Sri Lanka

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

News Sri Lanka captain also hopes their fast-bowling reserves will improve in the future For many fans watching on, let alone the players, the manner of Sri Lanka’s defeat in the second ODI was particularly tough to take. Amid one of the worst streaks in the country’s cricketing history, the opportunity to get one over

Preview Sri Lanka have lost all but one of their nine completed ODIs this year Big picture Less than 48 hours after India put the finishing touches on their thumping of Sri Lanka in the first ODI, the teams have to go again. If you’re a Sri Lanka fan, hold on tight. This might not

News Karunaratne, who top-scored in the first ODI, said the fact that most of the batting order had got starts was encouraging Although none of Sri Lanka’s batters hit a half-century in the first ODI, the team has the ability to put up scores that will challenge India – something beyond 300. This was what

Preview The home side have the advantage of game-time, but are coming into the series on the back of off-field turmoil Big Picture And now, some cricket. Since last year, scheduling has become a challenge unlike any other period. It rubbed off on this series too, which was to begin much earlier this week, and

Batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa was penalised for a breach of contract and put on probation for two years © Getty Images Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who was fined by SLC earlier this month for a breach of contract, has been named in the 25-member Sri Lanka squad for the rescheduled ODI and T20I series at home against India

Kusal Perera is almost certain to be out of Sri Lanka’s series against India, after picking up a shoulder injury. The team has not divulged the exact nature of the injury, nor withdrawn him officially, but a team doctor says he’s likely to be out for six weeks. Although Perera is no longer captain, having

News In a letter to the board, he says “past greats of SL have shown 2nd half of the career is where greater performances are made” Sri Lanka batter Dinesh Chandimal has asked SLC and its technical committee for clarity about his future in the national team. In a letter addressed to the head of

News Batting coach Grant Flower and team analyst GT Niroshan were described as being in a “stable” condition Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers will be allowed to come out of isolation on Sunday, after everyone remaining in the national squad returned negative PCR results. This only goes for the players however; coaches and support staff will

News New set of dates for ODIs and T20Is yet to be announced officially India’s limited-overs series against Sri Lanka has been pushed back by five days from its original schedule, with BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirming to ANI that the series is set to begin “by July 18”. According to PTI, the three ODIs

News Said player and the visiting India squad are staying at different hotels A Sri Lankan player from the alternative limited-overs squad and bio-bubble in Colombo, which was training as a back-up for the India series, has tested positive for Covid-19. This comes as another setback for the Sri Lankan set-up because the first-choice squad

News The tournament was originally scheduled to run from July 30 to August 22 The Lanka Premier League has been postponed until at least late November, thanks largely to competing cricket tournaments or series being scheduled for the original window. The second edition of the LPL was supposed to run from July 30 to August

The Sri Lanka team had recently returned from England, where three players and four members of management of the England team had also tested positive © AFP via Getty Images Sri Lanka men’s team analyst GT Niroshan has tested positive for Covid-19, one day after batting coach Grant Flower had also tested positive, forcing Sri

News Switch expected after Perera’s apparent central role in the contracts standoff between the players and board Dasun Shanaka is set to be named Sri Lanka’s new men’s limited-overs captain, replacing Kusal Perera who himself had only had the job since May . The captaincy switch is only partly a consequence of on-field performance. Although

News It is not clear what impact this will have on SL’s ODI series against India starting Tuesday Sri Lanka batting coach Grant Flower tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, three days after the squad returned from their tour of England. For now, it is not clear what impact this news will have on the