Category: Sports News

South Africa win first home series since 2008

South Africa 580 for 4 decl. (Kallis 224, de Villiers 160*, Petersen 109) and 2 for 0 beat Sri Lanka 239 (Dilshan 78, Philander 3-46, Steyn 3-56) and 342 (Samaraweera 115*, Kallis 3-35) by 10 wickets South Africa won their first home series since 2008, a period in which they had been denied on five […]



Dharmadasa new Chairman of SLC

Upali Dgarmadasa has been appointed as the new Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket uncontested. Dharmadasa is the first elected chairman of the bodyin seven years, […]



Lankans earn historic win in Durban

Sri Lanka beat South Africa in the second Test match played in Durban by 208 runs after setting a second innings target of 450. South Africa were all out in the second innings for 241 runs with Rangana Herath picking up five wickets for 79 runs. […]



Sangakkara ton keeps Sri Lanka in charge

Tea Sri Lanka 338 and 207 for 5 (Sangakkara 101*, Chandimal 23*) lead South Africa 168 by 377 runs Kumar Sangakkara made his first important contribution of the series, while Thilan Samaraweera and Dinesh Chandimal made their second each of the match to steer Sri Lanka’s lead towards match-winning proportions. Sangakkara’s first century in South […]



Mahela hits 10,000

Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena became the first Sri Lankan to score 10,000 test runs. he achieved this feat a short while ago during the second test match  currently underway in Kingsmead. Sri Lanka are currently 36/2. […]



Dav Whatmore invited by PCB to finalise Pakistan coaching job

Pakistan’s cricket board on Sunday said it has invited former World Cup winning Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore to finalise his appointment as head coach of the national team, an official said. […]



We should stop giving excuses – Sanga

For the national cricket team this year has been a tough one, but for star batsman Kumar Sangakkara it’s been the opposite. Apart from leading the team to the finals of this year’s World Cup, Sangakkara has scored over 1,000 runs in ODI cricket and is getting close to the benchmark in Tests. This year, […]



We are working extremely hard – Dilshan

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan says his batsmen are working extremely hard to come out of the batting slump and need to take more responsibility to produce results in Test cricket. Sri Lanka were crushed by South Africa by an innings and 81 runs at Centurion on Saturday as they lost the Test inside three […]



Nishantha Ranatunga’s re-entry to SLC should be stopped at all costs

It is indeed tragic that Sri Lanka Cricket has got into the financial imbroglio that it is faced today. It has caught global attention by it, even prompting the South African Test and ODI team players, to say that they wished their Lankan opponents were paid their earnings prior to the start of the tour! […]



Speakers Challenge Trophy: Jayasuriya leads MPs to victory over Ministers

Harsha de Silva struck twice in one over as bowlers of the MPs team restricted the Ministers to 106/7 and succeeded in winning the inaugural Speakers Challenge Trophy at the Sports Ministry Ground in Torrington today (11). […]



Cricket: Jayasuriya joins Air Force SC

Former Sri Lanka skipper turned politician, Sanath Jayasuriya, has switched to Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) cricket team during the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Premier Cricket Tournament which is in progress. […]



Virender Sehwag hits record one-day score

India opener Virender Sehwag has hit the record one-day international score after smashing 219 from 149 balls against West Indies in Indore. His team-mate Sachin Tendulkar, rested from this series, previously held the record after hitting an unbeaten 200 against South Africa in 2010. […]



Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in Twenty20

ABU DHABI — Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in a thrilling finish to the only Twenty20 international played at Abu Dhabi stadium here on Friday. […]



Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in final ODI

Skipper Misbah-ul Haq and Umar Akmal hit half centuries to help Pakistan upstage Sri Lanka by three wickets in the fifth and final day-night international at Abu Dhabi Stadium on Wednesday. […]



Dilshan uncertain about captaincy‎

SHARJAH — Tillakaratne Dilshan said on Monday he would like to continue as Sri Lanka captain for another tour before deciding about his future after losing his third one-day series in a row. […]



Pakistan win ODI series with win in Sharjah

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 26 runs in the fourth one day international to win the ODI series played in the UAE. Shahid Afridi scored 75 runs and picked up 5 wickets for 25 as Pakistan defended a total of 200 in Sharjah. […]