Category: Sports News

Lankans elect to bat first; Malinga in for Kapugedera

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in their second Asia Cup match against Pakistan in Mirpur, Bangladesh. Lasith Malinga was brought into the team while Chamara Kapugedera was left out. […]



Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews out of Asia Cup

Sri Lanka suffered a blow on Wednesday when influential all-rounder Angelo Mathews was ruled out for the rest of the Asia Cup due to a calf injury. […]



Mahela hails team’s fighting spirit

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene was proud of his team even though it lost the Commonwealth Bank one-day tri-series to Australia in Adelaide. […]



Aussies win third final to take CB series

Australia win the Commonwealth Bank series after beating Sri Lanka by 17 runs following a tense final at Adelaide. Clint McKay took five wickets for 28 runs while Upul Tharanga scored 71 off 122 balls for the Lankans. […]



Tri-series: Australia 231 all out vs Sri Lanka

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP)—Australia was all out for 231 after being sent in to bat by Sri Lanka in the third and deciding tri-series finals match Thursday at Adelaide Oval: […]



Sri Lanka wins by 8 wickets, levels finals series

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP)—Sri Lanka has won Game 2 by eight wickets to force the best-of-three Tri-series finals into a deciding third match against Australia: […]



Australia sets Sri Lanka 272 to win 2nd final

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP)—Australia has set Sri Lanka a target of 272 to win Game 2 and keep the best-of-three match tri-series finals alive. […]



We are on the right track-Mahela

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene was staying cool after his side’s loss to Australia in the first final of the Commonwealth Bank Series, declaring they were on the right track and confident of firing in the second match. […]



Australia beat Sri Lanka by 15 runs in 1st ODI final

March 4 (Reuters) – Australia beat Sri Lanka by 15 runs in the first final of the one-day Tri-series against Sri Lanka at the Gabba, Brisbane on Sunday. […]



Australia’s Whatmore to take over as Pakistan coach

Former Australian batsman Dav Whatmore, who guided Sri Lanka to World Cup glory, arrived in Pakistan to sign a contract as the new coach of the national team, an official said Friday. […]



Sri Lanka beats Australia by 9 runs in tri-series

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs to reach at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday to reach the tri-series finals. […]



Sri Lanka 238 vs Australia in ODI tri-series

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Sri Lanka set a victory target of 239 in its must-win limited-overs tr-series cricket match against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. […]



India shock Sri Lanka

India came up with an outstanding performance to annihilate Sri Lanka a short while ago chasing down the Lankan total of 320 within just 36.4 overs. Virath Kohli slammed 133 runs off 86 balls to help the Indians gain the bonus point in order to keep their hopes alive for the best of three finals […]



Dilshan, Sangakkara flay India’s cricket bowlers

50 overs Sri Lanka 320 for 4 (Dilshan 160*, Sangakkara 105) v India Tillakaratne Dilshan equalled his best one-day score of 160 and Kumar Sangakkara also smashed a ton in Hobart Tuesday as Sri Lanka pushed India to the brink of elimination from the tri-series. […]



India elect to bowl against Sri Lanka

NEW DELHI: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to field against Sri Lanka in the 11th ODI of the tri-series at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. […]



Sri Lanka take top spot with record chase

Sri Lanka 7 for 283 (Jayawardene 85, Chandimal 80, Christian 3-53) beat Australia 6 for 280 (Forrest 104, Clarke 72) by three wickets Sri Lanka sure know how to keep things interesting. On a day when Peter Forrest announced himself as Australia’s new No.3 with his maiden one-day century, Mahela Jayawardene and Dinesh Chandimal helped […]