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The inclusion of Madushanka, a left-armer able to swing the ball at pace, follows impressive recent outings against South Africa A, where he picked up nine wickets across three 50-over games and then another four in a four-day encounter, and comes on the back of him becoming the most expensive signing at $92,000 at the

Sri Lanka 355 for 6 (Mendis 78, Samarawickrama 73, Naseer 2-44) beat UAE180 (Waseem 39, Aravind 39, Hasaranga 6-24) Sadeera Samarawickrama and Kusal Mendis led a quartet of half-centuries from Sri Lanka as they dominated UAE and enjoyed a winning start to their World Cup Qualifier campaign in Zimbabwe. Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka

The Lanka Premier League held its inaugural auction on Wednesday evening, with Dilshan Madushanka coming away as the tournament’s most expensive signing, when he was bought by Jaffna Kings for US$ 92,000. While the 22-year-old might not have been the pre-auction pick to land such a lucrative contract, it made sense in the end owing

The PCB’s proposed hybrid model for the Asia Cup is likely to be approved by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), with Sri Lanka as the neutral venue where India can play their games. The model sees four – and possibly five – of the tournament’s 13 games being played in Pakistan. All the India-Pakistan games

Sri Lanka’s dalliance with Angelo Mathews in ODIs appears to have been short-lived after the veteran was left out from the 15-man squad set to fly out to Zimbabwe for the World Cup Qualifier later this month. Mathews had been recalled to the ODI side ahead of Sri Lanka’s tour of New Zealand earlier this

Sri Lanka 120 for 1 (Karunaratne 56*, Nissanka 51, Naib 1-19) beat Afghanistan 116 (Nabi 23, Chameera 4-63, Hasaranga 3-7) Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Kumara blasted out Afghanistan’s top order, the spinners took care of the lower order, and then Sri Lanka’s top three raced to the target of 117 in 16 overs. It wasn’t

The hosts then dismissed Afghanistan for 191, rounding off a clinical performance. Sri Lanka had lost the first match comfortably, on Friday, raising concerns that they might struggle in the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe. “I’m very pleased with how we have bounced back,” Silverwood said. “If you could bottle that performance and take

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs Afghanistan Sri Lanka made four changes as they won the toss and elected to bat first in a must-win second ODI against Afghanistan. Trailing 1-0 in the three-match series, the hosts brought in Sadeera Samarawickrama, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana and Dushmantha Chameera. Making way were Angelo Mathews, Dushan

Toss Afghanistan chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl first, citing the freshness of the surface at Hambantota. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi expected there to be some early movement. Dasun Shanaka said he would have bowled first too, but expected there to be runs in the surface. Sri Lanka

The Afghanistan men’s side are going to the big show, but Sri Lanka are yet to qualify. There is nuance to this. In the ODI World Cup Super League, Afghanistan’s oppositions were Ireland, Netherlands, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. But then, they barely played ODIs, despite having won 11 out of those 15 games. Sri

Opening batter Dimuth Karunaratne has been recalled to Sri Lanka’s ODI squad, more than two years after he last played a 50-over game in international cricket. Also returning is fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera, who had missed the New Zealand tour in March 2023 after undergoing ankle surgery. Legspinning allrounder Dushan Hemantha is the only uncapped

Babar Azam, David Miller, Shakib Al Hasan and Wanindu Hasaranga are among the big stars already signed up for the fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), which will have a player auction this year, making it the third men’s franchise league and fourth overall – after the IPL, SA20 and WPL – to

Shammi Silva has been re-elected as Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC’s) president for a third consecutive term, alongside nearly all members of the previous executive committee. All members were voted in uncontested. The only change has been to the post of treasurer, with previous treasurer Lasantha Wickramasinghe withdrawing from contention citing other commitments. Sujeeva Godaliyadda, previously

Trigger warning for sexual assault and rape. Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has had three of his four sexual-assault charges dropped by the public prosecutor in his ongoing case in Australia. Gunathilaka, 32, was arrested in Sydney in early November last year, while he was with the Sri Lanka squad for the T20 World Cup.

Sri Lanka 704 for 3 dec beat Ireland 202 (Tector 85, Balbirnie 46, Mendis 5-64, Fernando 3-30) and 492 by an innings and 10 runs Only Harry Tector had mounted any serious resistance, batting out 189 balls for his 85, though Andy Balbirnie did also contribute a 46, despite having had to go off the

Ireland 492 and 54 for 2 (Moor 19, Balbirnie 18*, Ramesh 1-17) trail Sri Lanka 704 for 3 dec (Kusal 245, Madushka 205, Mathews 100*, Hume 1-87) by 158 runs Day four was the day in which Sri Lanka put themselves in a position to push hard for victory, in a match in which Ireland

Sri Lanka gathered 276 brisk runs for the loss of just the wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne, as they eased into control of the second Test, on a rain-curtailed day. Nishan Madushka‘s maiden Test century was a highlight, as he added 108 to his overnight score. Karunaratne also hit his second hundred in as many innings,

Sri Lanka 81 for 0 (Madushka 41*, Karunaratne 39*) trail Ireland 492 (Campher 111, Stirling 103, Jayasuriya 5-174) by 411 runs Paul Stirling and allrounder Curtis Campher struck their nation’s third and fourth Test hundreds respectively, as Ireland stormed past their previous highest Test score early in the day, and on to a mammoth 492

Ireland 319 for 4 (Balbirnie 95, Tucker 78*, Stirling 74) vs Sri Lanka Led by Andy Balbirnie‘s 95, Ireland’s batters put together their best day yet on their tour of South Asia, finishing on 319 for four, though they’d been 89 for 3 in the first session. The 115-run stand between Balbirnie and Paul Stirling

Big picture: Ireland bank on toss to bat long Aside from a brief period at the end of day one, when Sri Lanka lost three top-order wickets for 28 runs, and a couple of half-century stands in their own innings, Ireland were outplayed in pretty much every passage of play you could bring to mind

Sri Lanka 591 for 6 (Karunaratne 179, K Mendis 140, Samarawickrama 104*, Chandimal 102*) beat Ireland 143 (Tucker 45, Jayasuriya 7-52) and 168 (Tector 42, R Mendis 4-76, 3-56) by an innings and 280 runs Ireland’s collapse rolled into day three in Galle, as Sri Lanka’s spinners scythed through them twice, to secure an innings-and-280

The hosts’ dominance was more-or-less unceasing through the course of the day, leaving Ireland in a woeful situation at stumps – they are still 474 runs behind, with three first-innings wickets in hand. The pitch has begun to take significant – if not unplayable – turn too. To challenge Sri Lanka in Galle in April’s

In his first eight innings in Test cricket, way back in 2017, Sadeera Samarawickrama‘s best innings were two thirty-odds. There was promise there for sure – his first knock, a sparkling 38 off 35 balls in a Dubai Test that Sri Lanka won, was especially good. But then he went to India, as tough a

Sri Lanka 386 for 4 (Karunaratne 179, K Mendis 140, Campher 1-44) vs Ireland Dimuth Karunaratne struck an assured 179, Kusal Mendis amassed 140, and Sri Lanka took firm grip of the Test, as that pair’s 281-run partnership for the second wicket formed the centrepiece of the hosts’ dominant day one. Not only were Karunaratne

Kusal Mendis has a theory: Test batting is becoming more and more like ODI batting. This came at the end of a day in which Sri Lanka scored at 4.38 an over on a supremely flat surface at Galle. But still, in the Bazball era, perhaps everyone else is ramping up scoring rates too. On

Big picture: Mirpur Test has prepared Ireland for SL tour If you’re Ireland, Test matches are quite like buses, you wait ages for one and then suddenly here come three to take you on a tour of the subcontinent. Okay, maybe that’s not quite the analogy, but the fact remains that having played their first

Among the players who were part of Sri Lanka’s most recent Test assignment, the two-match series in New Zealand, fast bowlers Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara have been rested according to news reports, while Asitha Fernando, Oshada Fernando and Chamika Karunaratne have also been left out. With Sri Lanka playing at home, where there is

Sri Lanka’s top order hasn’t had the best time on tour so far, but in Auckland on Sunday, they finally clicked into gear. Pathum Nissanka may have fallen first-ball, but Kusal Mendis scored 25 in just nine balls, Dhananjaya de Silva 15 in 10, and then Charith Asalanka and Kusal Perera raced at nearly 10-an-over

The fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will take place from July 31 to August 22 this year, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed. If it goes ahead as planned, this will be the first LPL season held in its originally scheduled July-August window. Similar to last year, the five-team tournament will take

All up, his record as captain so far is ten wins and losses each, and six draws. Only Sanath Jayasuriya, Arjuna Ranatunga, Mahela Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews have won more Tests as Sri Lanka captain, and they had all captained in at least 34 Tests. Part of his desire to step down as captain may