Sri Lanka

News “I’m going to get emotional when we eventually say farewell, because the characters who are in that dressing room are remarkable.” Ramesh Mendis kept Sri Lanka in the hunt with first-innings returns of 6 for 70. Dhananjaya de Silva turned the game emphatically in Sri Lanka with his second innings 155 not out. These

News SLC confident they can keep the bubble secure with the tournament being staged in different venues unlike last edition The SLC has confirmed that spectators will be allowed up to 50% of stadium capacity for the second edition of the Lanka Premier League, starting on Sunday. Fans entering the stadium will need to be

News Sri Lanka Cricket doctors have suggested the injury is more serious than initially thought Mathews himself hoped that he would miss only the first few days of the tournament, or between three and four matches. But Sri Lanka Cricket doctors have suggested that the strain could be more serious, and that Mathews could end

Report Ramesh Mendis got Bonner leg before, but Brathwaite stayed firm at the other end Lunch West Indies 145 for 2 (Brathwaite 62*, Bonner 35, Mendis 1-34) trail Sri Lanka 204 by 59 runs West Indies sought to strengthen their grip on the game on the third morning in Galle, negotiating Sri Lanka’s spinners with

News The former captain was expected to bowl in this game, but that now appears unlikely Angelo Mathews‘ role in the ongoing second Test against West Indies in Galle could be substantially restricted after he picked up a thigh strain on the second morning. He sustained the injury while running a single in Sri Lanka’s

Report Pathum Nissanka top-scored with 73, before hosts lost Angelo Mathews to injury The West Indian ploy to bombard Sri Lanka’s batters with left-arm spin reaped rich dividends on the second morning in Galle, as the pair of Jomel Warrican and Veerasammy Permaul picked up nine wickets between them – including career-best figures of 5

Report Sri Lanka bat after delayed start due to rain Toss Sri Lanka elected to bat vs West Indies Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal and the rest of the Sri Lanka side wait for the weather to clear  AFP/Getty Images Sri Lanka won the toss and – unsurprisingly – chose to bat first, after the toss

News The players had taken part in the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe; unclear whether the positive tests were for the new Omicron variant Six Sri Lanka women cricketers who took part in the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe have tested positive for Covid-19, the SLC said on Sunday. The ICC had called off the

News Having received a lifeline due to Dickwella’s suspension, he hopes to make the opportunities count Dinesh Chandimal has had an unusual Test career. He has 11 Test hundreds, which in this side is equal to Angelo Mathews’ tally, and fewer only than Dimuth Karunaratne’s 13, and yet he had been left out of the

Preview Some West Indies batters showed signs that they can handle such conditions in the big first-Test defeat, but they will need plenty of application and determination Big Picture How do you solve a problem like Galle? Well, winning the toss and batting first would be a start. But what else can you do? The

News The Sri Lanka Test captain is one shy of equalling the world record for most 50-plus scores in consecutive innings He has scored 854 Test runs at an average of 77.63 in 2021, but as good as he has been this year, Dimuth Karunaratne has bigger goals in mind. Of Sri Lanka’s Test batters,

Report He and Nkrumah Bonner put up a 100-run seventh-wicket stand before Embuldeniya made a key breakthrough for Sri Lanka Lunch West Indies 125 for 7 (Joshua 54, Bonner 42*) and 230 need another 219 runs to beat Sri Lanka 386 and 191 for 4 dec Joshua da Silva dragged himself to a hard-earned half-century,

Report West Indies were bowled out for 230 on the fourth morning to give the home side a 156-run lead Lunch Sri Lanka 84 for 2 (Karunaratne 42*, Mathews 16*, Warrican 1-28) and 386 lead West Indies 230 (Mayers 45, Jayawickrama 4-40) by 240 runs With the sun shining in Galle again, Sri Lanka tightened

News On a pitch that offered substantial assistance, Sri Lanka’s spin-bowling coach felt his bowlers were somewhat overeager Sri Lanka’s young trio of frontline spinners has taken seven wickets between them and seemingly put the team in a strong position in the opening Test against West Indies. But spin-bowling coach Piyal Wijetunge thinks they could

Report Visitors go into lunch on the third day 171 runs behind with two first-innings wickets in hand Lunch West Indies 215 for 8 (Mayers 45, Brathwaite 41, Holder 36, Cornwall 33*, Da Silva 9*, Jayawickrama 3-38, Mendis 3-75) trail Sri Lanka 386 by 171 runs Sri Lanka would have come in to the third

Report Gabriel, Chase and Warrican pick up wickets in the morning session on the second day Lunch Sri Lanka 341 for 6 (Karunaratne 147, de Silva 61, Chandimal 33*, Lakmal 6*, Chase 3-60, Gabriel 2-58) vs West Indies West Indies pulled themselves back into the match on the second morning, dismissing the overnight Sri Lankan

News The squad will undergo another test before their opening match against Netherlands on Tuesday Three Sri Lanka players taking part in the Women’s World Cup Qualifier, which began in Harare on Sunday, have tested positive for Covid-19. According to an ICC release, the entire team was tested after one player showed mild symptoms. Two

Report Visitors pick Shannon Gabriel ahead of Kemar Roach, and play three spinners in Jomel Warrican, Rahkeem Cornwall and Roston Chase Sri Lanka have won the toss and, unsurprisingly, opted to bat first on a Galle surface which often becomes a spin bowler’s dream as the Test wears on. West Indies have a debutant. Jeremy

News Captain praises outgoing coach’s influence on the team Mickey Arthur is an excellent manager of players. This, essentially, is Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne‘s take-away after two years under this coach. Arthur had spent much of the pandemic in Sri Lanka while borders were closed, and has had a number of public endorsements

Big picture Chris Gayle made a triple-hundred in Galle, Brian Lara hit 351 runs in one match in Colombo, and 688 in that three-match series, but this has to be one of cricket’s more surprising facts: West Indies have never won a Test in Sri Lanka. Partly this is down to their not having played

News Thirimanne opts out; Mathews, Chandimal part of 22-member squad that has four uncapped players Lahiru Thirimanne has made himself unavailable for Sri Lanka’s upcoming two-Test series against West Indies starting on Sunday in Galle. Minod Bhanuka and Chamika Karunaratne, both one-Test old, also made the cut. Bhanuka, the top-order batter, makes a return after

News Arthur will stay with the Sri Lanka team till the end of their upcoming home Test series against West Indies Mickey Arthur will join Derbyshire CCC as its head of cricket at the end of Sri Lanka’s upcoming two-Test series at home against West Indies, which runs from November 21 to December 3. His

Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews, and Dhananjaya de Silva are among the high profile names to miss out on selection in the Lanka Premier League draft, with several other players who were in the extended Sri Lanka World Cup squad also not picked. Perera had been a late addition to the draft thanks to a miscommunication

News van der Dussen also breaks into top 10; Zampa and Hazlewood move up in bowling charts Aiden Markram‘s unbeaten 52 off 25 in South Africa’s win against England in their last group match of the T20 World Cup has helped him attain a career-best No. 3 position in the T20I batting rankings. He has

Report Asalanka, Nissanka fifties trump Hetmyer’s unbeaten 81 in high-scoring clash Sri Lanka 189 for 3 (Asalanka 68, Nissanka 51) beat West Indies 169 for 8 (Hetmyer 81*, Pooran 46, Hararanga 2-19, Fernando 2-24) by 20 runs The kids are alright. Both Sri Lanka’s and West Indies’. In a game featuring some of T20s greatest

News Captain also points to success of Charith Asalanka and Pathum Nissanka with the bat Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka has hailed Wanindu Hasaranga as a future superstar after the legspin-bowling allrounder took 2 for 19 to help knock West Indies out of the T20 World Cup. “He’s a gem and he’s a superstar in

News West Indies captain keen to continue despite struggling during failed title defence West Indies’ white-ball captain Kieron Pollard has insisted that he has no intentions of retiring from international cricket after his side were knocked out of contention for the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. Pollard was among the West Indies seniors who

If there was a word cloud for Mickey Arthur, speaking ahead of Sri Lanka’s final World Cup game against the West Indies, ‘consistency’ would be right up there. “Consistency in message, consistency in selection, and consistency in role clarity,” Arthur said, identifying the three key ingredients he believes this young Sri Lankan side needs to

Preview West Indies still have a slim chance if they win this match but Sri Lanka will look to finish their campaign on a high Big picture West Indies have lost two of their three matches so far, but theoretically, they could still make the semi-finals. They need to win their game against Sri Lanka

Report Spot in semi-finals all but firmed up; Sri Lanka will need a near-miracle Two days ago in Dubai, we all thought we had seen the very best of Jos Buttler, as he mashed a demoralised Australia with jaw-dropping disdain. But in very different circumstances in Sharjah, the respect that he was obliged to show