By Srian Obeyesekere With two needed off the final ball, a battered and bruised Sri Lanka from a 41-run loss to India a day ago, won a pulsating Super Four Asia Cup showdown over Pakistan with both sides totaling 252 off 42 overs that saw the hosts go through on the DRS in a rain […]The post Sri Lanka win thrilling showdown over Pakistan to set up final against India as Charith Asalanka does...

Tickets prices for the C and D stands at the RPICS, Colombo, will be reduced for the ongoing Asia Cup Tournament games as follows: C & D Upper Block: Rs. 1000 per ticket C & D Lower Block: Rs. 500 per ticket The price reduction is applicable for all the Super 4 Games, including today’s […]The post Reduced Ticket Prices for C and D Stands at RPICS, Colombo for Asia Cup Games! ap...

Sadeera Samarawickrama a rousing Player of the Match 93 By Srian Obeyesekere In an exhilarating all-round display fronted by Sadeera Samarawickrama’s 93 off 72 and some resolute pull back bowling, defending champions Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh for a second time by an emphatic 21 runs going into the Super 4 in the wake of the […]The post Exhilarating Sri Lanka prevail over Bangladesh by 21...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka’s decisive face off against Pakistan in a virtual knockout clash in today’s day-night Asia Cup contest at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium seeking to make it to the finals against India on Sunday will require a herculean effort by the host teams frontline batsmen. Greater resolute batting will indeed […]The post Herculean effort required from Lank...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka lost to India by 41 runs in a tussle that went out of the window when a seventh wicket 63-run Dhananjaya de Silva-Dunith Wellalage rescue act came to naught when de Silva paid the price of stepping out of his crease to off spinner Jadeja and sacrificed his wicket stumped […]The post India pip Sri Lanka by 41 runs negating Dunith Wellalage’s all-round brilliance...

Chamari Athapaththu 3/21 and 44 leads from the front for Player of the Match & Player of the Series awards   By Srian Obeyesekere Skipper Chamari Athapaththu produced a lusty all-round display as Sri Lanka Women pulled trounced England Women by 7 wickets with 18 balls to spare to register a historic 2-1 T20 series […]The post SL Women thrash England Women by 7 wkts. in historic 2-1 ...

Kusal Mendis Player of the Match 92 By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka won through to the Super Four by a nail biting 2 runs as a game Afghanistan edged closer and closer to going past the 291 target in the stipulated 37.1 overs when Mohammad Nabi blazed 65 off 32, but fell at the last […]The post Sri Lanka through to Super Four defeating Afghanistan by 2 runs in dramatic finish appeared first o...

Sri Lanka U19 batsman Dinura Kalupahana 150 and West Indies U19 Jordan Johnson 149 stole the limelight for their batting feats while the locals Vihas Thewmika shone with the ball claiming 6 wickets for 78 in the drawn three-day first Youth Test between the two countries played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. Sri […]The post Dinura Kalupahana 150 and Jordan Johnson 149 ...

By Srian Obeyesekere Asia’s defending champions Sri Lanka enter the thick of the battle into the Super Four of this 16th edition in Saturday’s Day-Night game against Bangladesh at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium on a high of having topped Group B in quest of a hat-trick of milestones – the pot of gold […]The post Sri Lanka takes another crack against Bangladesh seeking milesto...

The Court of Appeal today (Sept. 12) issued an interim order preventing the Sports Minister from taking further steps to amend the constitution of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka Women’s Skipper Chamri Athapaththu led from the front powered by Player of the Match stuff 55 off 31 balls fired by 8 boundaries and 2 over the top to go with her 1 wicket in routing England Women in the style of 8 wickets in the second T20 International to […]The post Chamari Athapaththu 55 off 31 powers Sri Lanka Women to 8-wicket routing of England Women in ...

Rex Clementine at Pallekele The much-hyped Asia Cup clash between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan was a flop with rain ruining the game and both teams sharing a point each. Although there were two rain interruptions during India’s innings, a full quota of 50 overs was bowled, but after the dinner break the run chase […]

Wet weather could further impact the Asia Cup schedule with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) considering moving games in the Super Four round away from Colombo. Officials from Sri Lanka Cricket and the PCB have confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that they are looking at alternative venues in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Friday announced that it was suspending all board-run domestic tournaments in the country, a move understood to have stemmed from a dispute surrounding the restructuring of these tournaments. “Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to immediately halt all board-conducted

Matheesha Pathirana Player of the Match 4/34, Charith Asalanka n.o. 62, Sadeera Samarawickrama 54 By Srian Obeyesekere  Twenty-year old Matheesha Pathirana, literally the baby of the side,  came to the show with a 4-wicket haul for 34 runs as defending champions Sri Lanka routed Bangladesh by 5 wickets with 66 balls to spare in their […]The post Sri Lanka coast to 5-wkt. win over Bangladesh ...

අභ්යන්තරික ගැටලු හමුවේ ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් ආයතනය සංවිධානය කරන සියලු දේශීය තරගාවලි වහාම ක්රියාත්මක වන පරිදි අත්හිටුවීමට පියවර ගෙන තිබෙන […]The post Sri Lanka Cricket – සියලු දේශීය තරගාවලි අත්හිටුවයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, declared in Parliament that the winners of LPL (Lanka Premier League) 2023 B-Love Kandy had been sponsored by an enterprise that was banned in the country. The statement was made in Parliament on 24th August. The one-time President of the Bar Association found fault with SLC […]

The 15 member squad selected by Sri Lanka Cricket for the Men’s ODI Asia Cup 2023 has been approved by the Minister of Sports and Youth, Roshan Ranasinghe. The Sri Lanka Squad – Dasun Shanaka – Captain, Pathum Nissanaka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis – Vice Captain

Media Release 29th August 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket selectors have selected the following 15-member squad to take part in the Men’s ODI Asia Cup 2023. The Honorable Minister of Sports and Youth, Roshan Ranasinghe, gave his approval for the squad. Squad 1) Dasun Shanaka – Captain 2) Pathum Nissanaka 3

ALL SPRUCED UP FOR 20M. PRIZE MONEY ASIA CUP By Srian Obeyesekere The INR 2 crore (20 million) prize money 2023 Asia Cup will commence on August 30 with Pakistan taking on Nepal at Multan while defending champions, Sri Lanka will take on Bangladesh on August 31 in the day-night starting at 3 p.m. at […]The post Defending champs Sri Lanka take on Bangladesh on Aug.31 | Pakistan vs. Nepal Curt...

By Srian Obeyesekere Ravishan Nethsara, Supun Waduge and Dinura Kalupahana hit half centuries as Sri Lanka U19 defeated the West Indies U19 by 6 wickets with 41 balls to spare in the first of three Youth ODIs yesterday at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. Batting first, West Indies totaled 223 in 49.1 overs with […]The post Sri Lanka U19 defeat West Indies U19 by 41 runs in...

by Rex Clementine Hot on the heels of the Parliament debate on the affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket, the Sports Ministry could present the newly drafted Constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket that had been drawn up after meticulous consideration following a petition to the courts. Leading stakeholders

The problem with Sri Lanka Cricket was too much political interference and the government must introduce a new constitution for that outfit, said SJB MP, Eran Wickramaratne addressing Parliament on the adjournment debate on Sri Lanka Cricket on Thursday (24.) “Things are so bad that coaches

Ratnapura District SJB MP Hesha Withanage told Parliament yesterday that Rs 67,693,679 had been spent by Sri Lanka Cricket for 14 persons to travel to Australia to watch the Men’s T20 cricket World Cup last year. When the waste of funds came to light following an audit conducted on the request

By Saman Indrajith The Cricekt Borad crisis cannot be sorted out without changing the method of electing office-bearers, says Chief Opposition Whip SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella told parliament yesterday. Participating in an adjournment debate on an Auditor General’s Department report on SLC officials participating in the Men’s T-20 world cup tournament in Australia last year, […]

Sri Lanka National Team players visited the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) for Children this morning in order to support the ‘Little Hearts Project’ of the hospital.During the visit, the players visited the cardiology ward and cardio-thoracic ward of the hospital. The national players, coaches, and team management took part in the visit.They were accepted by […]

The following 15-member SLC U19 squad has been selected to play in the warm-up game against the visiting West Indies U19 team. The one-day ‘Warm Up’ game will be played at the CCC Grounds, Colombo on August 25th. Following this, Sri Lanka U19 and West Indies U19 will engage in three one-day games and two […]The post SLC U19 Squad for the warm-up game first appeared on Sri Lanka Cricket.The p...