Category: Sports News

Former skipper Kumar Sangakkara’s fighting knock of 133 went in vain as Sri Lanka lost their first one-day international against India by 21 runs to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka on Saturday. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Spinner Rahul Sharma’s participation in the ODI in the India Sri Lanka match at Hambantota has been thrown into jeopardy as he has been tested positive for the drug test after having been arrested at a rave party in Bombay last May. […]

Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya (L) performs during the launch of this season’s Colors television channel Hindi reality dance show ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ in Mumbai Sanath Jayasuriya, the former Sri Lanka opener, was one of six players to be valued at the maximum price of $35,000 in the local player portion of the draft for […]

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara made a return to the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test batting rankings after scoring a big century against Pakistan in the drawn Test at the SSC. He had lost the top spot to West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul in March 2012, after failures in the Galle Test against England. […]

Sri Lanka Cricket has named 56 foreign players who will play in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League. There are no India or England players – apart from Azhar Mahmood – among the 56, who were picked by the seven franchises via a draft system in Colombo on Thursday. […]

Sri Lanka were bowled out for 391 runs in the second test match against Pakistan currently played at the SSC. Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed for the second time in the series on the brink of a double century after he was caught off he bowling of Junaid Khan for 192 runs. […]

T.M. Dilshan scored his 14th Test century while Kumar Sangakkara also reached his ton a short while ago against Pakistan in the second Test match played in Colombo as the partnership between the pair surpassed 200 runs. […]

In a major breakthrough for Sri Lanka Cricket, all seven Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) franchises have been snapped up with bids worth over 30 million U.S. dollars received, a statement said here on Tuesday. […]

Kumar Sangakkara, who was left stranded on 199 during the second day between Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1st Test, said that there are bigger things that getting out or not out on 199. […]

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara played patient Test match cricket in the second session of the first day in Galle to steadily push Sri Lanka towards a position of strength against Pakistan. On a track that was giving a bit of assistance to Pakistan’s spinners, Dilshan curbed his natural attacking instincts after lunch to reach […]

Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh is hoping to return to action this year after undergoing cancer treatment. […]

Graham Ford, the Sri Lanka coach from South Africa, has said that Thisara Perera reminded him of former South Africa allrounder Lance Klusener. Perera’s outstanding performances with the ball in the ODIs against Pakistan earned him the Man-of-the-Series award. […]

Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by two wickets in the fifth and final one-day international in Colombo on Monday to clinch the series 3-1. […]

Tilakaratne Dilshan said that he, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardane are nearing their retirement age. “After the next World Cup we would be gone. I think Mahela will have to shoulder the burden till the next World Cup,” Dilshan said in an interview with espncricinfo.com after a training session at the R Premadasa Stadium. […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – All-rounder Thisara Perera registered a rare hat-trick to lead Sri Lanka to an unlikely 44-run win over Pakistan in the fourth one-day international on Saturday. […]

Sri Lanka Cricket has not even thought of banning any player, let alone fast bowler and ICC T20 Ambassador, Lasith Malinga. […]