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...
27-Aug-2023•ESPNcricinfo staff Thisara: Jaffna Kings' goal is to produce new players for Sri Lanka Team captain says, 'I'm just happy to get on with playing my franchise cricket' 13-Dec-2022•Madushka Balasuriya View more Photos of Thisara Perera View more ...
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...
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s two Tests against Bangladesh at the end of the summer were confirmed on Wednesday as being played at Kingsmead and St George’s Park, which is hardly earth-shattering news. But it is the exact same schedule as in February 2019 when the cricket universe was shaken by Sri Lanka’s 2-0...
On the latest episode of the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast, Mark Butcher, Phil Walker and Yas Rana preview England's Test series against Sri Lanka which gets underway at Old Trafford this week.There's discussion about Ollie Pope's role as captain in Ben Stokes' absence, Dan Lawrence opening...
CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh (AP) — Sri Lanka kept its nose ahead in the second and final cricket test against Bangladesh by posting a massive 531 on Day 2 Sunday, thanks to six batters getting past half-century marks. In response, Bangladesh reached 55-1 at stumps, still trailing by 476 ...
I enjoyed the unexpected chance of a talk with Peter West on television during the tea interval on the Friday of the Sri Lanka Test, even if it was with my old colleague, with whom I first appeared on TV more than 30 years ago. It was obliged by the plight of English cricket to ste...
The great history of spectacular upsets in T20 cricket had another chapter added as Namibia secured a 55-run win over Sri Lanka in the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at Kardinia Park, Geelong, on Sunday. Photo: Namibia beat Sri Lanka by 55 runs in T20 World Cup 2022 ...
Shanaka: 'Everyone talks about India-Pakistan, but we have a good team of our own' Sep 05, 2022 10:47 Match Day Should India play Kuldeep and Chahal in the first ODI? Jul 17, 2021 1:11 Press Conference Dasun Shanaka: I'm ready for my 'new duty' as Sri Lanka captain Jul 16, ...