The ICC today announced its Test and ODI Teams of the Year, as chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by the ICC’s Cricket Committee chairman and former India captain Anil Kumble. The announcement was made by Mr Kumble at a media conference at the ICC Headquarters in Dubai, where ICC Chief Executive David Richardson also announced the ...
Sri Lanka announced a strong fifteen man contingent for the three match one day international seried against India, starting 10th of December 2017. Kusal Janith Perera was set to make a comeback but an unfortunate injury resulted in him being excluded from the side. Instead, Lahiru Thirimanne was named to add experience to the side. Nuwan Pradeep was named alongside ...
For the first time since 2006, the tigers have managed to qualify for the all-important ICC Champions Trophy 2017 in England and Wales. In return, the West Indian team has lost its place after failing to settle within the top 8 in the ICC rankings. At the point when rankings were taken into calculation, the West Indian team stood 2 ...
Following a request from the Asian Cricket Council Development Manager Bandula Warnapura, Sri Lanka Cricket’s Executive Committee has approved tours by the top four Asian Associates to the island, Afghanistan, Hong Kong Nepal and the UAE. The decision has been taken, say Sri Lanka Cricket, “to support the region’s Non-Test playing countries.” The first ACC touring teams to Sri ...
Our own batting sensation Kumar Sangakkara was yet again hailed at the Asian Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London lately. Sangakkara for his outstanding contribution to the sport, was an easy pick and a deserving winner. Hosted by the fashion icon Gok Wan, many global celebrities were present at the grand event. While the king of ...
After an exciting few weeks of Cricket, it’s all set for the grand finale of one of the most colourful and entertaining tournaments in the Cricket Calendar. Familiar rivals, Chennai super Kings and the Mumbai Indians are set to compete in the big Final at Eden Gardens Kolkata tonight. Despite loosing the first four games, the Mumbai Indians led by ...
With a total of 17 wickets, Lasith Malinga guided Nondescripts Cricket Club to a well-deserved title win beating Colombo Cricket Club by 6 runs in the Sri Lanka Cricket Twenty20 League at Colombo earlier today. The slinga was adjudged joint highest wicket-taker of the all-important tournament. NCC thrashed Army Cricket Club as CCC outsmarted Tamil Union Cricket Club to reach the ...
An ongoing tax issue has put India’s hosting rights in doubt and the International Cricket Council (ICC) has turned towards Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as alternative sites for the 2021 ICC Champions Trophy and 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup. Is the BCCI at fault? The BCCI is not at fault but the issue lies with the Indian Government’s stance of not ...
An excellent knock from Raynard van Tonder saw South Africa Under 19 through to an easy win in the 9th match of the Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament at Paarl last evening. The home team secured a comprehensive five wicket win with eight deliveries to spare. Batting first, Sri Lanka got off to a terrible start losing three quick wickets with less than ...
After an ordinary bowling performance, the young Sri Lankan batsman played fearless cricket to beat tournament favorites India by 7 wickets in a do or die match in the ICC Champions Trophy at Kennington Oval, London last evening. Captain Angelo Mathews believed the win was inspired by Kumar Sangakkara’s words of wisdom. The win also molded the last two games into ...
It was quite a difficult task for Sri Lanka to save the match as chasing a mammoth target of 413 on the last day is not a walk in the park by any means. However, the manner on which the Sri Lankan batsman gave away their wickets, made it impossible for them to get anywhere close to giving Kumar Sangakkara ...
With over 12,000 Test runs, the 37-year-old Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara has reached the peak of his career with only two international Test matches left to go. Remaining as one of the best batsman in the history of international cricket, Sangakkara has never lost sight of the number one position in the longer format of the game. Apart ...
Australia Skipper Michael Clarke read a very emotional statement on behalf of the Australian Cricket Team for their friend and teammate Phillip Hughes. Addresing the media with tears in his eyes, Clarke commenced the statement saying he will do his best. A very emotional Clarke said ” Words cannot express the feeling now, Hughes was very ...
With No Limit Glitz as the title partner, Cric Quiz 2015 is all set to get underway at the NDB Auditorium Colombo on Saturday the 10th of October 2015 from 3.30pm onwards. In similarity with the previous editions, this year’s event was sold out as teams came out in a flock to get themselves registered as soon as possible. With 18 individual teams, ...
New Zealand bowled out for 210 in second ODI after opener hits century South Africa defeated New Zealand by 72 runs in the second One-Day International at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Friday (October 24), to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, and give itself an important confidence boost ahead of the upcoming ICC ...
Former Sri Lankan skipper and retired batsman Mahela Jayawardena has successfully completed half of his assignment as coach of Indian Premier League franchise, Mumbai Indians. The side is currently in a fantastic position with six big wins out of the eight games played. However, the Knight Riders are slightly ahead in terms of net run rate. The 39-year-old replaced former ...
The Sri Lankan selectors finalized on a 15-man squad for the all-important Twenty20 series against South Africa starting 20th of January 2016. The three Twenty20 matches are scheduled to be played at Centurion, Johannesburg and Cape Town. Hard-hitting batsman Kusal Janith Perera’s omission was somewhat a surprise move by the selectors. However, the selectors have picked uncapped all-rounder Thikshila de Silva ...
