Sri Lanka

Angelo Mathews returns to Sri Lanka’s white-ball set up after more than two years, while Kusal Perera is set to play for the first time in over a year. Both players were part of the ODI and T20I squads Sri Lanka Cricket have selected for the upcoming series in New Zealand. Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Ireland will play two Tests in Galle against Sri Lanka in April, instead of one Test and two ODIs as originally planned. Cricket Ireland (CI) confirmed the rejigged schedule on Monday. This will be Ireland’s first Test assignment that is not a one-off Test. It also means that by the end of their summer, they

New Zealand 373 (Mitchell 102, Henry 72, Asitha 4-85) and 285 for 8 (Williamson 121*, Mitchell 81, Asitha 3-63) beat Sri Lanka 355 (Mendis 87, Karunaratne 50, Southee 5-64, Henry 4-80) and 302 (Mathews 115, Tickner 4-100) by two wickets New Zealand were on the end of yet another thrilling Test match finish as they

Sri Lanka has the seam-bowling weaponry to make a serious push for victory on Monday. So believes Angelo Mathews, their centurion from day four, who was most responsible for setting New Zealand a target of 285. In the 17 overs Sri Lanka bowled at New Zealand before stumps, the seamers were probing and disciplined. Kasun

Angelo Mathews has taken aim at the Test-match schedule Sri Lanka has been lumped with. His complaint: Sri Lanka will not play enough Tests, particularly this year. This, despite there being an outside chance that Sri Lanka could play in the World Test Championship final, so long as Australia win or draw their last Test

Madushka, 23, has seemingly forced his way into the selectors’ minds following a string of impressive performances against the England Lions earlier this year. Turning out for Sri Lanka A, he produced innings of 241 and 100, while he also hit 150 against the same opposition while representing a Board President’s XI. His inclusion means

Magistrate Jennifer Atkinson did prohibit him from using WhatsApp “for the purposes of facilitating or managing dating,” however. Gunathilaka is facing four charges of sexual intercourse without consent, after a woman he met off the dating app Tinder, accused him of choking her without consent, and stealthing, among other offences. He had subsequently been arrested

Sri Lanka’s cricketers and coaching staff provided a glowing endorsement of the country’s latest training facility in Radella, Nuwara Eliya, following a week-long training camp at the newly-renovated ground. Located some 4000 feet above sea level, the Radella Cricket Ground – home to Dimbula Athletic & Cricket Club – is among the most picturesque in

Wanindu Hasaranga will not be joining Quetta Gladiators this PSL season as Sri Lanka look to manage his workload. Hasaranga was partially available, having been scheduled to play in six games before leaving on March 3, but the franchise confirmed he has been ruled out of the league altogether and they are now looking to

Sri Lanka Cricket has tripled the match fee it pays to women’s international cricketers, and has also introduced a “winning bonus”. Where players had been paid $250 per white-ball game, they will now receive $750. If they win, they will also get a further $250. Squad members who did not play the match, meanwhile, will

Vishmi Gunaratne, fresh from captaining Sri Lanka in the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup, will now link up with the senior side, as Sri Lanka announced their 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup. Gunaratne’s inclusion is one of three changes to the squad that emerged runners-up in the Women’s Asia Cup last October, with

England Lions 249 for 3 (Hameed 81, Haines 62*, Lees 56) lead Sri Lanka A 136 (Fisher 5-34) by 113 runs Matthew Fisher took a sizeable step forward in his return from injury with career-best figures of 5 for 34 on the opening day of England Lions’ first “Test” against Sri Lanka A in Galle.

Wickramasinghe has headed the selection committee since April 2021, overseeing a youth-driven overhaul of Sri Lanka’s limited overs squads. This has seen seniors such as Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne, cut from the white-ball sides. Under Wickramasinghe, Sri Lanka adopted a less reactionary approach to the selection process. In this time, with Mickey

India 390 for 5 (Kohli 166*, Gill 116, Rajitha 2-81, Kumara 2-87) beat Sri Lanka 97 (Siraj 4-32, Kuldeep 2-16) by 317 runs A more comprehensive drubbing is difficult to imagine. Centuries from Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill powered India to 390 on a slow and seemingly lifeless track before the ball started hooping around

The incident took place in the 43rd over when Virat Kohli pulled Chamika Karunaratne in front of square leg. Vandersay sprinted to his left from deep-backward square leg, and Bandara to his right from deep midwicket. Both fielders put in the slides but ended up colliding with each other. Bandara tried to stop the ball

Innings Sri Lanka 215 (Nuwanindu 50, Mendis 34, Wellalage 32, Siraj 3-30, Kuldeep 3-51) vs India Sri Lanka began solidly, debutant Nuwanidu Fernando fighting his way to a fifty as he and No. 3 Kusal Mendis put on 73 for the second wicket. At 102 for 1 in the 17th over, they were placed nicely.

Sri Lanka had put India in after winning the toss but Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill seized the momentum for the hosts with a 143-run stand in just 19.4 overs. Virat Kohli then scored his 45th ODI hundred to help India post a daunting 373 for 7. “Obviously, we didn’t get off to the best

India captain Rohit Sharma defused a potentially controversial situation by withdrawing a run-out appeal against Dasun Shanaka, despite the Sri Lanka skipper being out of his crease at the non-striker’s end in the first ODI in Guwahati. The incident occurred in the final over of the game, when Mohammed Shami ran in to bowl but

Innings India 373 for 7 (Kohli 113, Rohit 83, Gill 70, Rajitha 3-88) vs Sri Lanka A scintillating opening stand worth 143 between Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma put India into overdrive early. Then Virat Kohli smoked his 45th ODI century, and sent India’s total into high altitude. Guwahati is known as a high-scoring ground,

Big picture: India overwhelming favourites A few years ago, Sri Lanka were truly pathetic in the ODI format, but look, they’re a little better now. Or this is at least what we’re hoping. In the last year, they’ve won six of their 10 completed ODIs. Full disclosure, six of those matches were against Zimbabwe and

Hardik Pandya is not afraid of putting his side in difficult situations during bilateral T20Is, long-term gains being more important than short-term ones – he said as much at the toss during the first T20I against Sri Lanka and reiterated it after the game. The record at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium favoured chasing sides, who had

India 162 for 5 (Hooda 41*, Axar 31*) beat Sri Lanka 160 (Shanaka 45, Mavi 4-22) by two runs India prevailed in a low-scoring thriller thanks to late runs from Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel, and exceptional seam bowling from an attack missing Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami. The Wankhede pitch was anything

Dasun Shanaka wants his team to “step up” against India after a T20 World Cup where they won only two games in the main round. They play three T20Is and as many ODIs on this tour, and India being the host country for the ODI World Cup later this year, getting familiarised with the conditions

Sri Lanka have announced a 20-man squad for their limited-overs tour of India next month, where they will square off in three T20Is and three ODIs. Of those players, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Nuwan Thushara will play only in the T20Is, while Jeffrey Vandersay and Nuwanidu Fernando – in line to make his debut – will

Afif made his T20I debut in 2018 against Sri Lanka and has since scored 1003 runs in 55 innings in the format at a strike rate of 120.55. He is also handy with the ball, capable of chipping in with part-time offbreaks, though he is not often used with the ball by Bangladesh. He also

The perennial runners-up of the Lanka Premier League, Galle Gladiators, have had an indifferent start to this season’s LPL, but under new leadership they look to be steadily building up a head of steam that they hope will take them over the final hurdle this time around. In the first, it was the batting that

With four wins out of five in this year’s Lanka Premier League, reigning champions Jaffna Kings are once again shaping up as the team to beat. For Thisara Perera his time with the Jaffna outfit has been among the most successful periods of his career, with the side winning back-to-back LPL titles under his leadership.

Afghanistan 313 for 8 (Ibrahim 162, Najibullah 77, Rajitha 3-60) vs Sri Lanka Najibullah Zadran was Ibrahim’s chief accomplice, as the pair put on 154 off 141 balls, transporting Afghanistan from a precarious position to an excellent one. Down the order, Ibrahim found several accomplices, as Afghanistan made 51 off the last five overs. All

Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first for the second time in 48 hours, on a Pallekele surface that looked to both captains as if it would have plenty of runs in it. Often, at this venue, the ball tends to zip around under lights as well – a phenomenon Afghanistan’s quicks used

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and chose to bat first, on what he felt was a decent batting surface in Pallekele. Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka said he would have batted first as well. The ball’s tendency to zip around under lights in Pallekele may have influenced Hashmatullah’s decision as well. Seam-bowling allrounder