ACC EMERGING TEAMS ASIA CUP 2023 By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka A trounced Oman A by a massive 217 runs to sweep into the semi-finals of the 2023 Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Asia Cup Tournament yesterday at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium. Accordingly, Sri Lanka topping Group A will meet Pakistan A in […]The post Sri Lanka A crush Oman by 217 – book semi-final berth v...

 By Srian Obeyesekere Middle order batsman Saud Shakeel struck a career best unbeaten 208 as Pakistan piled up 461 with its middle order and tail putting the Sri Lankan attack to the sword as the tourists took a box seat 151-run first innings lead which the hosts had cut down to 135 responding with 14 […]The post Saud Shakeel hammers career best unbeaten 208 as Pakistan lead by 135 runs, Sri...

DHANANJAYA DE SILVA SCORES 10TH TEST CENTURY By Srian Obeyesekere The first test was on an even keel with Pakistan on 221 for 5 wickets in reply to Sri Lanka’s 312 on an eventful second day highlighted by the host team’s vice captain Dhananjaya de Silva going on to score 122 for his tenth test […]The post Pakistan recovers to 221/5 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 312 first appeared on Sri Lanka Cric...

17th July 2023 Statement pertaining to a fabricated story published by Hiru TV mentioning that a Sri Lanka ‘A’ team player taking part in the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup has broken team protocols to attend a party. A news item published on July 16, 2023, on Hiru TV citing that a Sri Lanka […]The post Hiru TV’s Fabricated Story Exposed: A Clarification Statement first appeared on Sri La...

 By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka ended the first day of the first test against Pakistan on 242 for 6 wickets having recovered from a shaky 4 for 54 following a 131-run fifth-wicket partnership between Dhananjaya de Silva, who was unbeaten on 94 and Angelo Mathews 64 at the Galle International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Dhananjaya […]The post Sri Lanka 242/6 Dhananjaya de Silva n.o. 94, Angelo...

Media Release 10th July 2023: The inaugural edition of the Lanka T10 League will be held from December 12 to 23, 2023. The tournament, which was initially planned to be held in June 2023, was shifted to December, as SLC deemed the ‘December window’ as the most appropriate to conduct the league, as the timing […]The post The inaugural edition of the Lanka T10 will be played in December 2023 f...

By Srian Obeyesekere The Sri Lanka Cricket President’s  XI  forced a draw against the touring Pakistan yesterday at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium. Pakistan ran up 342 in reply to the Board XIs 196 with skipper Babar Azam scoring 79 off 113 balls inclusive of 7 boundaries and a six

Harshitha Samarawickrama 49 in unfinished record 140-stand By Srian Obeyesekere. Sri Lanka women won the third and final T20 international against New Zealand Women by 10 wickets following a record 143-run partnership by openers Chamari Athapaththu who made 80 and Harshitha Samarawickrama 49 yesterday at the P. Saravanamuththu International Stadium.. It was the fastest partnership […]The pos...

Sri Lankan spinner Hasaranga clinches the award following record-breaking feats at ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe Women’s Ashes hero Ashleigh Gardner becomes the first player to win three Player of the Month accolades More about the ICC Player of the Month awards is available here. The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the […]The post ICC Men’s Player of ...

by S. Skandakumar Dear Mr. Taufel As you were an Umpire who was held in the highest esteem throughout your tenure, I read your comments on the Bairstow dismissal with interest. Since it was an incident that raised comments from two Prime Ministers and turned the sacred Long Room at Lord’s temporarily into an angry […]

ICC Men’s Player of the Month contenders include Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Travis Head (AUS) and Sean Williams (ZIM) Tammy Beaumont (ENG), Ashleigh Gardner (AUS) and Hayley Matthews (WI) comprise the list of ICC Women’s Player of the Month nominees More about the ICC Player of the Month awards is available here VOTE NOW FOR ICC MEN’S […]The post ICC Player of the Month Nominees for June ...

July 4, 2023: Star Sports, the country’s leading sports network, will have the exclusive television media rights for the upcoming Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2023, scheduled to be played in Sri Lanka from July 30 to August 21. Having bagged the television broadcast rights, Star Sports will telecast the league’s exciting action live, exclusively in […]The post Star Sports acquires television b...

Sri Lanka Women in historic 2-1 ODI series win over New Zealand Women By Srian Obeyesekere Skipper Chamari Athapaththu’s extraordinary 80-ball 140 in Sri Lanka Women’s historic 2-1 ODI series win over New Zealand by pocketing the decisive third game by 8 wickets off 26.5 of the DRS revised 29 overs at the Galle International […]The post Chamari Athapaththu extraordinary 80-ball 140 stamps he...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the schedule for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 at a ‘Countdown to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023’ event in Mumbai. Ahmedabad to host World Cup opener between England and New Zealand on 5 October as well as the final on 19 November Nine more […]The post ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 schedule announced first appeared on Sr...

by Rex Clementine   A new controlling body for cricket in Ceylon was formed on the 25th of June 1948 and was named Board of Control for Cricket in Ceylon. Today marks the 75th anniversary of the formation of the cricket board. At a meeting held at the Malay Cricket Club at Rifle Green, P. […]

Media Release 21st June 2023 The membership of Sri Lanka Cricket unanimously approved the Audited Financial Statements of the SLC for the financial year 2022, which recorded a net surplus of Rs. 6.3 billion and a total income of Rs. 17.5 billion, which is 120% over the 2021 revenue

Media Release 20th June 2023 The Pakistan Men’s National Team will arrive in Sri Lanka during July 2023 to take part in a two- match test series against Sri Lanka. The test series is a part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023–25 cycle. Pakistan’s national team will arrive in Sri Lanka on July 9, […]The post Pakistan Test series dates announced first appeared on Sri Lanka Cricket.Th...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka A trounced South Africa A by 160 runs on the third day to win with a day to spare as the touring team was bowled out for 185 chasing a target of 345 in the first unofficial test match played at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium yesterday. . Having bundled […]The post Sri Lanka A trounce South Africa A by 160 runs with a day to spare first appeared on...

By Srian Obeyesekere Off spinner Lakshitha Manasinghe sent South Africa A crashing to 131 in 40 overs as hosts Sri Lanka A took control to lead by 194 on a rain marred second day of the unofficial first test match at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium yesterday. Munasinghe wrought havoc with the ball in his […]The post Off spinner Lakshitha Manasinghe sends South Africa A crashing ...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka A ran up 325 against South Africa A on the opening day of the first unofficial Test match with opening batsman Lasith Croospulle stroking a solid 119-ball 98, and all-rounder Ramesh Mendis an equally ominous 78 off 89 balls respectively yesterday at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium. Croospulle, who struck […]The post Sri Lanka A 325 vs. South Africa...

Ahead of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) auction, Pakistan's captain and star batter Babar Azam, who was a pre-auction direct signing by the Colombo Strikers franchise, said that he and his team are looking forward to developing the strongest side in the tournament.The post Colombo Strikers will look to form strongest side at LPL auction, Pakistan captain Babar Azam says appeared first on ONLANKA N...

by Rex Clementine  One Day International (ODI) cricket has been played for over half a century now and early this year the sport saw the biggest ever defeat in that format of the game in the Indian city of Trivandrum when Sri Lanka suffered an ignominious defeat by a massive 317 runs at the hands […]

By Srian Obeyesekere South Africa A defeated Sri Lanka A by 5 wickets with 85 balls to spare in the third unofficial ODI to take a 2-1 lead in the 5-match unofficial ODI series at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium yesterday. Put into bat, Sri Lanka A was bowled out for 172 in 42.3 overs […]The post South Africa A defeats Sri Lanka A by 5 wkts. to take 2-1 lead in 5-match unofficia...

4-WKT. DUSHMANTHA CHAMEERA PLAYER OF THE MATCH & PLAYER OF THE SERIES By Srian Obeyesekere In what turned out to be an utter anti-climax to what was a much hyped showdown of the decisive third and final ODI, Sri Lanka enjoyed a cakewalk 9-wicket triumph over Afghanistan to pocket the 3-match series 2-1 at the […]The post Sri Lanka in cakewalk 9-wkt. Routing of Afghanistan to take series ...