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Sri Lanka earned their first win of the T20 World Cup in their final match, beating Netherlands by 83 runs. Sri Lanka signed off a disappointing campaign with their first win of the T20 World Cup as they beat the Netherlands by 83 runs in St Lucia. Charith Asalanka smashed five sixes as Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka confident BIMSTEC will prioritize implementation of agreed measures (Category: Breaking News)
- Prabhakaran’s brother says LTTE chief and family are truly dead (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Mathews admits ‘we let country down’ at T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Couples in Sri Lanka not prioritizing having babies (Category: Breaking News)
As Sri Lanka bids farewell to the 2024 T20 World Cup, Captain Wanindu Hasaranga emphasized the importance of accountability in the face of defeat.
Sri Lanka ended their 2024 T20 World Cup campaign in a resounding fashion with a dominant 83-run win over Netherlands in Gros Islet. It meant they ended on three points and third place in Group D behind South Africa and Bangladesh, who had confirmed their place in the Super Eight after beating
- Angelo Mathews back in T20I squad after three-year absence (Category: Breaking News)
- Uncapped Dunith Wellalage in Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup squad (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh look to remedy home record as rivalry with Sri Lanka heats up (Category: Breaking News)
- Shanto, Mushfiqur and bowlers headline Bangladesh’s comfortable win (Category: Breaking News)
Bangladesh’s Super Eight fate in the T20 World Cup 2024 is in their own hands as one more win is all they need to go through. The only way Bangladesh can miss out is if they lose big against Nepal, and Netherlands beat Sri Lanka by a big enough margin with that game scheduled an […]
- Wolvaardt, Brits in record stand as South Africa clinch series 2-1 (Category: Breaking News)
- Tanzim’s four, Mustafizur’s three take Bangladesh into Super Eight (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh, Netherlands hope for batting boost in Kingstown (Category: Breaking News)
- Uncapped Dunith Wellalage in Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup squad (Category: Breaking News)
Angelo Mathews issued an apology to Sri Lanka on behalf of his team-mates on Saturday, saying they were “heartbroken” to have “let the entire nation down”. Their group-stage exit from the T20 World Cup 2024 was confirmed when Bangladesh beat Netherlands in St Vincent
- Sri Lanka’s Mathews admits ‘we let country down’ at T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh set to tour USA for three T20Is ahead of World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Ireland face up to difficult task (Category: Business)
- Nepal’s Lamichhane denied US visa, will miss T20 World Cup 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
Veteran Sri Lankan cricketer Angelo Mathews has apologized for the squad s poor performance at the 2024 ICC Men s T20 World Cup, acknowledging the team s regret for disappointing the hopes of both the nation and the team.
Star Sri Lanka allrounder Angelo Mathews admitted Saturday that “we’ve let the entire nation down” as the former champions suffered a first round exit at the T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka, the champions in 2014, play their final Group D game on Sunday against the Netherlands
- MCC backs umpires in Mathews ‘time-out’ furore (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beat Netherlands in their final T20 World Cup match (Category: Breaking News)
- US envoy meets Sri Lankan diaspora in Staten Island (Category: Breaking News)
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USA have qualified for the Super Eight stage in their maiden T20 World Cup appearance, after their final group game against Ireland was washed out in Florida. The no-result gave USA five points, which was enough for a second place finish behind India in Group A. There was heavy rain in Florida
- Rainy Florida awaits confident USA and demoralised Ireland (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Canada split points in damp Lauderhill (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan and Ireland await a damp finish in Florida (Category: Breaking News)
- India, Pakistan headline exhilarating neighbourhood showdown (Category: Breaking News)
The United States cricket team moved on to the Super Eight stage of the 2024 Twenty20 World Cup without bowling a single ball on Friday, as the Americans’ matchup with Ireland was rained out. Umpires called off the game due to wet outfield conditions before heavy rain began in the afternoon, giving the U.S. a […]
- Nepal batsman Airee smashes six sixes in an over (Category: Breaking News)
- Scotland thrashed by Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup qualifier (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia to impose tougher English tests on foreign students to halve migration (Category: Breaking News)
- New York increases security ahead of India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Sports Harin Fernando, while speaking to the media this afternoon (14), expressed his views regarding Sri Lankan team s early elimination from the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
Florida is in the midst of a tropical disturbance that has brought intense rainfall. And there’s no respite for the remainder of the week. A flash-flood emergency in the region threatens to wash out the entire leg of matches at Central Broward Park. Two days ago, Nepal vs Sri Lanka was washed out before there […]
- Washout in Florida takes USA through to Super Eight (Category: Breaking News)
- Ireland ensure USA remain winless (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Canada split points in damp Lauderhill (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan and Ireland await a damp finish in Florida (Category: Breaking News)
Bangladesh made a big stride towards securing a Super Eights berth at the T20 World Cup 2024 with a confident 25-run win over Netherlands in the first international fixture in Kingstown in close to a decade. It was a welcome return to form for Shakib Al Hassan who scored his first fifty in 20 T20I
- Ali Khan and Monank Patel take USA to historic T20I series win over Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- Tanzim’s four, Mustafizur’s three take Bangladesh into Super Eight (Category: Breaking News)
- Shakib, Mustafizur star on comeback as Bangladesh go 4-0 up against Zimbabwe (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh, Netherlands hope for batting boost in Kingstown (Category: Breaking News)
Netherlands will hunt for their first big fish (Full Members side) when they take on Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup‘s newest venue in Kingstown, St Vincent. It is a fresh pitch where competitive cricket hasn’t been played for a while now. Both sets of batters, battered and bruised
- Shakib, Rishad and Mustafizur take Bangladesh one step closer to Super Eight (Category: Breaking News)
- Miller and Baartman help South Africa end Netherlands jinx in low-scoring nail-biter (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sign off with win (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh favourites to make Super Eight, but Nepal could ask difficult questions (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka cricket team s T20 World Cup campaign has been struck by a double dose of bad luck. Heavy flooding in Florida has left them stranded in Fort Lauderdale, forcing them to delay their travel to Saint Lucia for their next match.
Heavy rain canceled the T20 World Cup Group D match between Sri Lanka and Nepal on Tuesday in Lauderhill, Florida.The post Rain washes out Sri Lanka Vs Nepal T20 World Cup match appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
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- WT20 Statistical highlights: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- WT20 Statistical highlights: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka and Nepal came to Lauderhill searching for their first wins, hoping to put their T20 World Cup 2024 on track. However incessant rain, heavy enough to trigger flash-flood alerts for local residents, left both teams splitting one point apiece. That means Sri Lanka
- India's neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka in "most failed states" list: Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Spicejet to introduce flights to Dhaka, Colombo and Nepal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka climbs to 155 in FIFA rankings (Category: Breaking News)
- Regional Reach (Category: Business)
Rocky Flintoff, the son of former England allrounder Andrew Flintoff, has been called up to England men’s Under-19 squad for their three-match youth ODI series against Sri Lanka later this month. Despite being just 16, Flintoff has impressed for Lancashire 2nd XI this season. He made his debut two days after his 16th birthday and scored a maiden […]
- New York increases security ahead of India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match (Category: Breaking News)
- Popular K-Pop singer Park Boram dies aged 30 (Category: Breaking News)
- India election throws up surprise as Modi’s alliance scrapes past majority (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump scowls as jury is picked to decide how much he owes for denying sex assault (Category: Breaking News)
‘A violation of unanimous parliamentary resolution’ By Saman Indrajith The SJB yesterday said that the government had published a gazette allowing the incumbent Sri Lanka Cricket President and Secretary to remain in their positions, purportedly in exchange for providing funds for government members to contest future elections. Addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s Office […]
- Parliament tells SLC bigwigs to go home (Category: Breaking News)
- Now, what? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cheers for Maxwell and Roshan (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet sub committee recommends cricket board to be overhauled (Category: Breaking News)
South Africa have a great opportunity to consolidate their position at the top of Group D when they take on Bangladesh in New York in the T20 World Cup 2024. Many factors favour South Africa. They have never lost to Bangladesh in T20Is. They are familiar with the New York venue, having played
- Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen lead South Africa’s demolition of Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- Rain washes out chase after Mushfiqur fifty helps Bangladesh to 246 (Category: Breaking News)
- Mathews on Sri Lanka’s exit: ‘We’ve let the entire nation down’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh, Netherlands hope for batting boost in Kingstown (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka said Friday they have complained to the International Cricket Council over their T20 World Cup team’s treatment and conditions in co-host the United States.The sports minister Harin Fernando alleged other teams had it better and said Sri Lanka had lodged a formal protest
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Sri Lanka s Foreign Minister and Chairman of Cabinet Sub-Committee appointed to examine the issues faced by Sri Lanka Cricket says that the country s recent disappointments in the ICC World Cup 2023 and ICC T20 World Cup are not isolated incidents.
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Once is coincidence, twice is a clue, and three times is proof. To paraphrase Agatha Christie, that is the narrative around South Africa’s meeting with Netherlands at this T20 World Cup. The Dutch beat South Africa at the 2022 tournament and ended their semi-final hopes in a match where South
- Focus on plight of Palk Bay fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
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- Netherlands vs Nepal – the one match neither team can afford to lose (Category: Breaking News)
- Washout puts Sri Lanka on brink of exit; Nepal hurt by result too but South Africa confirm Super... (Category: Breaking News)
In a thrilling T20 World Cup fixture, Bangladesh clinched a two-wicket victory over former champions Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh got off to a winning start in the ongoing T20 World Cup beating Sri Lanka by two wickets in their Group D encounter at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas today. After Rishad Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman claimed three wickets each to restrict Sri Lanka to 124 for nine, Hridoy smashed
- Sri Lanka to expedite talks on proposed trade agreement with Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh include Mosaddek Hossain in their squad for first Test against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh gives Sri Lanka 6 more months to repay $200m loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh says Sri Lanka paid back another $100m (Category: Breaking News)
Saurabh Netravalkar moved to the United States in 2015. He was 23 and had accepted a difficult reality. He wasn’t going to be a professional cricketer. “It was a very emotional call,” Netravalkar said in an interview last year. “I packed my bags and moved to the US to study. I never dreamt that I’d […]
- SJB calls for sacking of SLC management (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB MP alleges misuse of funds at SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC needs new constitution: Eran (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cricket debacle: Chief selector to “reveal all”, hints at conspiracy (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Sports Harin Fernando announced that a complaint has been lodged with the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding the lengthy travel times and hardships the Sri Lankan team faced during the Group Stage matches of the 2024 T20 World Cup.
There are two obvious groups of death in this T20 World Cup, and Group D is one of them. Netherlands and Nepal are the two lowest-ranked sides in the group, but one of them comes into the tournament with serious pedigree in punching well above their weight at World Cups. Remember
- Washout puts Sri Lanka on brink of exit; Nepal hurt by result too but South Africa confirm Super... (Category: Breaking News)
- Mathews on Sri Lanka’s exit: ‘We’ve let the entire nation down’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Logan van Beek’s career-best 4 for 24 vaults Netherlands into Super Sixes (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal’s Lamichhane denied US visa, will miss T20 World Cup 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
South Africa opened their T20 World Cup campaign in authoritative fashion by bowling Sri Lanka out for their lowest total in the format and chasing 78 runs inside 17 overs to secure two points. At the first official T20I match to be played at the newly-created stadium at Eisenhower Park, we learnt
- Miller and Baartman help South Africa end Netherlands jinx in low-scoring nail-biter (Category: Breaking News)
- McCoy and Charles thump South Africa to give West Indies series sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sign off with win (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh, Netherlands hope for batting boost in Kingstown (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka was blown away for a record low 77 and South Africa won their Twenty20 World Cup opener by six wickets on Monday. South Africa overcame its own hiccups on the two-paced pitch to cross the finish line at 80-4 with 3.4 overs to spare at the purpose-built Nassau County Stadium on Long Island. […]
- Nepal batsman Airee smashes six sixes in an over (Category: Breaking News)
- Ireland lose last warm-up game against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- US advances to Super Eight in Cricket World Cup rainout stunner (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamari Athapaththu scores 195 in record chase (Category: Breaking News)
Dasun Shanaka produced a solid all-round performance, including bowling figures of 4'23, as former champions Sri Lanka overcame some jittery moments to down Ireland by 41 runs in their T20 World Cup warm-up game.
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