Category: Sports News

The maintenance of the Pallekele, Kettarama and Sooriyawewa cricket grounds have been handed over to the Tri-Forces from November 1, the Sports Ministry said today. […]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Cricket Council has officially warned Sri Lanka over preparing a poor pitch for a test match against Australia during last month’s series. […]

The sports minister in Sri Lanka says no action was taken against Kumar Sangakkara for his controversial 2011 Cowdrey Lecture that criticised corruption in cricket administration. The minister has ordered the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to submit a report after the widely hailed lecture delivered in London earlier this year. […]

Angelo Mathews crawled to his maiden Test century but Sri Lanka wasted valuable time on the fourth morning in Colombo, where they added only 45 runs to their overnight score. The hosts batted tediously for more than an hour and a half before the final wicket fell with the score at 473, giving them a […]

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has been named the ODI Cricketer of the Year for 2011 during the ICC Awards ceremony in London. Sangakkara also won the ICC People’s Choice Award, capping a memorable evening for him. […]

Siwanthi Kumari Rathnayake won the Women’s 400m Silver medal with a timing of 57.15 seconds at the Commonwealth Youth Games held in the Isle of Man, the National Olympic Committee stated. […]

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee Duleep Mendis stated that if Lasith Malinga wants to make a return to Test Cricket in Sri Lanka, he should forward a written request. […]

Following India’s embarrassing 4-0 rout at the hands of England on Monday at The Oval, former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga has urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India to stop degrading Test cricket. […]

Lasith Malinga picked up his third career One Day International hat-trick against Australia a short while ago in the fifth ODI being played at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Mitchell Johnson, John Hastings and Xavier Doherty fell victim to Malinga in the 46th over. […]

Sri Lanka has axed young batsman Dinesh Chandimal and spin bowler Rangana Herath from their squad to play Australia. All-rounder Thisara Perera has also been dropped as the hosts try to prevent defeat in the final two games of the one-day international series. […]

Upul Tharanga’s fourth one-day international century this year and a five-wicket haul from Lasith Malinga kept the series alive as Sri Lanka compiled a comfortable 78-run victory in Hambantota. After two substandard batting performances in the opening matches, Sri Lanka finally found their rhythm and their 286 was too tall a target for Australia, who […]

Sri Lanka 157 for 9 (Jayawardene 86, Hastings 3-14, Lee 3-39) beat Australia 149 for 9 (Watson 57, Mendis 6-16) by eight runs Ajantha Mendis turned tricks beyond the grasp of six Australian batsmen as Sri Lanka completed an eight-run victory for a 2-0 sweep of the Twenty20 series at Pallekele. […]

Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a maiden century off just 57 balls and Dilruwan Perera took three wickets to lead Sri Lanka to a 35-run win against Australia in the first Twenty20 match on Saturday. Dilshan hit five sixes and 12 boundaries for an unbeaten 104 as Sri Lanka ended on 198-3 in 20 overs. […]

Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has not been picked for the national team’s two-match Twenty20 series against Australia, starting August 6 in Pallekele, due to an injury. Malinga was named in the list of 20 probables for the home series, but was left out of the Twenty20s to get back to fitness for […]

Sri Lanka’s former captain Kumar Sangakkara has been nominated for International Cricket Council’s second annual LG People’s Choice Award for his outstanding performances in the past year. […]

Sri Lanka have announced their one-day and T20 squad for Australia’s tour next month, but not their skipper. Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was named captain for the recent tour of England, was included in the 20-man squad scheduled to play five ODIs and two Twenty20 games against Australia. […]