News He suffered the injury while batting on 79 on the opening day of the two-Test series One day after retiring hurt on 79 in the opening day of the Test series against South Africa, Dhananjaya de Silva has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour with a “grade 2 tear” on his
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News Allrounder gets through 16.5 overs on second day in absence of Kasun Rajitha and Dhananjaya de Silva Dasun Shanaka batted well with the tail to complete his first Test fifty on the second morning of the Centurion Test, and yet, his more significant contribution so far may have been with the ball. Shanaka is
Dean Elgar faces Kasun Rajitha on the second day at Centurion © AFP via Getty Images South Africa 45 for 0 (Markram 27*, Elgar 15*) trail Sri Lanka 396 (Chandimal 85, de Silva 79, Sipamla 4-76) by 351 runs Sri Lanka added 56 to their overnight score, thanks largely to powerful hitting from Dasun Shanaka,
News Allrounder left the field after soft-tissue injury and could miss two-three weeks Dhananjaya de Silva is a doubt for the rest of Sri Lanka’s Test series in South Africa after retiring hurt on 79 on the first day of the Centurion Test. De Silva came in with Sri Lanka in trouble at 54 for
News Seamer backs bowlers to improve after chastening opening day against Sri Lanka Wiaan Mulder, playing in his second Test 22 months after his debut, has assessed South Africa’s bowling performance as “a little bit shaky” and concluded that he doesn’t “think the guys are happy” with their efforts on day one of the Boxing
Lutho Sipamla is making his Test debut for South Africa © Gallo Images/Getty Images Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first against South Africa Wanindu Hasaranga, the legspinning allrounder, will debut for Sri Lanka, as the visitors chose to bat first at Centurion. Lutho Sipamla, the 22-year-old fast bowler, also makes his
Big picture At face value, do Sri Lanka really have a chance? Let’s look at the facts against them: They’ve not played international cricket since March. Most squad members have spent three weeks playing T20 cricket, and are now expected to make the substantial switch into Test mode. They’ve had no warm-up match due to
News Captain acknowledges pressure of switching formats and conditions for his squad, and of no cricket for himself Rare is the Sri Lankan captain that arrives on foreign soil with greater trust in his seam-bowling stocks than his batsmen. But two days out from the Boxing Day Test, that is the situation Dimuth Karunaratne felt