USA had several things going against them. The conditions: Before today, they’d never played at Nassau County Stadium; this was India’s fourth game at the venue. Personnel: Monank Patel, the designated captain, was out injured. The toss: Rohit Sharma called correctly and asked USA to bat in seaming conditions. Experience: A motley crew with day […]

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 […]

A final decision on whether Pakistan will host the 2023 Asia Cup is now expected in March, after an Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Bahrain failed to reach a breakthrough. They will meet again in a month’s time, around the next set of ICC meetings. The uncertainty around the 2023 Asia Cup began in […]

A little over four months after winning the Asia Cup, Sri Lanka are on the verge of a selection committee shake-up and its chief Pramodya Wickramasinghe is likely to be among the first names on the chopping block. Wickramasinghe has headed the selection committee since April 2021, overseeing a youth-driven overhaul of Sri Lanka’s limited overs squads. This has […]

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka said winning the Asia Cup will help the team s preparation for next month s Twenty20 World Cup, while batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa labelled the achievement as a Âgreat win for the island nation amid their economic crisis.

To say that the new Sport Minister’s thoughts, Monday, on the Sri Lanka Cricket Board was a breath of fresh air would be an understatement. Rather, Minister C. B. Ratnayake’s remark that cricket is “the third most corrupt institution behind education and the police” was more a tornado, which, while devastating surely the game’s administrators, ...