Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 252 for 8 (Mendis 91, Asalanka 49*, Ifthikar 3-50) beat Pakistan 252 for 7 (Rizwan 86*, Shafique 52, Pathirana 3-65) by two wickets via DLS method In a game of multiple compelling storylines, it was Charith Asalanka who stood tall in the end as Sri Lanka edged Pakistan out by two wickets in

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs England Sri Lanka won a rain-delayed toss and opted to bowl first in the third and final ODI against England in Leicester. In scenes bearing a striking resemblance to those that greeted the start of play in Tuesday’s washed-out second match in Northampton, steady morning drizzle pushed back

Big picture It is, once more, that time of the Asia Cup again. One match away from the match that never happens. For years, decades, even, the prospect of an India-Pakistan final has teased and tantalised, but remained just out of grasp, leaving the two giants of the subcontinent sportingly and commercially unsatiated. And for

If Sri Lanka had aimed too high in their Super Four game against Bangladesh, they could have ended up with a sub-par score. These are the thoughts of Sadeera Samarawickrama, the star of Sri Lanka’s batting innings, who struck 93 off 72 balls. Across the match, Samarawickrama was the only batter to make more than

Asitha Fernando, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has signed to play for Nottinghamshire in the final three rounds of the County Championship. Fernando, 26, has taken 35 wickets in 12 Tests at an average of 28.97 and is set for his first spell in county cricket, bolstering Notts seam-bowling options for the last few weeks

Sri Lanka know they have issues at Nos. 6 and 7 – their batters in those positions have been frequently unable to deliver big finishes. But those batters are working hard to provide that firepower, says coach Chris Silverwood. At the moment, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sri Lanka’s incumbent No. 6, averages 26.04 and strikes at

Sri Lanka blew their hosts away by seven and eight wickets respectively to come back from 1-0 down and hand England their first T20I series defeat by a side other than Australia since 2010. Given that Sri Lanka are ranked six places lower than England and Pakistan two spots behind South Africa in the format,

Former Sri Lanka offspinner Sachithra Senanayake has been arrested by Sri Lanka Police on Wednesday, on charges related to match-fixing. According to the police’s media division, he is due to be produced in court in the next 24 hours. Senanayake, 38, is alleged to have attempted to convince players to fix in the 2020 Lanka

While teams rely on match officials to a certain extent for information, NRR calculations are fairly straightforward, and are usually the preserve of the analysts who are part of most high-profile teams’ backroom contingents. There have been precedents to Afghanistan’s situation as well, notably Mumbai Indians’ frenetic chase against Rajasthan Royals to qualify for the

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs Afghanistan Dasun Shanaka won a crucial toss for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan in Lahore and decided to bat first. He confirmed that Sri Lanka had an unchanged XI. Hashmatullah Shahidi said that he would’ve bowled first in any case, as they feel more comfortable chasing in a scenario

The Asia Cup matches previously scheduled in Colombo may be relocated to Hambantota, as the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) scrambles to reduce the risk of matches being impacted due to rain. Hambantota typically receives significantly less rainfall in September than Colombo and Pallekele, which is why there is a push to move the matches there.

Big picture Sri Lanka have played one game in the Asia Cup so far, and won it. But if things go awry against Afghanistan on Tuesday, they very well could be out of the tournament; such is the nature of it. But for that to happen, Afghanistan need to win – and win big. How

Chamari Athapaththu has proven herself to be “one of the best allrounders in the world”, according to Sri Lanka Women’s head coach, Malinda Warnapura, who hailed her “scintillating” strokeplay after sealing a famous victory over England at Chelmsford. Athapaththu’s 55 from 40 balls led a withering batting display from Sri Lanka’s top-order, as England’s sub-par

Heather Knight, England’s captain, admitted her young team had been handed some “humble pie” after a chastening eight-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in the second T20I at Chelmsford. However, she defended the decision to give a recall to the visibly out-of-sorts Issy Wong, whose troublingly erratic display put an extra dampener on what Knight admitted

Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday announced that it was suspending all board-run domestic tournaments in the country, a move understood to have stemmed from a dispute surrounding the restructuring of domestic tournaments in the country. “Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to immediately halt all board-conducted domestic tournaments,” SLC stated in a media release. “This includes

Never mind the persistent drizzle and autumnal chill, it was all about teenage kicks for England at the start of their T20I series with Sri Lanka in Hove. Alice Capsey, who turned 19 a few weeks ago, produced the star turn with her second international fifty, while Freya Kemp, 18, twinkled in her batting cameo

Najmul Hossain Shanto scored half of Bangladesh’s runs in their first Asia Cup match, against Sri Lanka. The good parts of the side’s below-par batting performance belonged mostly to Shanto. Extending his bright form from the last ten months, he got stuck in and tried to stitch two big partnerships in the middle overs only

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs England England handed a debut to 17-year-old Mahika Gaur after a delayed start to the opening T20I of the series against Sri Lanka, with the tourists choosing to bowl first in a shortened game after winning the toss. Heavy rain during the day lead to a delayed start

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat against Sri Lanka, as Group B in the Asia Cup got underway in Pallekele, Kandy. Shakib Al Hasan said he wanted to get runs on the board on what looked a dry wicket, while Dasun Shanaka was happy to lose the toss and bat second with rain

Heather Knight says that England’s T20I series against Sri Lanka marks the start of the team’s new cycle, in the wake of a transformative Ashes campaign this summer, and that the aim of the coming weeks will be to create competition for places ahead of next year’s T20 Women’s World Cup in Bangladesh. Speaking on

Seamers Binura Fernando and Pramod Madushan have been named in Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup squad, replacing the more experienced quicks who are out with injuries. Legspin-bowling allrounder Dushan Hemantha has also made the squad, essentially as a like-for-like replacement for Wanindu Hasaranga. Kusal Perera is in the squad as well. It has been more than

Sri Lanka’s bowling stocks have been ravaged by injury, with Dilshan Madushanka now ruled out of the Asia Cup, and Lahiru Kumara also likely to be unavailable. This, after Dushmantha Chameera had earlier been ruled out of the tournament as well. Legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga is also recovering from a grade two strain in the thigh,

Sri Lanka will almost certainly be without Dushmantha Chameera for the entirety of the Asia Cup, and appear unlikely to have Wanindu Hasaranga in their XI for the group stage either. Meanwhile, Kusal Perera and Avishka Fernando – who were likely to make the Asia Cup squad – have tested positive for Covid-19, and are

Less than 72 hours after they finish their three-match ODI series in Rajkot, India and Australia will begin their final round of dress rehearsals for the World Cup with warm-ups against England and Netherlands respectively on September 30. Pakistan, meanwhile, will warm-up against New Zealand on September 29, while South Africa take on Afghanistan. Bangladesh

Sri Lanka allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga has retired from Test cricket at age 26. He is understood to have made this decision in order to be more available for franchise cricket tournaments. Hasaranga has not been a regular member of Sri Lanka’s Test squad over the last two years, but has played four Tests. He had

Stumps Pakistan 178 for 2 (Shafique 87*, Masood 51, Babar 28*, Asitha 2-51) lead Sri Lanka 166 by 12 runs Only ten overs were possible on the second day of the second Test in Colombo before huge downpours rolled through the SSC and washed out the day’s play. In that time, Abdullah Shafique and Babar

In the days since their loss in Galle, Sri Lanka have been through an honest appraisal through their many flaws in the first Test. This is according to their coach Chris Silverwood, who highlighted fielding and bowling as particular areas for improvement. But they need to improve in “all three departments”, he said. After the

Sri Lanka batter Lahiru Thirimanne has announced his retirement from international cricket after a 13-year career. “As a player I have given my best, I have tried my best, I have respected the game and I have done my duty honestly and ethically to my motherland,” Thirimanne posted on Facebook. “It was a difficult decision

Pakistan will be aggressive as they attempt to knock off the 83 runs they need to get to go 1-0 up in the series. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, need three early wickets to give themselves a chance in the Galle Test. This was the latest from the two camps after play on day four. Although a

Lunch Pakistan 313 for 6 (Shakeel 119*, Agha 83, Noman 13*, Jayasuriya 3-110, Ramesh 2-93) lead Sri Lanka 312 (Dhananjaya 122, Mathews 64, Abrar 3-68, Afridi 3-86, Naseem 3-90) by one run Sri Lanka pulled back the scoring rate in the last hour of the morning session, but Pakistan remained in the ascendancy as Saud