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 ...

The inaugural edition of the Lanka T10 League is scheduled to be held from 12 Â 23 December 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced on Monday (10 July).

. In a […]The post Sri Lanka thrash Netherlands by 128-runs first appeared on Sri Lanka Cricket...

The warm up squad The Sri Lanka Cricket Selectors have selected the following 14-member SLC President’s XI to play the two-day warm-up game against the Pakistan National Team. The warm-up game will commence tomorrow, July 11, at the MRICS, Hambantota. The squad 1 Niroshan Dickwella (WK) 2 Oshada

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 […]

Pathum Nissanka back to back tons, Maheesh Theekshana 4/34 By Srian Obeyesekere Opening batsman Pathum Nissanka struck back to back centuries as Sri Lanka drubbed the West Indies, the once dominant force in world cricket by 8 wickets sweeping to 244 in reply to the twice world cup winners 243 all out in 48.1 overs […]The post Sri Lanka down West Indies by 8 wickets first appeared on Sri Lank...

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...

Media Release 4th July 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce the appointment of Tharindu Perera as the Assistant Coach of the Sri Lanka National Women’s Team. A qualified coach with a ECB Level 4 Specialist Coach Award, Perera has coaching experience with Warwickshire Country Cricket Club

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...

Athapaththu first Sri Lanka player to top MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI player rankings ICC Media Release Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu has become the first player from her country to top the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after starring in a 2-1 series win over New Zealand in the ICC Women’s Championship. […]The post History made as Sri Lanka star claims No.1 batter ran...

ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩාම එක්දින ලෝක කුසලාන ක්රිකට් තරගාවලියට සුදුසුකම් ලබාගැනීමට ඊයේ (02) සමත් විය. සිම්බාබ්වේදී පැවැත්වෙන ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් […]The post Sri Lanka Cricket : ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලබයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

Pathum Nissanka n.o. 101, Maheesh Theekshana  4/25 By Srian Obeyesekere Pathum Nissanka reeled off a run a ball unbeaten 101 as Sri Lanka crushed Zimbabwe by 9 wickets in clearing the final hurdle to the ICC 2023 Cricket World Cup with a game to spare at Bulawaya’s Queens Sports Club Grounds on Sunday.   Sri Lanka […]The post Sri Lanka through to World Cup, crush Zimbabwe by 9 wkts first app...

Dhananjaya de Silva Player of the Match 93  By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka overcame a scare from the Netherlands to virtually grab victory from the jaws of defeat in their first Super Six fixture of the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup by 21 runs with 10 overs to spare defending a below par total of […]The post Sri Lanka overcome Netherlands scare to win by 21 runs first appeared on Sri Lanka Cric...

ICC MEDIA RELEASE 27 Jun 23 The fixtures for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023 have been confirmed, with six teams still in the race for the final two spots at India 2023. – Super Six stage to determine final two spots at ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India – Full […]The post Fixtures confirmed for Super Six Stage of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier ...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka made a clean sweep with their fourth win in Group B of the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup qualifying round making short shrift of Scotland by 82 runs with 21 overs to spare at the Bulawayo Queens Sports Club Grounds on Tuesday. Thus, the 1996 world champions, are through as […]The post Sri Lanka make clean sweep of Group B qualifier, swamp Scotland by 82 runs first...

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 Srian Obeyesekere Opening batsman, Dimuth Karunaratne flayed a run a ball Player of the Match 103 to notch his maiden ODI century in Sri Lanka making it to the Super Six of the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup by trouncing Ireland by 133 runs with 17 overs to spare at the Queens Sports Club […]The post Sri Lanka crush Ireland by 133 runs to make it to Super Sixes – Dimuth Karunaratne 103, Wanin...

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. […]

Wanindu Hasaranga Player of the Match 5/13, Dimuth Karunaratne 61, PathumNissanka 37 By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka crushed Oman by 10 wickets in stroll in the park fashion to 100 off just 15 overs having shot out their opponents for 98 off 30.2 overs in a Group B match and the twelfth in the qualifying […]The post Sri Lanka crushes Oman by 10 wkts. to stay on course first appeared on Sri La...

Minod Bhanuka 130, Pasindu Sooriyabandara n.o. 113 in drawn game By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka A’s wicket-keeper batsman Minod Bhanuka struck a career best 130 and Pasindu Sooriyabandara an unbeaten 113 that were the highlight in the tadium yesterday. The Proteas, set a target of 324 for victory were 156 for 4  Sri Lanka A […]The post Sri Lanka A take series 1-nil first appeared on Sri Lank...

Media Release 23rd June 2023 The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee selected the following 15-member Sri Lanka National Women’s team to play the upcoming ODI series against the New Zealand National Women’s Team. The Honorable Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Roshan Ranasinghe

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