Cricket has been Sri Lanka's most popular sport since the country gained independence from the British in 1948, but it was in 1996, when the men's team won the 1996 ODI World Cup, that the island's cricket gained global acclaim. Not only did Sri Lanka's aggressive batting style through...
Australia dominated Day 1 of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle Cricket Stadium on Wednesday as opener… Read More Cricket News Sri Lanka all out for just 42 in Durban test christian Nov 28, 2024 0 Sri Lanka was bowled out by South Africa for 42 at Kingsmead on Thursday...
Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga and fellow ex-skipper Sanath Jayasuriya have joined street protests demanding the president step down over the country’s economic crisis. Cricket is avidly followed in the Indian Ocean island nation and the pair called on other former...
Ten Sri Lankan players, including captain Dimuth Karunaratne and veterans Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews, have opted out of the upcoming tour of Pakistan over security concerns, the country's cricket board (SLC) said on Monday.Sri Lanka are due to tour Pakistan to play three one-...
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Sri Lanka Cricket’s CFO further remanded Nov 1 (AD) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Sri Lanka Cricket, Piyal Dissanayake, who was arrested for alleged financial fraud, has been further remanded until Nov 15 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court. The bail application filed by the attorney...
CRICKET: Sri Lanka is expecting to face a focused Australian team in their upcoming one-day series, rather than a side pre-occupied by regaining the Ashes.The Sri Lankans play Australia in three one-day internationals next month, on November 3, 5 and 7, just before the first Ashes Test...
Sri Lanka were (then) considered minnows in international cricket. The game was still being played in a gentlemanly spirit by amateurs who had nothing other than love for the game in their devoted hearts.
On July 4, 2011, at the invitation of the MCC, Kumar Sangakkara, the former Captain of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team, delivered the Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s titled “The Spirit of Sri Lanka’s Cricket – A Celebration of Our Uniqueness”. ...