Sri Lanka

News The captain admitted conditions were a challenge for Ireland as they fell for 101 Ireland have to win their match against Namibia on Friday, to qualify for the Super 12s. But if they do, they’re batters will need to quickly adapt to facing the kind of skiddy pace they struggled with against Sri Lanka.

Report Sri Lanka are unchanged from the side that beat Namibia a couple of days ago Toss Ireland opted to field against Sri Lanka Ireland have opted to field first against Sri Lanka in their Group A fixture. The two unbeaten sides in the group will go head-to-head in Dubai, knowing that a win will

News Coach also keen to persist with top three of Nissanka, Perera and Chandimal Two quicks capable of bowling faster than 145kph, one allrounder who gets up into the high 130s range, a spanking new mystery spinner who is yet to be decoded, and a world No. 2 legspinner with a killer googly. These are

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News He played 12 ODIs and four Tests in an international career spanning 1975-1982 Bandula Warnapura, Sri Lanka’s first Test captain and a former coach and administrator, has died aged 68 at a private hospital in Colombo. He was understood to have been struggling with diabetes and was rushed to the ICU last week following

Report Namibia made two changes to the side that won their most recent T20I, bringing in batter Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton and left-arm seamer Ruben Trumpelmann Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs Namibia Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field first in their T20 World Cup opener, against Namibia. Captain Dasun Shanaka said

News “He analyses not only our team, but the oppositions’ weaknesses – he sees the game in a unique way” – Shanaka on Jayawardene Avishka Fernando has not hit a T20I fifty in 21 innings. But in the last four matches – two practice games against an Oman side, and in Sri Lanka’s warm-ups against

Big picture The Sri Lanka of yore were legendary destroyers of associate sides. But if this team thinks Namibia is going to roll over for them, a quick glance at Namibia’s record should be sobering enough. Of the 22 T20Is Namibia have completed, they have won 18. They have also won each of their last

News Says his side has the variety and depth to deliver; thinks young Pathum Nissanka can “make this tournament his own” Sri Lanka may have had a horror year in terms of squad building and preparation, and the biggest tests undoubtedly lie ahead, but that has failed to dull captain Dasun Shanaka‘s optimism ahead of

News The tournament will be played at two venues in Colombo and Hambantota The Lanka Premier League 2021 will begin on December 5 with the final set for December 23, Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed. The first match, which will be held at the R. Premadasa stadium in Colombo, will be between last year’s finalists

News Dinesh Chandimal has revealed, meanwhile, that Avishka Fernando is set to continue at No. 4 Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga are likely to feature for Sri Lanka in tonight’s T20 World Cup warm-up match against Bangladesh, Dinesh Chandimal has revealed, while confirming that Avishka Fernando is also likely to remain at No. 4 –

News ESPNcricinfo understands he has mailed SLC of his intentions, and that the board will take a decision on the matter at a meeting on Tuesday Angelo Mathews could be in line for a return to the Sri Lanka fold after making himself available for selection again. While there has been no official communication from

News The injured Madushanka and Pradeep, and the pair ofJayawickrama and Kamindu have made way Sri Lanka have finalised their 15-member squad for the men’s T20 World Cup, making four changes to the one they had announced a month ago. The injured Lahiru Madushanka and Nuwan Pradeep, and the pair of Praveen Jayawickrama and Kamindu

News Runners-up to take home $800,000, and losing semi-finalists get $400,000 each Whoever lifts the T20 World Cup trophy on November 14, 2021, in Dubai, will get a cash award of USD 1.6 million to go with it. This was confirmed as the ICC announced the list of prize money for the tournament – a

Report Oman had put up 159 for 8 on the back of Aqib Ilyas’ 38-ball 59 Sri Lanka 163 for 5 (Rajapaksa 35*, Karunaratne 35*, Nadeem 2-22) beat Oman 159 for 8 (Ilyas 59, Kumara 2-20, Karunaratne 2-39) by five wickets An unbroken 74-run partnership between Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Chamika Karunaratne helped Sri Lanka recover

Report Oman faltered in the 162 chase and went on to lose by 19 runs Sri Lanka 162 for 4 (Avishka 83*, Shanaka 51*) beat Oman 143 for 8 (Khushi 40, Kumara 4-30) by 19 runs An unbeaten 83 by Avishka Fernando and an assured bowling performance spearheaded by Lahiru Kumara saw Sri Lanka clinch

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