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India made heavy weather of a modest run chase before securing a four-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the second match of the triangular series at Perth on Wednesday.
Hashim Amla hit a century before South Africa's opening bowlers sent Sri Lanka crashing as the host nation swept to a huge 258-run win in the first one-day international at Boland Park
1st Test Centurion Prasanna Jayawardena has been ruled out of the remainder …
Resolute Sri Lankan batting and bad weather frustrated Australia's bid for a series-clinching win as the second Test ended in a draw in Pallekele on Monday.
Shaun Marsh became the 19th Australian to score a century on Test debut and Michael Hussey made his 14th Test hundred as Australia ground Sri Lanka into the turf on the third morning in Pallekele
ESPNcricinfo's Plays of the Day from the second day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle
Debutant leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna dismissed Marsh and the Hussey brothers, Michael and David, in the space of four deliveries, but Australia needed just 10 runs to win with five wickets in hand at that stage.
Johnson's left-arm seamers claimed 6-31 to to restrict Sri Lanka to a modest 191
Sri Lanka are contemplating resting Mahela Jayawardene from games in order to prolong the star batsman's career.
England will be a step towards their dream of top spot in the world if they beat Sri Lanka in the third Test at the Rose Bowl starting on Thursday.
Courtesy: International Cricket Council Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said there was no …
Fired up by Lasith Malinga’s second World Cup hat-trick, Sri Lanka trashed Kenya by nine wickets with 31.2 overs to spare at the R. Premadasa Stadium. The two openers, T. M. Dilshan and Upul Tharanga put on 72 runs off 50 balls before Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga sealed the issue within the next 66 balls. Tharanga first played the anchor role when Dilshan was in the middle and later shift...
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara on Sunday praised his team-mates for their clinical display in crushing minnows Canada in their opening World Cup match here. "We were pretty clinical, the spinners and the fast bowlers did exactly what we wanted," Sangakkara said after his side crushed Canada by 210 runs. He heaped praise on senior batsman Mahela Jayawardene for the win on Sunday. &...
Sri Lanka's batsmen made light work of a tricky chase to give their side a four-wicket win in their World Cup warm-up game against West Indies in Colombo
Former Sri Lanka Cricket and Asian Cricket Council President, Former ICC Director and Parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala in a letter to the International Cricket Council president Sharad Pawar has requested that the ICC reconsider the Eden Gardens Stadium as a world cup venue. In his letter Sumathipala points out that playing at Eden Garden is the pride for any Indian or Internationa...
Sri Lanka’s star batsman Sanath Jayasuriya strongly and remorsefully rejects malicious reports against him and claims that those are sadistic attempts by his political opponents to mutilate his political career, a media release issued by Media Centre for National Development Director Ariya Rubasinghe, stated. A website believed to be financed by a discarded politico who has jo...
The World Cup Cricket event is a terrific opportunity for Sr Lanka Cricket to showcase not only the high quality of cricket the country plays but also the beauty of our country, our renowned culture or hospitality and our ability to orgainse such occasions very well. And it’s here that the importance of Press Coverage being accorded pride of place. Simply put, the Media whethe...
Sri Lanka’s off spinning sensation Muttiah Muralitheran brought great credit to himself and the country by being chosen by cricket fans around the world in a vote conducted by the ICC to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first-ever one-day international to play in all-time dream one-day team. Muralitheran is in the great company of some past illustrious cricketers, ...
The death occurred yesterday of former Sri Lanka ruggerite, ex-SLRFU President and leading rugby referee Lionel Almeida. Lionel Almeida started his illustrious rugby career at Royal College, Colombo for whom he turned out for three years from 1954 to 1956 captaining in his final year and went onto represent the Combined Schools. He joined CR and FC in 1957 and turned out for the Longde...
New pace sensation Suranga Lakmal gave Sri Lanka and the Pallekelle International Stadium a dream start on the opening day of the rain curtailed third and final Test match against the West Indies which commenced yesterday. The twenty three year old seamer from the Southern Province brightened up a gloomy but yet a historic day by removing the explosive Chris Gayle in the very first delivery at Sr...
The ’2010 Colours Nite’ of St Paul’s Girls School was held on November 26, 2010 at the College Hall. The Chief Guest was the Deputy Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral and Chief of Staff D W A S Dassanayake. It was a colourful event thanks to the efforts of the Principal of the school, Rev Sister Sriyani Rodrigo and was commended by the Chief Guest. Sports girls numb...
The national cricket selectors yesterday left out speed star Lasith Malinga and named uncapped fast bowler Suranga Lakmal in the sixteen member squad for next week’s opening Test match against the West Indies in Galle. Malinga has been injury prone since he made a comeback into test cricket during the previous home series against India in July/August this year. However he was part of the S...
Jehan Mubarak has been appointed the captain of Sri Lanka cricket team for the Asian Games starting in Guangzhou, China next month. The squad announced by Sri Lanka Cricket mainly includes experienced veteran players such as Nuwan Zoysa, Indika de Saram and Malinga Bandara. Promising youngster Dilshan Munaweera who has been star in the domestic cricket and Sri Lanka star Tillekratne Dilshan&rsqu...
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara hammered 110 off 95 balls as Sri Lanka …
It was a red letter day in the annals of Sri Lanka’s sports when boxer Manju Wanniarachchi won the country’s first Commonwealth Games boxing gold after 72 years. A new chapter in sports revolution of Sri Lanka under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s inspiring leadership was written in letters of gold with Warriarachchi’s memorable win over Sean McGoldrick of Wales to win the g...
The media accreditation process for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is …
Wayamba Elevens are set to take the Champions League T20 by storm with a strong backing from Indian Companies as their sponsors
In both the semi – final matches played at the SLTA yesterday – Harshana Godamanne proved to be a star. In the men’s open semi final against Junior Champion Vimuktha De Alwis, Harshana literally smashed him out of the court with his unbelievably powerful left-handed serves. Harshana beat Vimuktha in three straight sets – 61 60 61. Vimuktha was unable to take the angle of t...
Wayamba may be low on star count, but that doesn’t stop them from dreaming, ahead of the Champions League. Sri Lanka’s domestic T20 champions are confident of not just causing an upset or two but also consitently compete with the the other fancied teams, who have several players with international caps. They exited in the first round of the inaugural League in India last year but the...