Exactly when India completed their 300 innings, It was indeed an exciting second! Pakistan’s losing streak to India at World Cup encounters extended to 6 matches when they were outclassed by the defending champions by 76 runs at a packed Adelaide Oval today. In what is billed as the most watched game in the sport’s history, India who elected to ...
After the recently concluded series against Australia, Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to offer new contracts to 35-36 players in two segments by the end of September 2016. Adding to that, an incentive scheme will be introduced to appreciate consistent players. A total of 20 national contracts are expected to be signed while the rest will make the A ...
De Villiers, Edwards, Johnson, Mathews, Raj, Sangakkara and Taylor nominated for two awards each Australia’s Mitchell Johnson and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara are in line to win their second Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year after they were shortlisted for the ICC Awards 2014. In the voting period between 26 August 2013 and 17 ...
Despite the fact that the Silva/Sanga partnership looked promising, to everybody’s surprise, Kumar Sangakkara fell right after reaching his half century to a brilliant Wahab Riaz delivery. From the other end, young Kaushal Silva showed promising signs by dominating the Pakistani bowling with ease. Kumar Sangakkara managed to score 2 fours and a six in his 50 off 106 deliveries. With ...
The Sri Lankan selectors have taken measured to strengthen the bowling line-up by including quickie Dushmantha Chameera in the 15 man squad for the Tests against South Africa. Sri Lanka will play South Africa in three Tests starting 26th of December 2016. In addition, the batting line up appears to be strengthened with the inclusion of captain Angelo Mathews and ...
A maiden one-day hundred from England opener Moeen Ali playing in only his sixth match proved a vain effort as Sri Lanka pulled off a 25-run win in the first one-day international to take a 1-0 lead in the seven-match series at the R Premadasa Stadium under lights on Wednesday. England chasing a challenging target of 318 put up ...
Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews has backed his Test side to cope without Mahela Jayawardene when they take on New Zealand. The islanders are set to embark on a two-Test series with the Black Caps, with the first game scheduled to begin on Boxing Day in Christchurch. It will be the first time in nearly two decades that Jayawardene ...
The SLC T20 League is a 13-day competition, scheduled to run from August 21 to September 2, 2018, at three venues, Rangiri Dambulla, Pallekale and the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Four teams, namely, Colombo, Kandy, Dambulla, and Galle will fight for a cash prize of Rs. 2 million. The runner-up will receive Rs. 1.5 million. Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Thisara ...
The world’s greatest spinner Muttiah Muralitharan congratulated Indian spinner Ravi Ashwin for reaching the milestone of 300 Test wickets and conveyed his concerns over Sri Lanka’s losing streak in all formats of the game as reported in News18.com. Murali also termed Ravi Ashwin as the best spinner in the world with the potential to achieve greater heights in years to ...
The great Sri Lankan, who will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the season, was honoured with the Members’ Player of the Year, Player of the Year, Sylvester Clarke Large Rum Moment, Kia Batsman of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year gongs. Presented the awards by a number of the club’s hierarchy in front of a ...
We have witnessed remarkable T20 knocks from world class international cricketers over the last decade but Asela Gunaratne’s incredible innings for Sri Lanka rests at the top of the chart. 84 from 46 deliveries in just his 6th T20 appearance for Sri Lanka helped the side recover from an unbelieveable position in the second match against Australia at Geelong last ...
Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes has died after suffering a severe head injury during a Sydney cricket match. The 25-year-old was hit on the head during New South Wales’ first-class match against South Australia on Tuesday. An emotional Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke read a statement from the family at a news conference on Thursday. He said: “We’re devastated by ...
Quite Surprisingly, the rain-affected first day of the first Test Match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan could not stop the game from producing a result as Yasir Shah rattled through the Sri Lankan batting line-up with ease. Despite the fact that the home team was in a dominating position at a certain point, Shafraz Ahamed and Asad Shafiq’s partnership created ...
Surprisingly, it was the other way around for South Africa as the Sri Lankan Women’s team bagged a 10 run consolidation win against the South African women’s team at Bangalore lately. Both teams ended their respective ICC Women’s World Twenty20 campaign after falling behind in the points table. For Sri Lanka, Chamari Atapattu certainly was the only stand out ...
The West Indian batsman Brian Lara lately announced that the Sri Lankan legends Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena are likely to feature in next year’s Masters Champions League (MCL) Twenty20. The league which is expected to be played in the United Arab Emirates will only host retired cricketers. With players like Brian Lara, Adam Gilchrist, Wasim Akram and Jacques Kallis ...
