By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka hit top gear demolishing England in double quick time by 8 wickets with 146 balls to spare in the 25th world cup fixture on a clinical bowling and batting performance ignited by speedsters Lahiru Kumara who grabbed 3 for 35, veteran Angelo Mathews 2 for 14 and Kasun Rajitha 2 […]The post Sri Lanka dismantle England by 8 wkts. on 3-wkt. haul by Lahiru Kumara plu...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka and defending champions England lock horns today at a batting top M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru from a precarious bottom both facing the tall order of performing the near impossible of winning five matches to gaining 12 points that calls for cracking the giant sized including high riding table leaders hosts India […]The post Buoyed Sri Lanka from last win pl...

The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has approved Angelo Mathews as a replacement for Matheesha Pathirana in the Sri Lanka squad. Mathews, who has played 221 ODIs, was named as a replacement after Pathirana failed to recover from a shoulder injury sustained during a warm-up match and was subsequently […]The post Mathews approved as replacement for Pathirana i...

By Srian Obeyesekere Opening batsman Pulindu Perera led from the front scoring a brilliant 156 off only 96 balls as Sri Lanka U19 defeated Pakistan U19 by 58 runs in the first one-dayer held at National Bank Stadium Karachi. Sri starred with the bat hitting a magnificent century. Put into bat, Sri Lanka U19 ran […]The post Pulindu Perera a masterly 156 as Sri Lanka U19 defeat Pakistan U19 by...

Kasun Rajitha & Dilshan Madushanka 4 wickets each By Srian Obeyesekere Sadeera Samarawickrama produced a high class unbeaten innings of 91 107 balls as Sri Lanka came out of its barren run to defeat a threatening Netherlands by 5 wickets to pocket 2 points on Saturday following three straight defeats at the Bharat Ratna Shri […]The post Sadeera Samarawickrama resolute Player of the Match...

By Srian Obeyesekere A bottom of the table Sri Lanka confronts the Netherlands from a desperate winless blank sheet world cup hoodoo against a minnow’s side buoyed by stunning South Africa to moving to eighth position in the 2023 World Cup points table tomorrow at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, […]The post Sri Lanka carries unscathed record vs Netherlands w...

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By Srian Obeyesekere Another fantastic 125 opening start off 130 balls by Kusal Janith Perera 78 (82b, 12×4) and Pathum Nissanka 61 (76b, 8×4) was blown off by one of the world cup collapses since 2011 shot out for 209 and Sri Lanka’s worst collapse since their inaugural World Cup game as they lost 10 […]The post Sri Lanka blow it off again from fine start in worst collapse a...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has lifted the ban imposed on Danushka Gunathilaka, who was acquitted following a lengthy legal battle in Australia over sexual abuse allegations.

KUSAL MENDIS TAKES OVER REINS IN PLACE OF INJURED DASUN SHANAKA By Srian Obeyesekere In a reality semi-final hope must win scenario from the brink of the precarious of two straight losses, tomorrow’s Sri Lanka versus Australia face off at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow is of two sides […]The post Sri Lanka pressed to beat Australia in must win scena...

Media Release 13th October 2023 The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association, in collaboration with Sri Lanka Cricket, will hold the Under-19 Schools Cricket Awards 2023 on October 17. The Ceremony is a long-standing annual event of prestige and traditional significance which celebrates the top

INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL India batting prodigy Shubman Gill secures his second Men’s Player of the Month crown after fluid scoring in September ODIs Influential Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu wins her first Women’s Player of the Month accolade after spearheading an historic T20I series win in England More about the ICC Player of the Month […]The post GILL AND ATHAPATHTHU NAMED IC...

ICC and UNICEF to bring together cricket’s 1 billion fans to #BeAChampion for children Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Stadium to turn blue for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 fixture between India and Sri Lanka on November 2 ODI cricket’s all-time leading run scorer Sachin Tendulkar and leading wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan to support One Day 4 […]The post ICC and UNICEF to ...

A bilateral memorandum of understanding was signed between Honorable Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Mr. Roshan Ranasinghe and Honorable Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia Mr. Tim Watts, on 10th October,2023 at Sri Lanka Cricket to develop sports cooperation between Sri Lanka

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka was beaten by Pakistan by 6 wickets with ten balls to spare in a record highest World Cup chase despite scoring 344 on the brilliance of Kusal Mendis’ 77 ball 122 by Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama 108 off 89 mainly due to a wanting bowling attack that has been […]The post Pakistan in record chase win on centuries by Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafiqu...

By Srian Obeyesekere In a 102-run world cup downsizing by record breaking South Africa, Sri Lanka can yet pick themselves up from the battle-scarred dust of the daring challenge mounted to achieving the 429 target that they roared after true to the trademark Lions dubbed slogan falling short literally in a last post thrust in […]The post Battle scarred Sri Lanka can take heart from 300-plus ...

Dasun Shanaka a redeeming 68, Charith Asalanka 79, Kusal Mendis 76 By Srian Obeyesekere South Africa broke the records by the highest ever ODI total 428, against a hapless Lankan attack in a 102-run victory, but credit to Sri Lanka for making a valiant effort to making a match of it in totaling 326 despite […]The post South Africa smash records, fastest ton by Aiden Markram in 102-run triump...

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Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to provide prize money of Rs. 10 million to Tharushi Karunaratne, who won the Gold in the women s 800m event at the ongoing 19th Asian Games.

COUNTDOWN Sri Lanka – the iceberg challenge to World Cup Akin to a ship going past a floating iceberg to the world cup, consistency will be the tall order bugged by top order batting failures while the same applies to the bowling department in the wake of three straight ODI defeats from being bowled out […]The post Curtain raiser today between defending champs England and New Zealand appeare...

ON EVE WORLD CUP WARM UP By Srian Obeyesekere Kusal Mendis’ singlehanded lionhearted gung-ho 158 off 87 powered by 19 boundaries and 9 over the top in a total of 294 could not prevent Afghanistan from speeding to a 6-wicket win over Sri Lanka with 23 balls to spare after being set a rain revised […]The post Kusal Mendis blitzkrieg 158 off 87 cannot stave Afghanistan from 6-wkt. win on Rahman...

By Srian Obeyesekere In a high scoring affair, Sri Lanka lost their first World Cup warm up match against Bangladesh by 7 wickets having totaled 263 off 49.1 overs at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. Bangladesh skippered by Mehidy Hasan Miraz made light of the target with openers Tanzid Hasan 84 off 88 inclusive of […]The post Bangladesh make light of Sri Lanka’s 263 to win warm up b...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is considering lifting the temporary cricket ban imposed on cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, who was acquitted by an Australian court over sexual assault charges today (28), according to sources.