Teenage duo, right-arm slinging seamer Matheesha Pathirana and left-arm spinning all-rounder Dunith Wellalage have been named in the National provisional squads for the upcoming full tour against Australia at home in June and July. Hard-hitting batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa has also been recalled to the Sri Lanka ODI and T20I squads after being left out earlier in the year due to ...
The final quarter-final of the 29th Singer-MCA Super Premier League 2022 was played today between Hayleys and HNB at Bloomfield Grounds, as the latter recorded a comfortable 5-wicket win. HNB, placed 5th in the points table at the end of the league stage below defending Champions Hayleys, put up a clinical performance with both bat and ball as they outclassed ...
Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal put 136-run stand as Sri Lanka dominates first session of day two of the 1st Test against Bangladesh at Chattogram. Sri Lanka resumed day two on 258/4 with the overnight batters Angelo Mathews (114*) and Dinesh Chandimal (34*) at the crease. The duo continued to pile on the runs as they added 136-run partnership for ...
The semi-finals of the 29th Singer-MCA Super Premier League 2022 were played today as John Keells Holdings and Hatton National Bank recorded wins, defeating Mode Engineering and CDB Finance respectively. Read More : Jayasena, Silva and Abeyrathne fifties secure semi-final spot for HNB The two teams who topped the table at the end of the league stage, CDB Finance and ...
Sri Lankan sprint king Yupun Abeykoon continued to blaze through the 2022 season, clocking in at 10.04s (+2.3m/s) in the 1st heat of the Men’s 100m at the Savona International Meet 2022, a World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger competition in Italy. Abeykoon broke his own mark of 10.09s set last year to register the fastest 100m sprint ever by a ...
Tornadoes, led by Thailand’s Chanida Sutthiruang with the ball and New Zealand’s Sophie Devine with the bat, completed a comprehensive 8 wicket win over the Falcons in the Final of the inaugural FairBreak Invitational competition. The Falcons had depended largely on their openers Danni Wyatt and Chamari Athapaththu during the tournament, but unfortunately neither could get going in the all-important ...
Photo courtesy of Indran Amirthanayagam Guy Amirthanayagam (October 23, 1927- May 17, 2003) My father would have enjoyed my new enterprise, writing the sonnet free of the common shackles of obligatory rhyme but standing still in the glorious frame of fourteen lines. He was a modernist, fan of Eliot, Frost and Yeats. He loved to say let us go then you ...
Sri Lanka Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has signed with Endeavour Hills Cricket Club to play Premier League Cricket in Australia. Read : Angelo Mathews hundred makes it Sri Lanka’s day Karunaratne will join the club when the Australian summer begins in September this year. The 34-year-old Karunaratne will play the Test series against Australia and Pakistan before joining the ...
The 5th and final day of the 1st Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh promises to be an exhilarating contest as the visitors are slightly under pressure after 2 wickets fell in the final half an hour of day 4. With a deficit of 29 runs, Sri Lankan skipper Dimuth Karunaratne was joined by Kusal Mendis to begin the proceedings ...
The penultimate day of the 1st Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh began after a 30 minute delay due to a wet outfield. Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das continued from where they left off on Day 3, putting on an unbeaten 165 run partnership. The runs continued to flow steadily in the 1st session of Day 4 with the pair at the crease building towards Sri Lanka’s ...
The traditional encounter between Royal College, Colombo and St. Anthony’s College, Kandy commenced today (20th May) at St. Anthony’s College Grounds in Kandy. St. Anthony’s College won the toss and chose to bat first in their own backyard, but were unable to impress with the bat as they were bowled out for just 170 runs. Sri Lanka U19 cap Chamindu ...
The traditional encounter between Royal College, Colombo and St. Anthony’s College, Kandy ended in a draw today (21st May) at St. Anthony’s College Grounds in Kandy. Read More : Sadisha & Gishan wreck St. Anthony’s College Royal College resumed day two on 104 runs for 4 wickets, with Sadisha Rajapaksha remaining unbeaten at the crease on 58 runs. However, a ...
The 3rd and final Four Day fixture of Sri Lanka Emerging Tour of England kicked off today at Guildford against 19-time County Champions Surrey. After the 1st session was completely washed out due to bad weather, everything was set to begin action from 2nd session onwards. Cameron Steel, the Surrey skipper who won the toss, asked Sri Lanka Emerging XI ...
Photo courtesy of ABC News The civil war ended on this day in 2009 Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. But amid this serious economic situation, Tamils on the island and around there world are going to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the civil war’s end on May 18, a war that ...
The final three league games of the 29th Singer-MCA Super Premier League 2022 were concluded today at different venues. Unfortunately, the games scheduled at Dombagoda and SSC had to be abandoned due to rain while John Keells Holdings recorded a win against Sampath Bank in the P. Sara Oval. Initially scheduled to be played on the 11th of May, and ...
Sri Lanka Schools basketball Under 20 matches; rescheduled to take place tomorrow at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. Giving priority to the player’s safety and adhering to the safety protocols the consolation finals and the final matches of the tournament were not played as it was planned previously. The remaining matches will kick start tomorrow, starting with the ‘B’ division consolation final. ...
The first of the two quarterfinals of the 29th Singer-MCA Super Premier League 2022 was played today (19th May) between John Keells Holdings and Sampath Bank at CCC grounds as the former recorded a thrilling 3 wicket win. The other quarterfinal between Hayleys and HNB which was also scheduled for today at Thurstan College grounds had to be postponed for ...
The Australia ‘A’ team set to tour Sri Lanka for two 50 over games and 2 four day games against Sri Lanka ‘A’ in June 2022. Read More : Schedule for Australia Tour of Sri Lanka announced The tour will begin on 08th June with 50 over games taking place first while the four-day games will be played from 14th ...
Angelo Mathews’s 199 Runs Against Bangladesh | 1st Innings | 1st Test | Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh 2022. Series: Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh, 2022. Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. 2 Tests. May 11 – May 27 Video Credits – Rabbitholebd Sports The post WATCH – Angelo Mathews’s 199 Runs Against Bangladesh | 1st Innings | 1st Test | ...
England have announced a 13-member squad for the first two Tests of their upcoming ICC World Test Championship assignment at home against New Zealand, starting 2 June. Read More : Rahim-Das partnership takes Bangladesh towards 1st innings lead The veteran pace duo of James Anderson and Stuart Broad, who had been left out of the previous squad travelling to West ...
