Upul Tharanga’s fourth one-day international century this year and a five-wicket haul from Lasith Malinga kept the series alive as Sri Lanka compiled a comfortable 78-run victory in Hambantota. After two substandard batting performances in the opening matches, Sri Lanka finally found their rhythm and their 286 was too tall a target for Australia, who […]
Sri Lanka 157 for 9 (Jayawardene 86, Hastings 3-14, Lee 3-39) beat Australia 149 for 9 (Watson 57, Mendis 6-16) by eight runs Ajantha Mendis turned tricks beyond the grasp of six Australian batsmen as Sri Lanka completed an eight-run victory for a 2-0 sweep of the Twenty20 series at Pallekele. […]
Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a maiden century off just 57 balls and Dilruwan Perera took three wickets to lead Sri Lanka to a 35-run win against Australia in the first Twenty20 match on Saturday. Dilshan hit five sixes and 12 boundaries for an unbeaten 104 as Sri Lanka ended on 198-3 in 20 overs. […]
Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has not been picked for the national team’s two-match Twenty20 series against Australia, starting August 6 in Pallekele, due to an injury. Malinga was named in the list of 20 probables for the home series, but was left out of the Twenty20s to get back to fitness for […]
Sri Lanka have announced their one-day and T20 squad for Australia’s tour next month, but not their skipper. Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was named captain for the recent tour of England, was included in the 20-man squad scheduled to play five ODIs and two Twenty20 games against Australia. […]
A division bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Malik Muhammad Ishaq the alleged mastermind of the Sri Lankan cricket team attack which occurred on March 3, 2009. The bench comprising Justice MA Shahid Siddiqui and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa ordered the release of the accused on furnishing two bail […]
SRI Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara has welcomed the ICC directive requiring all national boards to be elected without political interference. His call came just days after Sri Lanka’s sports minister said he had forced the national cricket board committee to step down following allegations of financial mismanagement. […]
June 20, 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Acting Chairman, SLC, Eshana De Silva (L) and a visibly distraught Nishantha Ranatunga at the media briefing. (Pic by Sujatha Jayaratne) Sajeewa Rajapakse, Treasurer, Sri Lanka Cricket who has been an employee of SLC for the last six years, stated that this is the first time that SLC has […]
Legendary Sanath Jayasuriya will make a welcome return to the Sri Lanka T20 and One Day International fold as the national selectors picked the former Sri Lanka captain yesterday to join the squad for the series against England starting on June 25 with aT20 at Bristol. The series also features five ODIs against England and […]
