Category: Sports News

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed in a media release yesterday that ‘as per the recommendations of the special committee appointed to select the National Head Coach, The Executive Committee of SLC unanimously approved and appointed Marvan Atapattu to the position of National Head Coach of Sri Lanka Cricket with immediate effect’. […]

Ross Emerson has spilled the beans. It’s taken 15 years but at least now we know an injustice took place and an apology is a must. That apology must go to the man who suffered much trauma and he is none other than Muttiah Muralitharan. How many cricketers themselves heckled and jeered at him throughout, […]

Australia have built a concrete-based artificial ‘slow track’ at its National Cricket Centre to train batsmen to deal with the spin pitches of the subcontinent. […]

Sri Lanka Cricket Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga faced fresh allegations yesterday after the President of SLC, Jayantha Dharmadasa, alleged that the Secretary had violated the SLC Constitution and abused power! Ranatunga’s conduct as a cricket administrator has been questioned in several quarters over the years. Star cricketer Kumar Sangakkara has been one of his main critics […]

Kumar Sangakkara won the Most Popular Cricketer of the Year Award at the Dialog sponsored annual cricket awards, held last night in a glittering ceremony at Waters Edge, Colombo. […]

NEW DELHI: The Indian men’s hockey team will take on Sri Lanka Sep 21 while the women will clash against Thailand September 22 in their opening matches of the 17th Asian Games to be held in Incheon from September 19 to October 3. […]

Zimbabwe beat Australia by three wickets in the triangular series at Harare Sports Club on Sunday. […]

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the third and final one-day international to claim the series 2-1 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Saturday. […]

Deputy Postal Services Minister Sanath Jayasuriya said yesterday that he would recommend that a stamp be issued to honour Sri Lanka’s cricketing  sensation Mahela Jayewardene. […]

A responsible half-century from captain Angelo Mathews and some big hitting by Thisara Perera set up a comprehensive 77-run win for Sri Lanka against Pakistan in the second ODI on Tuesday and helped the hosts level the series at 1-1. […]

Veteran batsman Younis Khan will play no further part in Pakistan’s one-day series in Sri Lanka following the death of his 10-year-old nephew, an official said on Monday. […]

Sri Lanka on Tuesday selected Suraj Randiv for the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan ending the off spinner’s three-year international exile. Sri Lanka Cricket announced a 15-member squad with all-rounder Thisara Perera and fast bowler Dhammika Prasad who missed the concluded series against South Africa. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana Sri Lanka bade farewell to their former test and ODI captain Mahela Jayawardena this morning (18 August) as he helped his side to win the second test and the series 2-0 against Pakistan in Colombo. He scored 54 runs in his final inning of test cricket. […]

Sri Lanka 320 (Tharanga 92, Junaid 5-87) and 282 (Sangakkara 59, Jayawardene 54, Wahab 3-76, Ajmal 3-89) beat Pakistan 332 (Sarfraz 103, Herath 9-127) and 165 (Sarfraz 55, Herath 5-57) by 105 runs It took Sri Lanka just under an hour on the fifth morning to wrap up the Pakistan innings and kick off the […]

Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath captured four more Pakistan wickets to take his match tally to a career best 13 as Sri Lanka edged closer to victory in Mahela Jayawardene’s farewell test on Sunday. […]

Mahela Jayawardene was dismissed for 54 in his last Test innings on the fourth day of the second Test against Pakistan on Sunday. […]