Category: Sports News

(Reuters) – Tillakaratne Dilshan blasted a swift half-century as Sri Lanka ended the first session of the first test against Bangladesh on 132 for one wicket on Friday. After Angelo Mathews had won the toss on his test debut as captain, Sri Lanka openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Dilshan soon found their stride, scoring runs comfortably […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim is confident that his team can take advantage of a depleted Sri Lankan squad and secure a maiden test win over their opponents in the two-match series starting in Galle on Friday. […]

With the Tamil Nadu government refusing to host Sri Lankan athletes on political grounds, the third leg of the Asian Grand Prix scheduled to be held in Chennai on May 16 has now been shifted to Colombo. […]

Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera will meet the national selectors on Wednesday after expressing his desire to retire from international cricket. He has written to Sri Lanka Cricket, who asked for “meaningful dialogue” before “finalising such a decision”. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s national cricketers dropped a controversial pay demand on Sunday, clearing the way for them to play against Bangladesh in a forthcoming series, a senior official said. […]

Like Australia and India, Sri Lanka too are in the throes of transition, though from their perspective, it’s as much to do with the leadership group as the playing group. […]

Sri Lanka’s entry into a new phase of international cricket under the country’s youngest ever captain Angelo Mathews received a devastating blow when Mathews’ imposing predecessor Mahela Jayawardene injured his finger and will be ruled out of the homes series against Bangladesh starting in the first week of March. […]

AUSTRALIA’S women cricketers have stormed to a sixth World Cup victory in India with an awesome display of bowling that demolished West Indies’ powerhouse batters and elevated 22-year-old pace bowler Ellyse Perry to almost certain pin-up status. The champion team posted the biggest winning margin in the history of women’s World Cup finals, snatching a […]

All-rounder Angelo Mathews has been appointed Sri Lanka’s Test and ODI captain, replacing Mahela Jayawardene, for a period of one year. […]

Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana MUMBAI: Five-time champions Australia have entered the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup after thrashing Sri Lanka by nine wickets in their second Super Six match at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday. […]

Multi-million-dollar cricket TV deal hots up as Aluthgamage orders to call for tenders Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Upali Dharmadasa rejected a media release issued by the Sports Ministry yesterday alleging that Dharmadasa had requested the Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to renew the SLC TV contract with Ten Sports for another seven years without calling […]

Former captain predicts brighter future for women cricketers Sri Lanka’s World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga hailed the efforts of the country’s women cricketers on Tuesday and went onto say that the women were an example for the men’s team when it came to commitment. In the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup in Bombay, the […]

MUMBAI: Livid with her bowlers after the humiliating first-round exit from the Women’s World Cup, India captain Mithali Raj said their collective failure in the must-win group match against minnows Sri Lanka was a bolt from the blue for her. […]

Sri Lanka 282 for 5 (Rasangika 84, Siriwardene 59, Kaushalya 56*, Mendis 55) beat India 144 (Malhotra 38, Seneviratna 2-10) by 138 runs Less than a week ago, few Sri Lankans apart from the players’ families and board officials knew the country had a women’s cricket team, according to the captain Shashikala Siriwardene. On February […]

Calcutta: Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell seems to be having a dream run. His efforts so far in the ongoing ODI series against the West Indies have been handy in giving Australia a 2-0 lead. Besides, Maxwell also bagged a million-dollar deal at the IPL-VI auction in Chennai, on Sunday, where franchises opted to put their […]

Sri Lanka, a qualifier in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2013, pulled off a last-ball heist against defending champion England to emerge victor by one wicket at the Brabourne stadium here on Friday. […]