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The following squad has been approved by the Hon. Minister of Sports …
Angelo Mathews produced a masterpiece of batting brilliance as he single-handedly hauled Sri Lanka to victory over Pakistan out of nowhere in the fifth and deciding ODI at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday.
All-rounder Angelo Mathews struck an unbeaten 80 off 76 balls to lead Sri Lanka to a thrilling two wickets win over Pakistan with two balls to spare in the fifth and the final One-Day International played at the R Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Monday.
Thisara Pereraandrsquo;s individual brilliance with the ball helped Sri Lankaandrsquo;s turn around and take the series lead 2-1 in the ODI against Pakistan at the end of the fourth match played at the Premadasa Stadium on Saturday.
Sri Lanka Cricket has netted TotalSportsAsia (TSA) as the new team sponsor for the ICC World T-20 for a hefty US$ 500,000, approximately Rs. 65 million which was almost double the base price.
Pakistan were strongly placed at 166-2 in the 38th over before they collapsed to 199 all out chasing a 244-run target in the day-night contest, with man-of-the-match Perera finishing with 4-42.
Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has ordered officials of one of the countryandrsquo;s top motor racing organizations, Air Force officers assigned to it and staff of Sri Lankan Airlines for a one-to-one thrash-out on how and why an under-privileged rider was not given his prize after he won the overall championships at an event in March this year.
Sri Lanka yesterday pulled out a bowler, Sajeewa Weerakoon, from near obscurity to line up for the third ODI against Pakistan at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo implying that its stables were depleted following the retirement of Muttiah Muralideran and an injury to Rangana Herath.
After the start they had at Hambantota in the first T 20 the next two outings for Sri Lanka has naturally been disappointing. While nothing can be taken away from the bowling skills of Pakistan much of the blame is with the Sri Lankan team too.
If the batting in the Sri Lankan camp was below par the bowling and the fielding amply made up for it. To win by 37 runs after scoring just 132 for 7 in 20 overs has to be ranked as a wonderful effort under any circumstances. And that was exactly what Sri Lanka did at Hambantota in the 1st T 20 game against Pakistan to come from behind and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Sri Lankan hurdler Supun Randeniya from Ranabima Royal College bagged the countryandrsquo;s fourth medal at the on-going Asian Junior Athletics championships when he won the Bronze at the 110 metres hurdles at the Sugathadasa stadium yesterday.
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene yesterday said that the game of cricket has greatly evolved with the introduction of T20 cricket onto the world stage.
Coach Graham Ford yesterday said that all rounder Thisara Perera would be the biggest factor in Sri Lanka cricket in the future, just hours after the former St. Josephandrsquo;s College cricketer put up a magnificent all-round performance to set up a comfortable 76 runs win for Sri Lanka.
Yesterday marked a golden day for Sri Lanka athletics as two gold medals were won at the Asian Junior Athletic Championship at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
ICC Media Release More than 350 school children from Kandy district formed a …
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thisara Perera starred as Sri Lanka levelled the one-day international series against Pakistan with a comfortable 76-run victory in the second ODI in Pallekele.
Sprinter Ashantha Kumara has been axed from the 15th Asian Junior Athletic Championship despite recording the seasonandrsquo;s best performance in March.
Pakistan pace trio led by Umar Gul set up a comfortable six wicket win, as hosts Sri Lanka succumbed to its fifth successive defeat to the men in green in a rain affected first ODI here at Pallekele yesterday.
Pakistan won their first of the five One-Day Internationals against Sri Lanka by six wickets here at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has chosen Sri Lanka's star Lasith Malinga, as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012.
Pakistan is among four South Asian neighbours to snub the 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be hosted by Sri Lanka at the reconstructed Sugathadasa stadium in Colombo this weekend.andnbsp;
A political muddle is reported to have taken place ahead of selections for the Sri Lanka A team on a tour of South Africa, Ceylon Today learns.
Both Sri Lanka and Pakistan will be aiming for improvements in their rankings on the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table when they go head to head in a five-match series which starts in Pallekele on Thursday.
Pakistan on Monday added Sohail Tanvir to the one-day squad against Sri Lanka after the left-arm paceman excelled in the Twenty20 series draw.
Sri Lankaandrsquo;s Beach Handball pool is undergoing residential training at the Negombo beach for the last two months. The pool consisting of 18 players are training in preparation to represent the country at the Asian Beach Games to be held in Haiyang, China this month.
A. Ratnayake Central College, Walala can be called as the birth place of many athletes who are dominating at school and national level for years in the Sri Lanka athletic arena but out of those only few athletes went beyond national level to win at International level.
Sri Lanka perhaps did Pakistan a great favour to share the T-20 series with an experiment that failed in disaster as Shahid Afridi capped a memorable night becoming the first cricketer to play in 50 matches and with it lift his team to victory here at the Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium in Hambantota yesterday.
Pakistan were bowled out for 95 after restricting Sri Lanka to 132-7, with pacemen Nuwan Kulasekera, Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga and debutant off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake each taking two wickets.
Natureandrsquo;s fury and not any human factor could be a driving concern of the Sri Lankan team when they move out to take on Pakistan at the wind-swept bush covered venue here at Hambantota which prepares to take its place as the latest T-20 arena today.