Photo courtesy of The Times of India May 9, 2022 will be remembered as one of the darkest days in post war Sri Lankan history. The country, already teetering on the brink of economic collapse due to incomprehensible levels of mismanagement, corruption, incompetence and impunity at the highest levels of government, was driven to violence instigated by mobs brought down ...
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 ...
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 | ...
Photo courtesy of Roel Raymond A few days ago, a Buddhist monk and two Christian priests were beaten up opposite the official residence of the prime minister of the country. They were among more than 30 peaceful protestors attacked by governing party goons. These same Christain priests had just days before washed and kissed the feet of a representative group ...
Photo courtesy of Indian Express The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) calling the IGP and the Army Commander for questioning about the failure to prevent the attack on peaceful demonstrators on May 9 is an important and significant move. DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon, who is alleged have contributed to the attacks, has also been called by the HRCSL. It ...
Matthew Mott, the former Australia women’s coach, was unveiled as the England men’s white-ball coach on Wednesday, 18 May. England have continued their coaching recruitment drive, hiring Australian women’s team mastermind Matthew Mott as their men’s head coach across the limited-overs formats for a period of four years. He is expected to join the side for their three-match ODI series ...
Bangladesh opening pair Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudul Hasan Joy dominated the first session’s play of day three of the 1st Test against Bangladesh at Chattogram. Iqbal and Joy resumed the innings on day three at 76/0 and continued to pile on the runs making the most of the good batting conditions offered at Chattogram. The duo added 81 runs in ...
Photo courtesy of Nazly Ahmed I was introduced to the existence of a publicly shared negative attitude towards S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike for the first time at a book launch in Colombo several years ago. The author had decided to present the themes and style of her book through the dramatization of certain scenes from it. One of these scenes portrayed S.W.R.D. ...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that South African batter Zubayr Hamza has been suspended from all cricket-related activities for nine months after admitting to an anti-doping rule violation under the ICC Anti-Doping Code. Hamza provided an out-of-competition sample on 17 January 2022 in Paarl, South Africa, in which the prohibited substance Furosemide – which is a specified substance in ...
Sri Lanka’s left-arm pacie Vishwa Fernando has been withdrawn from the ongoing Test match against Bangladesh due to concussion protocols. Fernando was hit on the head by Shoriful Islam while batting just prior to Tea on day 2 and received treatment on the field before continuing to bat on, after a change of helmet, until the break. He did not ...
Sri Lanka will take on Bangladesh in the 1st of Two Tests at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram from the 15th of May. The post WATCH – The Silverwood era begins for Sri Lanka | BANvSL – 1st Test Preview appeared first on ThePapare.com.
Hampshire began Day 02 on 0/1 as Tom Prest joined with Fletcha Middleton. The pair managed to put together a 58-run stand for the second wicket as Tom Prest batted aggressively with a strike rate just below 90. Just when the batters started to look comfortable Udith Madushan struck for Sri Lanka Emerging XI as Prest departed for 35. With ...
Photo courtesy of SCMP “Country is facing one of the most difficult and challenging economic, political and socially decisive times in its history…Government has erred by banning use of chemical fertilizer and not going for a program with IMF earlier.” These are not my words; they are the sentiments echoing at GotaGoGama but spoken by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa when addressing ...
Brendon McCullum has been appointed as the head coach of the England men’s Test team, the ECB announced on Thursday, 12 May. His appointment comes following a host of changes around the England men’s team after a string of poor results in the longest format. Rob Key was appointed the Managing Director of the men’s team and his first order ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his first interview as the new prime minister, said he would protect the GotaGoGama site while Army Commander Shavendra Silva said that if the protesters were not violent they could stay. The Rajapaksa government had tried its level best to dismantle GotaGoGama. They used various strategies; their last one backfired to the extent that they had to ...
The 3rd day of the Sri Lanka Emerging XI Vs Hampshire four-day encounter was called off without any action due to persistent rain in Southampton. At Stumps on Day 02 Hampshire were 252/5, trailing by just 29 runs from the 1st innings total of 281 by Sri Lanka Emerging XI. Read More : Nuwanidu, Santhush fifties take Sri Lanka Emerging ...
Attackers roaring obscenities, screams of victims, the thunk of metal poles on defenceless humans and the crack of smashed protester shelters all combined to almost drown out the Bhikkus’ serene chanting of pirith emanating from loudspeakers within Temple Trees, the official residence of the prime minister of our Democratic Socialist Republic. To those being beaten up on the street right ...
After the 3rd day of the encounter was completely washed out yesterday, the 4th day began as scheduled. Hampshire, who were on 252/5, decided to declare and ask Sri Lanka Emerging XI to begin their 2nd innings. Read More : Nuwanidu, Santhush fifties take Sri Lanka Emerging to 281 Emerging XI Skipper Nipun Dananjaya and Lasith Croospulle came out to ...
The Sri Lankan Men’s Hockey team qualified for the 2023 Asian Games through the recently concluded qualifiers in Bankok. The top six teams of the qualifier tournament have made it through to play the main draw at the games in China next year. Sri Lanka defeated Singapore 5-2 but lost to Bangladesh and Indonesia 3-1. In the classification matches that was played to select the 5th-8th positions Sri ...
More than 90 per cent of the league phase is done and dusted, yet only Gujarat Titans have confirmed their spot in the playoffs. They are sitting on 20 points and assured of a top-two finish, while the two most successful sides of the competition – MI and CSK – find themselves out of the reckoning. Here’s what each team ...
