Sri Lanka

Nawaz had recently been Bangladesh’s Under-19 coach, and had overseen that side’s victory in the 2020 Under-19 World Cup. The term of his appointment is two years. Also appointed to Sri Lanka’s coaching staff is former seam bowler Chaminda Vaas, who has been bowling coach in several stints over the past 10 years. Piyal Wijetunge,

News Jason Holder returns to the top spot for allrounders following the Antigua Test against England Jasprit Bumrah and Dimuth Karunaratne made significant gains in the ICC Test rankings after the two-match series between India and Sri Lanka concluded on Monday. While Bumrah’s maiden five-for at home, in the second Test in Bengaluru – and

Report R Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah shared seven between them to wrap up a dominant series sweep India 252 (Iyer 92, Jayawickrama 3-81, Embuldeniya 3-94) and 303 for 9 dec. (Iyer 67, Pant 50, Jayawickrama 4-78) beat Sri Lanka 109 (Mathews 43, Bumrah 5-24) and 208 (Karunaratne 107, Mendis 54, Ashwin 4-55, Bumrah 3-23) by

Preview This will be the last Test for Suranga Lakmal. Can Sri Lanka make it a memorable one for him? Big picture Ravindra Jadeja’s superlative all-round show in Mohali meant Sri Lanka were no match for India in the first Test, and as the caravan moves to Bengaluru for the pink-ball contest, the hosts look

News Sri Lanka captain to go with two spinners for the Test as he hopes the team can give the retiring Suranga Lakmal a ‘great farewell’ It’s a pink-ball Test, which anyway tends not to be high-scoring. On top of which, this appears to be a very dry surface (i.e. spin-friendly pitch) at the Chinnaswamy

News Dushmantha Chameera not available for selection either as he recovers from an ankle injury Pathum Nissanka has been ruled out of the second Test against India, starting Saturday in Bengaluru, because of a back injury. Dushmantha Chameera, who sat out the first Test in Mohali, is also not available for selection as he continues

Report Match haul of nine wickets to go with his 175 not out; R Ashwin ends game with six scalps to go past Kapil Dev India 574 for 8 dec. (Jadeja 175*, Pant 96, Ashwin 61, Vihari 58) beat Sri Lanka 174 (Nissanka 61*, Jadeja 5-41) and 178 (Dickwella 51*, Jadeja 4-46, Ashwin 4-47) by

Preview This is not being treated as a high-profile series, but it has the potential to throw up some really good cricket – especially if Sri Lanka’s spinners can deliver Big picture The runners-up of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) and No. 2 Test side in the world will host the current table-toppers in

News “We were underdogs then too, and we had nothing to lose, so we produced our best… The pressure is on India to not let a match slip” Sri Lanka have played 20 Tests in India, lost 11, and won zero. Even the great Sri Lanka teams – those featuring Muthiah Muralidaran, Chaminda Vaas, Kumar

News The match, which is set to be Virat Kohli’s 100th Test, was initially scheduled to be played behind closed doors The first India-Sri Lanka Test match in Mohali will now be open to spectators, who will be allowed to fill the PCA Stadium to 50% capacity. The match – which is set to be

News Four things Sri Lanka might have learned from their T20 February, with an eye to the World Cup Through the course of this month, Sri Lanka have played five T20Is in Australia, and three in India. They’ve lost all but one of those matches, often going down against substantially weakened opposition. But then, they’ve

Report The visitors brought in Vandersay and Liyanage for Jayawickrama and Mishara Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs India Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka chose to bat first in the third and final T20I in Dharamsala. India captain Rohit Sharma, who plays his 125th game in the format and becomes the most-capped player in

Toss India chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second T20I in Dharamsala. Rohit said the only reason behind his decision was that India wanted a score in front of them. India, who lead the three-match series 1-0, went in with an

News Test squad members Dickwella and de Silva added to T20I squad for remaining games Spinner Maheesh Theekshana and Kusal Mendis have been ruled out of the ongoing T20I series against India with hamstring issues, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed on Friday. Seam bowler Shiran Fernando, who is in the squad and is yet to make

News Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay has also been included in the squad, which is without the injured Ramesh Mendis The series will be the first in the longest format for Mendis and Dickwella following the lifting of their bans, which were handed down for breaching curfew and bio-bubble protocol during Sri Lanka’s tour of England last

Report Sanju Samson is also back for his first T20I since the tour of Sri Lanka last year Toss: Sri Lanka opt to bowl vs India Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and inserted India in the T20I series opener in Lucknow. Sri Lanka are depleted by the absence of Wanindu Hasaranga, who

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