Eighteen year old opening batsman Shevon Daniel unleashed the innings of his life – a blitzkrieg 80 off 55 balls powered by 5 sixes and equal number of boundaries in Dambulla Aura’s 48-run win over Galle Gladiators, but was quite unlucky not to have got the nod for the Player...The post Shevon Daniel cameo 80 off 55 (5×6, 5×4), Jordan Cox 77 off 55 (6×3, 3×6) Dambul...

Chamika Karunaratne shone with the ball claiming 4 for 11 in Kandy Falcons 9-wicket trouncing of Colombo Stars in the 16th night fixture of the Lanka Premier League at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Kandy Falcons romped to 108 for 1 in 16 overs after having bowled...The post Chamika Karunaratne Player of the Match 4/11 – Kandy Falcons trounce Colombo Stars by 9 w...

It was a twosome West Indian show of Fabian Allen 47 off 23 and Carlos Braithwaite 4 for 18 in steering Kandy Falcons to a close 10-run win over Jaffna Kings in today’s Lanka Premier League D/N encounter at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium. Allen, the 27-year old Jamaican emerged...The post West Indian show as Fabian Allen 47 and Carlos Braithwaite 4/18 steer Kandy Falcons to vic...

Pace bowler Kasun Rajitha wrought havoc with a spellbinding 5 for 22 in bundling out Dambulla Aura for 89 runs as Colombo Stars swept to a 9-wicket win and the second in successive days with 51 balls to spare in Tuesday’s night encounter of the Lanka Premier League 2022 at...The post Kasun Rajitha 5/22 Star of the night as Dambulla crash by 9 wkts. appeared first on Sri Lanka Cricket.

When it looked like Colombo Stars was sunk by the Galle Gladiators with 40 off 18 balls for victory following the fall of Skipper Angelo Mathews for 7, Ravi Bopara, the former England all-rounder, who had watched from the other end con 7, performed the incredible thundering his way to...The post Ravi Bopara 31 off 12 lifts Colombo Stars to dramatic 2- wicket win over Galle Gladiators appeared firs...

Colombo Stars skipper Angelo Mathews cameo unbeaten 73 off just 38 in a heave of 2 over the top and 8 across was the closely fought out high point that went Jaffna Kings way that unfortunately fell short of the final flourish of his attempted six off the final delivery...The post Colombo Stars Angelo Mathews brute unbeaten 73 off 38, but Jaffna Kings prevail by 6 runs appeared first on Sri Lanka C...

Jaffna Kings did atone for yesterday’s loss to Colombo Stars with the 21-year old Afghanistan import Rahmanullah Gurbaz leading the way by an exhilarating 35-ball 73 and Avishka Fernando 54 off 30 to powering 240 for 4 in sending Dambulla Aura crashing to their third consecutive defeat by runs and...The post Rahmanullah Gurbaz 73 off 35, Avishka Fernando 54 off 30 as Jaffna Kings bounce back...

Lahiru Udara struck an unbeaten timely Player of the Match 45 off 35 balls as Galle Gladiators defeated Colombo Stars by 25 runs in the seventh match of the Lanka Premier League 2022 at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The outcome was never in doubt after Colombo Stars...The post Lahiru Udara 45 n.o. Player of the Match as Galle Gladiators take the shine off Colombo Stars ap...

All-rounder Chamika Karunaratne performed the incredible striking smashing the first two deliveries bowled by James Fuller over the top in meeting the challenge of 16 runs off the final over as Kandy Falcons cleared the 148-run target set by Jaffna Kings in the sixth Night game of the Lanka Premier...The post Bravo Chamika Karunaratne, 2 sixes in incredible final over drama as Kandy Falcons down J...

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Wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella stood strong staving a 3 for 26 collapse in three overs to leading Colombo Stars to a close 9-run win Dambulla Aura by a characteristically belligerent Player of the Match 41-ball 62 decked with 8 boundaries in the fifth game of the Sri Lanka Cricket Lanka...The post Niroshan Dickwella Steals the Show with 41-ball 62 in Colombo Stars 9-run win over Dambulla...

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West Indian all-rounder Carlos Braithwaite grabbed 4 wickets for 14 runs to spearhead Kandy Falcons to a comprehensive 5-wicket win over Galle Gladiators in back to back triumphs in the night fixture and the fourth on the second day of the Sri Lanka Cricket Premier League Tournament 2022 at the...The post Carlos Braithwaite Player of the Match 4/14 as Kandy Falcons crush Galle Gladiators by 5 wkts...

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King cricket, as the adage goes, could not have got any better for Sri Lanka, a country smitten by the cricket bug running well over a century of years when the second edition of Sri Lanka Cricket’s Lanka Premier League (LPL) as several international cricketers lined up along with local...The post LPL 2022 unfolds in riot of colour appeared first on Sri Lanka Cricket.

West Indian Andre Fletcher thundered his way to a rollicking unbeaten 102 off 67 balls in becoming the first batsman to reach three figures in the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) organised Lanka Premier League starring as Kandy Falcons crushed Colombo Stars by 109 runs in the second night fixture at...The post Andre Fletcher record 67-ball unbeaten 102 puts on 156 with Pathum Nissanka 71 as Kandy Falcons ...

Jaffna Kings led by Thisara Perera won today’s inaugural game of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) organised historic Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2022 defeating Galle Gladiators by 24 runs at the picturesque Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium at Sooriyawewa, Hambantota. The hero turned out to be 19- year old Dunith...The post Jaffna Kings win LPL opener defeating Galle Gladiators by 24...

Charith Asalanka struck an unbeaten 83 off 72 balls powered by 4 sixes and 5 boundaries as he and 19-year old Dunith Wellalage, 31 off 21 with 4 boundaries and a six in an unfinished 65-run partnership in taking Sri Lanka to a heart stopping 4-wicket triumph in a record...The post Player of the match Charith Asalanka 83 off 72 and Dunith Wellalage 31 take Sri Lanka to dramatic 4-wicket win in reco...

Rain ruined Sri Lanka’s chances of levelling the series after dismissing Afghanistan for 228 in the second ODI and the slender possibility of automatic qualification for the 2023 World Cup with the game being abandoned at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium tonight. The rains came down soon after the first...The post Abandoned 2nd ODI ruins SL chances; automatic world cup qualificat...

The chips down trailing Afghanistan by a smarting 1-nil defeat, it will be wake up reality time for hosts Sri Lanka heading into a literally do or die showdown against the high riding Afghanis in today’s second day-night ODI at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium at 2.30 pm. The by...The post Now or Never wake up call for Lankans to stop high riding Afghanistan appeared first on Sri...

Afghanistan produced a scintillating batting performance powered by opening batsman Ibrahim Zadran’s 120-ball 106 inclusive of 11 boundaries to register a comfortable 60-run win over Sri Lanka in the first of the 3-match ODI series at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium on Friday on a lively batting strip. Afghanistan’s batting...The post Afghanistan down Sri Lanka by 60 runs ...

Sri Lanka hosting Afghanistan for the first time in a 3-match ODI with opening game commencing today in a day-night at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium at 2.30 will be an Even Stevens type of showdown going on paper, but with the Lankans put to the acid test by a...The post Sri Lanka hold the edge back home, but Afghanistan will be aiming at their Achilles heel appeared first on Sri La...

EXCLUSIVE: The extraordinary run avalanche to the magical 1000 in the very first six innings on the trot that sets out young blood in the realms of the unique has indeed found Ragama CC’s Nishan Madushka just Player of the Series reward of the concluded Sri Lanka Cricket Major League...The post Sheer grit and commitment pays off – Player of the Series Nishan Madushka appeared first on ...