Category: Sports News

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara played patient Test match cricket in the second session of the first day in Galle to steadily push Sri Lanka towards a position of strength against Pakistan. On a track that was giving a bit of assistance to Pakistan’s spinners, Dilshan curbed his natural attacking instincts after lunch to reach […]

Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh is hoping to return to action this year after undergoing cancer treatment. […]

Graham Ford, the Sri Lanka coach from South Africa, has said that Thisara Perera reminded him of former South Africa allrounder Lance Klusener. Perera’s outstanding performances with the ball in the ODIs against Pakistan earned him the Man-of-the-Series award. […]

Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by two wickets in the fifth and final one-day international in Colombo on Monday to clinch the series 3-1. […]

Tilakaratne Dilshan said that he, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardane are nearing their retirement age. “After the next World Cup we would be gone. I think Mahela will have to shoulder the burden till the next World Cup,” Dilshan said in an interview with espncricinfo.com after a training session at the R Premadasa Stadium. […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – All-rounder Thisara Perera registered a rare hat-trick to lead Sri Lanka to an unlikely 44-run win over Pakistan in the fourth one-day international on Saturday. […]

Sri Lanka Cricket has not even thought of banning any player, let alone fast bowler and ICC T20 Ambassador, Lasith Malinga. […]

The Ministry of Sport is contemplating giving authority to sporting bodies to impose a 2 year ban on any player refusing to play for the country, Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said today. […]

St. Joseph’s Balika, Kegalle athlete Shivanthi Kumari Rathnayake and Pasyala Central College runner Dulaj Madusanka created a piece of history on Sunday when they won country’s first ever 400 metres golds in the women’s and men’s categories respectively, in an Asian Junior Athletics Championship, as Sri Lanka commenced its medal hunt in the 15th edition […]

Sri Lanka won the second One Day International against Pakistan by 76 runs after posting a total of 280 runs. Thisara Perera picked up six wickets for 44 runs to lead the Lankans to victory. […]

International Cricket Council (ICC), on Friday announced Lasith Malinga as the official event ambassador for the upcoming ICC World T20 to be held in September. […]

Sri Lanka put on a brilliant bowling and fielding performance to post a comfortable 37-run victory over Pakistan in their opening Twenty20 international on Friday. […]

England star Kevin Pietersen retired from all forms of international limited overs cricket on Thursday, a decision which took the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) by surprise. […]

Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has decided against playing for Middlesex in English county cricket’s Twenty20 competition, the county’s managing director Angus Fraser announced. […]

Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga, who is currently playing for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, has been placed in the top bracket of $100,000 in the central contracts announced by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) here. […]

The inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) Twenty20 tournament will be played from August 10 to 31, Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Thursday. […]