Sri Lanka

News Sri Lanka Cricket are hopeful of the tour possibly going ahead sometime before the 2022 World Cup Talks about a potential tour of Pakistan by the Sri Lankan women’s team later this month have hit a stumbling block following a change in management at the PCB. As a result, the series will not be

News The franchise will be one of three, along with Colombo and Dambulla, to have new owners for the tournament’s second edition The owners of last year’s Lankan Premier League (LPL) winning side – Jaffna Stallions – are incensed, after tournament organisers announced last week that the Jaffna franchise would have a new owner for

News Head coach calls suspension of Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Dickwella ‘a massive blow’ to the team’s chances The year hasn’t been ideal for Sri Lanka in terms of World Cup preparations. Three of their premier white-ball batters have been handed year-long suspensions, and another is just feeling his way back from injury. But head

News Lahiru Madushanka is left out from the original squad after failing to recover in time from a fractured collarbone Pathum Nissanka, Minod Bhanuka, Ashen Bandara, Lakshan Sandakan and Ramesh Mendis have been added to Sri Lanka’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, while Lahiru Madushanka is left out from the original squad after

News Former captain also appointed as consultant and mentor for the Under-19 team in the lead up to next year’s World Cup Mahela Jayawardene has been added to Sri Lanka’s support staff roster as a consultant for the first round of the men’s T20 World Cup, to be played in the UAE and Oman from

News Meanwhile, allrounder Lahiru Madushanka has definitely been ruled out with a fractured collarbone Kusal Perera may miss the T20 World Cup after sustaining a hamstring injury during Sri Lanka’s third T20 International against South Africa. Allrounder Lahiru Madushanka, meanwhile, is definitely out of the World Cup, having fractured his collarbone while fielding in the

News Malinga retires as the leading wicket-taker in T20Is Sri Lanka’s most successful limited-overs fast bowler Lasith Malinga has announced his retirement from T20s, the last format he was active in, to close out an illustrious career. Malinga retires from the format with 390 wickets overall – behind only Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir and Sunil

Report The hosts also left out Akila Dananjaya for Praveen Jayawickrama Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs South Africa Kusal Perera makes his return to international cricket after recovering from Covid-19 and will open the batting after Dasun Shanaka opted to bat. Kusal tested positive for Covid last month and was included in Sri

Maheesh Theekshana impressed on debut © AFP/Getty Images Fresh after a glorious debut on Tuesday, Maheesh Theekshana received an even bigger boost when he was named as part of Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup squad. The 21-year old offspinner is one of two surprise picks with Bhanuka Rajapaksa, a player on probation, also among the

Maheesh Theekshana impressed on debut © AFP/Getty Images It was a very late-aughts move. In the age of Ajantha Mendis and Muthiah Muralidaran, Sri Lanka were flagbearers for mystery spin, batters the world over frequently failing to read Murali’s doosra, or Mendis’ carrom balls and googlies. In the series decider against South Africa, on Tuesday,

Preview Neither team has won an ODI series in the last 18 months, but now have a chance to rediscover some consistency Big picture The tussle for a (perhaps temporary) spot in the automatic qualifying zone on the World Cup Super League table will be decided in the series finale on Tuesday where 10 crucial

News He had recently taken up the Afghanistan batting coach role but backed out following the Taliban’s takeover of the country Former Sri Lanka batter Avishka Gunawardene has been named Sri Lanka’s Under-19 coach until the end of 2022. Gunawardene had been approached by the Afghanistan Cricket Board for the post of batting coach, and

Preview Both sides are dealing with off-field drama but it is now crunch time as far as their qualification prospects are concerned Big picture On the surface, these are two teams short of ODI Super League points. Sri Lanka are down at 11th on the table, with only two wins from 11 completed matches. South

News Captain feels they have the ‘better spin-bowling contingent’ than opponents South Africa ahead of the limited-overs series South Africa have some great quicks, but on Khettarama’s surfaces, Sri Lanka’s batters need not fear them. Not only this, said Sri Lanka’s captain Dasun Shanaka, but the hosts also have a better spin attack, and as

News Nuwan Pradeep and Dinesh Chandimal also return, alongside new faces who did well in domestic T20s Kusal Perera makes his return to the Sri Lanka limited-overs squad for South Africa’s tour of the island, having sufficiently recovered from Covid-19. Veteran seamer Nuwan Pradeep, and experienced batter Dinesh Chandimal return as well, on the back

News The duo will join RCB after the Sri Lanka vs South Africa series and leave in time for the T20 World Cup warm-up games Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera have been cleared by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to turn out for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the second chunk of IPL 2021, but as things

News Kamindu Mendis auditioned for the T20 World Cup with scores of 74, 53*, and 66 in the tournament Dasun Shanaka‘s outstanding batting form saw SLC Greys triumph in the board’s Invitational T20 Tournament – a two-week affair that served both as an audition for the national side in a T20 World Cup year, as

News Avishka Fernando, Asitha Fernando and Chamika Karunaratne will also be offered these new contracts The months-long contracts standoff between Sri Lanka Cricket and its national players has come to an end at long last, with 18 players signing up. The new contracts will be in effect for a period of five months from August

News The three-match series is due to begin from September 3 in Hambantota Afghanistan’s series with Pakistan is set to go ahead as scheduled, despite the surrounding uncertainty following the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The three-match ODI series will take place in Sri Lanka, a venue decided before political events in recent days saw

News This will be the former Sri Lanka batter’s first major assignment since being cleared of corruption charges in May Avishka Gunawardene, the former Sri Lanka opening batter, has been appointed the Afghanistan men’s team’s batting coach for the forthcoming ODIs against Pakistan. The Afghanistan Cricket Board announced this on August 17 via Twitter. ESPNcricinfo

News Sri Lanka batter unlikely to be ruled out of the upcoming white-ball series against South Africa at home Sri Lanka batter Kusal Perera has tested positive for Covid-19 and will now have to isolate for at least ten days. The development should not, at this stage, rule him out of the limited-overs series against

News He will continue to play domestic cricket, and will be available for franchise tournaments Allrounder Isuru Udana has announced his retirement from international cricket, conveying his decision to Sri Lanka Cricket through a letter on Friday. Udana, 33, will continue to play domestic cricket, and will be available for franchise tournaments, starting with the

News They will not be allowed to play domestic cricket for six months, ruling them out for much of the next season Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, and Niroshan Dickwella have all been suspended from international cricket for a year for breaking Sri Lanka’s bio-bubble on a night out in Durham last month. They have each

News Shanaka on chat with Dhawan: “We get advice from our former players too, but this was a chance to hear from a current player with a lot of experience” Among the themes of India’s tour of Sri Lanka was the chumminess of the two sides even in difficult bio-bubble situations. Hardik Pandya went viral

News Five-member panel recommends Gunathilaka and Mendis be suspended for two years; Dickwella for 18 months The three Sri Lanka players whose night out in Durham broke bio-bubble protocols could be in for long suspensions if the recommendations of the committee that investigated the incident are followed. The five-member committee, led by a former Supreme

News He trusted his lower-order team-mates to play big shots if he took the game deep Bat long and take the game deep. These were the things Dhananjaya de Silva was telling himself during his match-winning 40 not out off 34 balls on Wednesday when he helped deliver Sri Lanka’s first T20I victory in six

Report Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka opts to bowl first, expecting some juice in the Khettarama pitch Toss: Sri Lanka opt to bowl vs India A severely depleted India side named four debutants for the second T20I, with batters Devdutt Padikkal and Ruturaj Gaikwad, plus allrounder Nitish Rana, and seamer Chetan Sakariya, all set to

Report The hosts field two debutants of their own – middle-order batter Charith Asalanka and allrounder Chamika Karunaratne Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first T20I. Captain Dasun Shanaka said he expected the pitch to get better for batting in the

Preview The hosts have lost all but one of their last 13 completed T20Is Big picture After snatching rare ODI Super league points against what was arguably a third-string India side, Sri Lanka will now have to deal with some of the best IPL players in this T20I series. And they might have to do

Avishka Fernando laces it through the off side © AFP/Getty Images A minor technical change and a more sophisticated approach through the middle overs helped Avishka Fernando finish as highest run-scorer in the series against India. This is what the Player of the third ODI said, after his 76 off 98 balls helped set up