The 2nd and final Test of the Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka is set to commence at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium on the 29th of April. The post Video – Does a spin-friendly pitch await in Pallekelle? | SLvBAN – 2nd Test Preview appeared first on ThePapare.com.
Sri Lanka’s new cricket star Pathum Nissanka may miss the upcoming Bangladesh Test series due to an injury. Nissanka had suffered a thigh strain during the second Test match against West Indies which concluded last week at the Sir Vivian Richard Stadium in Antigua. Speaking to the Sunday Times, Pramody Wickramasinghe the chairman of the cricket selection committee mentioned that ...
Spin resources in our backyard are so thin that a left-arm spinner with just a handful First Class appearances has been called up to the Test squad. Praveen Jayawickrama is in Kandy by default, as the team’s leading left-arm orthodox spinner Lasith Embuldeniya is injured and so is Duvindu Tillekeratne, the next in line. That should have earned Prabath Jayasuriya ...
Sri Lanka selectors set to name a 17-member Test squad for the upcoming series against Bangladesh, ThePapare.com reliably learns. Read More : Young Kamil steers NCC to the championship with a ton Angelo Mathews, who pulled out of the West Indies Test series due to personal reasons, returns to the side while left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya who injured himself during ...
Kalutara is a coastal city in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, just a drive of 60-90 minutes from Colombo. A further 10-minute drive from the town along the Palatota road will lead you to a house beside a plot of land used as a vehicle yard. The family in this house owns the Driving School of which vehicles are ...
Royal College and St. Joseph’s College qualified for the Final of U19 Schools Tier A Limited Over Cricket Tournament as they defeated Mahanama College and Trinity College respectively in the Semi-Final encounters worked off today (28th April) at Moratuwa and Maggona. Meanwhile, the traditional encounter between St. Anthony’s College and St. Sylvester’s College ended in a draw today at Kandy. ...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) plans to offer a window to host the postponed IPL in Sri Lanka during September. Due to the high spike in coronavirus cases in India and the increasing number of covid-19 positive cases among several IPL franchises, Indian Premier Leage (IPL) was postponed three days ago. The tournament halted after conducting 29 matches and the failure ...
Head Coach of the Sri Lankan National Men’s Cricket Team Mickey Arthur spoke to the media at the end of the 4th day’s play in the 1st Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The post Video – If we’re going to get close, it’s Hasaranga who’s going to get us there – Mickey Arthur appeared first on ThePapare.com.
Devapathiraja College and Mahinda College qualified for the Final of U19 Schools Tier B Limited Over Cricket Tournament as they defeated Dharmasoka College and Ananda College respectively in the Semi-Final encounters worked off today at Colombo. Meanwhile, the 22nd Hill Country Battle of the Golds played between Sri Sumangala College and Sri Rahula College ended in a draw today at ...
Sri Lanka batting Coach Grant Flower spoke to the media following the 1st day’s play of the 2nd Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The post Video – The bowlers are going to have to bowl very well to get 20 wickets – Grant Flower appeared first on ThePapare.com.
Sri Lanka’s former T20 captain Thisara Perera has decided to retire from International Cricket with immediate effect. The all-rounder has handed a letter in this regard to the SLC this morning (03), which states his willingness to retire from International Cricket due to personal reasons. Perera made his international debut in ODIs, at the age of twenty, in December 2009 ...
International Cricket Council (ICC) has awarded the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy a single demerit point after match referee Ranjan Madugalle of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh rated the pitch as ‘below average’, ICC informed in a press release today. Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees has rated the Pallekele International ...
Two games of the Singer-MCA Premier League 2021 were worked off today (27), in which John Keells Holdings and Hayleys PLC recorded wins. Two other games were also worked off over the past weekend. John Keells Holdings vs CDB Finance PLC A headline-grabbing comeback unfolded at the NCC grounds today as the national discard, Kusal Mendis, scored a magnificent hundred ...
Richmond College managed to defeat Prince of Wales College in the last Tier A Group Stage Limited Over match held today, while two traditional encounters of the Schools U19 Cricket Tournament ended in draws at Colombo. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia vs St. Joseph’s College, Colombo The traditional encounter between St. Joseph’s College and S. Thomas’ College ended in a draw ...
The heroics of a couple of young players during the recent West Indies series was so good to watch. Since Ajantha Mendis, no young player has had such a huge impact on debut. Local fans will be hoping that they will go on from strength to strength without falling by the wayside like we have seen with so many such ...
Sri Lankan fast bowler Lahiru Kumara who sustained a hamstring strain during the ongoing Test match against Bangladesh, is likely to miss the remainder of Test series. Read More : Young Kamil steers NCC to the championship with a ton Lahiru Kumara, who is playing the ongoing first Test against Bangladesh now in Pallekelle, will most probably be ruled out ...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is set to appoint a new ODI captain in 30-year old Kusal Janith Perera for the upcoming Bangladesh and England tours, ThePapare learns. The dashing left-handed wicket-keeper batsman is set to become the 24th ODI Captain for Sri Lanka as the national selectors have decided to drop Dimuth Karunaratne from the ODI setup. Karunaratne, who was ...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today announced the appointment of members to the Selection Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket which will be effective with immediate effect. Read More : SLC donates equipment to Girls Cricket of Jayasiripura School in Polonnaruwa The 06-member panel which has been ratified by Honorable Namal Rajapaksa, the Minister of Youth and Sports, will be headed by ...
Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera has withdrawn his name from the Sri Lanka squad set to take on Bangladesh in a 2-Test series due to personal reasons. A reliable source told ThePapare.com that Chameera has requested for paternity leave with his wife due to deliver the couple’s 1st child sometime next week. Read: Young Kamil steers NCC to the ...
