Sri Lanka

Preview Jason Roy in line to return on home ground as SL eye first win of tour Big picture In some ways, the shellacking they received at Chester-le-Street was an improvement for Sri Lanka. No one got injured, no one broke curfew (that we know of), and at 80 for 4 in England’s chase, it

Eoin Morgan and Kusal Perera at the toss © Getty Images England have won the toss and chosen to bowl at Chester-le-Street, against a substantially depleted Sri Lanka side featuring three debutants. The suspension of the three cricketers who breached the bio-bubble on Sunday night, plus injuries to Avishka Fernando and Dhananjaya de Silva, and

Big picture When the cry went up in the wake of an abject T20I series: “Something must be done about Sri Lanka’s batting”, this probably wasn’t the solution that anyone had envisaged. An evening spent milling about by a bench in Durham’s Market Square for Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka has left the

News A video has emerged, showing the two Sri Lanka cricketers out in a public place in England There are serious concerns that two Sri Lanka cricketers have breached the team’s bio-bubble in England, after a video emerged on Twitter showing Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella out in a public space. Sri Lanka manager Manuja

News He had picked up the injury while fielding in the second T20I, in Cardiff Sri Lanka batsman Avishka Fernando has been ruled out of the ODIs against England with a grade two tear to his quadriceps. Fernando had picked up the injury while fielding in the second T20I, in Cardiff, and had not played

News Tournament’s director says two other franchises have been lined up to replace them this season Two franchisees have pulled out of the second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), but the tournament’s director says two other franchises have been lined up to replace them. Owners of the Colombo Kings and the Dambulla Viiking

Preview Onus on visitors’ batting to find an extra gear after flat displays in first two T20Is Big picture Three days on from the World Test Championship final, the Ageas Bowl (as it is once again allowed to be known) plays host to a final of a rather less epochal variety. The final T20I between

News Sri Lanka’s head coach said he wants the batsmen to be more proactive against a world-class England attack Mickey Arthur has urged his Sri Lanka side to stay patient after they slipped to a second defeat in as many nights in Cardiff, leaving them on a run of 11 defeats in their last 12

News Redfern appointed as fourth umpire for opening T20I between England and Sri Lanka in Cardiff Sue Redfern will become the first woman to officiate in an England men’s home international match after being appointed as fourth umpire for Wednesday’s first T20I against Sri Lanka in Cardiff. Alex Wharf had been due to fill the

News “If we keep playing with the same attitude, day by day, the results will eventually come” “Fearless” was once again the buzzword for Kusal Perera on the eve of the first T20I against England, as the Sri Lanka captain once more leaned on the mantra that he had put forth for his side upon

News “We can’t be top-heavy and have no one who can bat in the middle and finish for us,” he says Higher strike rates, better rotation, and more intensity after the field spreads. As Sri Lanka attempt to defibrillate their flatlining limited-overs game, the middle overs are the area that coach Mickey Arthur wants his

Dhananjaya Lakshan was among the breakout stars of the inaugural LPL © AFP Left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama, and allrounders Dhananjaya Lakshan, Charith Asalanka, and Ishan Jayaratne are the surprise entrants to Sri Lanka men’s 24-member squad for the limited-overs tour of England. Although Sri Lanka have again insisted on picking young players, omitting Angelo Mathews,

News SLC commits to making evaluation marks available to each player upon UK return Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers have agreed to tour England uncontracted, after Sri Lanka Cricket committed to revealing specifics about the player evaluations that form the basis of the board’s new proposed contract scheme. The cricketers have long contended that the methodology

News Thirty-eight Sri Lanka players have signed a statement refusing to sign the tour contracts offered by SLC Sri Lanka’s tour of England has been cast into serious jeopardy after the players expected to be selected refused to sign the tour contracts offered by Sri Lanka Cricket. This is as part of the men’s cricketers’

News He will join former team-mates Dilshan and Tharanga at the Eastern Cricket Association competition A Melbourne club team will have the services of former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya as coach next season after he signed a one-year deal with Mulgrave in the city’s east. That will mark Jayasuriya’s return to the game after

News SLC also confirmed that it is looking at arranging “one or two” tours for women in the next few months Former Sri Lanka captain and batter Hashan Tillakaratne has been appointed the new head coach of the Sri Lanka women’s team, SLC confirmed on Wednesday. He took up the role officially on June 1

News The new payment system has created a bit of a divide between players and the board The Sri Lanka men’s players’ rejection of their central contracts is “very unfair”, essentially because the board is offering more for winning series against top-ranked opposition. This is according to Aravinda de Silva, one of the architects of

News Batting coach Grant Flower reckons SL’s inexperience has played a role in their first series loss against Bangladesh The lack of experience in the top order may have played a role in Sri Lanka’s poor batting performances in Bangladesh. And the door’s not closed on the seniors who were left out of this series.

Preview The visitors are currently 12th on the ODI Super League table with no wins in four games Big Picture Senior players. Who needs ’em? Bangladesh would argue they do. Although Sri Lanka had their batting line-up stuttering at 99 for 4 in the first ODI on Sunday, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah called upon their

Big Picture Sri Lanka will be desperately looking for ODI Super League points – they sit in the negative currently – while Bangladesh will be keen to bolster their own tally as the teams seek improvement in the ODI series starting Sunday in Dhaka. Both sides have played very few ODIs since the 2019 World

News He also suggests players are unhappy with having to do fitness tests for future tours, in the middle of ongoing tours Much as they would like to focus solely on the Bangladesh series, Sri Lanka’s mens’ cricketers will probably have the ongoing contracts impasse with Sri Lanka Cricket at the back of their minds.

News All 24 cricketers offered the new contracts have opposed the deals offered to them Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers have refused to sign the contracts offered to them by Sri Lanka Cricket, citing a lack of transparency in the manner in which contract categories have been allocated. The players also expressed “shock and dismay” that

News Majority of the previous set of office bearers were voted in uncontested, will hold positions for two years Shammi Silva has been elected Sri Lanka Cricket president again, after he and the majority of the previous set of office bearers were voted in uncontested. They will hold these positions for two years. Silva’s faction,

Dhananjaya de Silva and Niroshan Dickwella have been offered the most lucrative deals in Sri Lanka Cricket’s new player contract scheme for men, which sees players take significant cuts to their base salaries. The players do, however, have more to gain via performance-based incentives, compared to previous contracts. There is also a reduction in the

News Also said that selectors have told him to go beyond just scoring half-centuries in ODIs Fearlessness. If there’s one change Sri Lanka’s new ODI captain Kusal Perera would like to usher in, it is for his team to play as he says he does: completely unafraid. Perera has been appointed leader of a young

News Franchise tournament to be staged immediately after India’s white-ball tour Sri Lanka Cricket have announced that the second season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will be played from July 30 to August 22, with further details about the franchise tournament yet to be confirmed. The window falls immediately after Sri Lanka’s home series

News Kusal Mendis has been recalled and made vice-captain for the Bangladesh ODIs Kusal Perera has been named new ODI captain and Kusal Mendis has been recalled and made vice-captain, while Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal have been dropped in a major shake-up of Sri Lanka’s ODI team. In naming a young squad,

News He was earlier charged over events during a T10 event in the UAE in 2017 Former Sri Lanka batsman Avishka Gunawardene has been cleared of both existing corruption charges against him, and is free to participate in cricket immediately. Gunawardene had never directly been charged by the ICC, but in May 2019 had attracted

Report Bangladesh lose their last seven wickets for 37 to fall behind by a long way Sri Lanka 493 for 7 dec (Thirimanne 140, Karunaratne 118, Taskin 4-127) and 17 for 2 lead Bangladesh 251 all out (Tamim 92, Mominul 49, Jayawickrama 6-92) by 259 runs Praveen Jayawickrama‘s six-wicket haul shaped Sri Lanka’s ascendancy over

News The 32-year-old allrounder has confirmed he will continue to play franchise cricket Sri Lanka allrounder Thisara Perera has announced his retirement from international cricket. A white-ball regular, Perera was known for his hit-the-deck bowling and his clean ball-striking down the order. Of all batters with at least 2000 runs in men’s ODIs, Perera’s strike