Sri Lanka

News SLC medical department chief: “It’s not that he has got a new infection, it’s just that he has not cleared the old infection, according to their (Australia’s) level” Wanindu Hasaranga is almost certain to miss the upcoming three-T20I series against India, starting on Thursday in Lucknow, after he returned another positive Covid-19 test. Hasaranga,

News The uncapped offspinner Ashian Daniel has been included after strong showings in domestic List A cricket Offspinner Ashian Daniel has ridden his excellent List A form into the Sri Lanka men’s T20I squad for India, but there continues to be no room for middle-order batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who has again been omitted due to

Report Captain Aaron Finch will return to the top of the order with the Ashton Agar experiment shelved Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka An unchanged Australia are aiming to complete a whitewash of beleaguered Sri Lanka, as the hosts won the toss and elected to bat at the MCG

News He is currently placed in isolation, and the match is expected to go ahead as scheduled Sri Lanka allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga has returned a Covid-19 positive Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) on the morning of the third T20I against Australia in Canberra. He is currently placed in isolation, and the match is expected to go

Report Sams, Starc, Agar in for the hosts; Cummins and Zampa rested Toss Australia chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka Star allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga will miss Sri Lanka’s must-win third T20I against Australia in Canberra after testing positive to Covid-19, as the hosts won the toss and elected to bowl. Sri Lanka’s bid to stay

Preview Kusal Mendis is likely to return for visitors, with hosts forced to replace the concussed Steven Smith Big picture Australia are 2-0 up in the series but only by the skin of their teeth. Sri Lanka nearly pulled off the impossible in game two and exposed some of Australia’s weaknesses. If the visitors had

News Nuwan Thushara had to bowl the final over of Australia’s innings with only four fielders – and not five – outside the 30-yard circle Under the new system, teams have to begin the final over of the innings by the 85th minute since the start of the innings. As Sri Lanka had not done

News Batter is asymptomatic and could feature in the latter half of the five-game assignment, provided he does not develop symptoms Kusal Mendis has tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of Sri Lanka’s T20I series against Australia. He is asymptomatic, and because he has already had three doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, he will only be

News SLC requests BCCI to play the shorter format first, since SL’s T20I squad will have just concluded a series in Australia India are set to play a day-night Test in Bengaluru against Sri Lanka, and will now also play the T20I leg of the tour first – a reversal of what had been originally

News Fast bowler has announced that the tour of India in 2022 will be his swansong Suranga Lakmal will retire from all forms of international cricket after Sri Lanka’s tour of India in 2022. The 34-year old fast bowler did his best work in Test cricket, picking up 168 wickets from 68 matches. One-hundred and

News The quick is asymptomatic, but even if he clears his next test – on Tuesday – he must undergo further tests before being cleared to play Uncapped Sri Lankan fast bowler Nuwan Thushara has tested positive for Covid-19, and his participation in Sri Lanka’s upcoming T20I tour of Australia has been put in doubt

News There was no room for Niroshan Dickwella, but the selectors have included the uncapped Nuwan Thushara, Janith Liyanage and Kamil Mishara There is no room, however, for wicketkeeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella, the other player whose one-year suspension was lifted earlier this month. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who had been part of Sri Lanka’s middle order during the

News If the short-term role goes well, there is a possibility Malinga could return for other assignments Lasith Malinga will be the Sri Lanka men’s team’s bowling strategy coach during their five-T20I tour of Australia. According to an SLC release, Malinga will “support Sri Lanka’s bowlers” and provide “tactical insight and technical expertise to help

News He played the last of his 43 Tests in January last year, against England Dilruwan Perera, the Sri Lanka men’s offspinner, has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, at the age of 39. Perera played the last of his 43 Tests in January last year, against England. He also played 13

News Athapaththu plays key role in victory as Sri Lanka knock out Bangladesh Sri Lanka won’t be going to the 50-overs World Cup in New Zealand in March, but at least assured themselves of an opportunity to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games to be played in Birmingham this July-August. Incidentally, Bangladesh, who pipped them

Report Vandersay picks up 4 for 10 in 7.4 overs as hosts bowlers run rampant Sri Lanka 254 for 9 (Nissanka 55, Asalanka 52, Ngarava 2-46) beat Zimbabwe 70 (Kaitano 19, Vandersay 4-10) by 184 runs Sri Lanka’s bowlers ran rampant in the early overs of Zimbabwe’s chase reducing the opposition to 20 for 3,

Preview Sri Lanka looked a batter short in the second ODI, with the Zimbabwe quicks triggering a collapse Big picture On Tuesday, two significant weaknesses in Sri Lanka’s XI were exposed. On flat tracks, even with Dushmantha Chameera in the side, the bowling attack lacked for penetration through the early and middle overs, with only

Zimbabwe 302 for 8 (Ervine 91, Raza 56, Vandersay 3-51) beat Sri Lanka 280 for 9 (Shanaka 102, Kamindu 57, Chatara 3-52, Muzarabani 3-56) by 22 runs Regis Chakabva provided the innings’ early impetus, Craig Ervine hit 91 and put on 106 with Sean Williams, and Sikandar Raza struck a half-century late in the piece

Preview Zimbabwe, who gave a good account of themselves in the first ODI, might consider beefing up their spin attack Big picture Zimbabwe will reflect on what could have been. They didn’t close their innings as well as they could have in the first ODI, but on Sri Lankan tracks, 296 for 9 is usually

Report The hosts chased down Zimbabwe’s total with eight balls to spare thanks to several contributions with the bat Sri Lanka (Nissanka 75, Chandimal 75) 300 for 5 beat Zimbabwe 296 for 9 (Ervine 100) by five wickets Zimbabwe’s batters gave their side a healthy chance. On a flat Pallekele track, the openers put on

Big picture Where not so long ago, bilateral ODI series in T20 World Cup years lacked context, the ODI Super League has helped bring some importance to these fixtures. Neither Sri Lanka nor Zimbabwe are particularly well-placed on the table. Sri Lanka have 42 points, which puts them at seventh and could easily be pushed

News Kusal Mendis and Jeffrey Vandersay return; Kusal Perera, Wanindu Hasaranga, Avishka Fernando among big names to miss out After much chopping and changing, Sri Lanka have finally announced their 17-man squad for the upcoming home ODI series against Zimbabwe, with eight changes from their last outing against South Africa – though even more had

News Rajapaksa had cited “familial obligations” as a key reason behind his resignation in the first week of January A little over a week after announcing his retirement from international cricket, Sri Lanka batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa has withdrawn his resignation and proclaimed his desire to represent the country for “years to come”. His decision comes

News The ODIs against Zimbabwe are set to begin on January 16 Avishka Fernando is likely to be ruled out of the forthcoming ODIs against Zimbabwe after testing positive for Covid-19. Sri Lanka’s likely squad were expected to enter the bio-secure bubble on Sunday, but Fernando – whose positive test arrived before the bubble was

News The decision comes in the wake of Danushka Gunathilaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa announcing their retirements recently Sri Lanka Cricket has released a set of guidelines for players choosing to retire from international cricket, namely a requirement to provide SLC with three months’ notice of their intention to retire, a six-month waiting period post-retirement in

News The 30-year-old batter hasn’t been a regular in the longest format, having played the last of his eight Tests in December 2018 Gunathilaka’s call to quit the longest format is unsurprising. He hasn’t played a Test since 2018, with his eight appearances bringing him 299 runs. He hit two half-centuries, with a best of

News SLC says if the trio ends up with a disciplinary breach within the next two years, the remainder of the suspension would also kick in The trio of Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella have had their one-year bans on playing international cricket lifted less than six months into the suspension period. The

News Batter cities “familial obligations” in a letter to Sri Lanka Cricket Sri Lankan batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 30, has announced his intention to retire from international cricket. He handed in a letter of resignation to Sri Lanka Cricket, citing “familial obligations”. Rajapaksa for his part is yet speak on the matter. “I have very carefully

News Ratnayake will be assisted by former first-class batter Ruwin Peiris, who will be with the team as interim batting coach Former fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake has been appointed the Sri Lanka men’s national side’s interim coach for their three-ODI series against Zimbabwe, later this month. Sri Lanka have been without a head coach since

Report Spinners Ostwal, Tambe and opener Raghuvanshi shine as India beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in rain-hit final India Under-19 104 for 1 (Raghuvanshi 56*, Rasheed 31*) beat Sri Lanka Under-19 106 for 9 (Ostwal 3-11, Tambe 2-23) by nine wickets via DLS method India ended 2021 with a memorable feat, winning a record eighth