0. The match was interrupted a couple of times because of the bad air quality ...
Top order batsman Kusal Janith Perera joined the Sri Lanka one day international side for the three match series against India after the minister decision to recall the nine players who were sent without his consent. Therefore, a total of 16 players will make the squad to India and the first match is set to be played in Dharmashala on ...
Cricket Australia Australian champion fast bowler Glenn McGrath has named the best five bowlers in the world at the moment, judged over the last 12 months and across all three formats of the game. The 124-Test veteran made a conscience decision not to show any bias to his country of birth, opting for only one Australian in the top five. ...
Without Lasith Malinga in the side, the Sri Lankan bowlers went for plenty in almost all games in the recently concluded limited over series against subcontinent nations Pakistan and India. The selectors used the term “rested” when inquired of the slinga’s absence from the T20 Squad to India. However, the senior bowler was not picked for the 23 member preliminary ...
Dinesh Chandimal replaced Angelo Mathews as captain for the upcoming England tour after the side suffered back to back defeats at the Asia Cup earlier this month. Following his removal as captain, Angelo Mathews wrote to SLC CEO Ashley De Silva showing descent over him being made scapegoat when the whole team was to take the blame. “Though I ...
Reporting from Pallekele PALLEKELE: England bowlers came up with a disciplined performance to bowl out Sri Lanka for 239 and set themselves with a target of 240 to chase off 50 overs to win the fifth one-day international at the Pallekele Stadium yesterday, but heavy rain prevented them from commencing their innings and pushed the match to the reserve day. ...
Sri Lanka and England, who have been at the receiving end of World Cup champions India will front up for a seven-match one-day international series with both sides wanting a win badly to boost their morale ahead of the 2015 World Cup. The first match of a series is usually important to any side for it’s always nice to ...
