By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka continued their pathetic run losing the final ODI to New Zealand by 6 wickets folding up for157 runs off 41.3 overs having won the toss and batted as the hosts closed on the game at 159 for 4 off 32.5 overs…
Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to submit the following pertaining to several media reports published mentioning Mahela Jayawardena’s non-presence with the national team touring New Zealand. Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to state that Mahela…
By Srian Obeyesekere The second ODI between Sri Lanka and New Zealand was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to incessant rain at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Tuesday. As both sides shared 5 World Cup Super League points it…
Media Release 27th March 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce the conducting of the 4th edition of the Lanka Premier League from July 31 to August 22, 2023. The five-team tournament will be played in three international venues. “We…
By Srian Obeyesekere All-rounder Ashan Priyanjan came tops with the ball claiming career best figures of 6 for 20 as Dambulla won handsomely over Colombo by 6 wickets in the week-end Sri Lanka National Super League 2023 Limited Overs…
By Srian Obeyesekere Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in an Under-19 Tri Nations Series match played at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Batting first, Sri Lanka totalled 215 in 48 overs with Dinura Kalupahana top…
By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka suffered a humiliating 198-run defeat to New Zealand as they were bundled out for 76 in just 19.5 overs after the hosts had run up 274 off 49-3 overs at Eden Gardens in Auckland to go 1-up in the 3-match…
By Srian Obeyesekere In a never as before overseas tours of make or break boiling point on two frontiers of Sri Lanka having to clean sweep New Zealand to making it to the ICC World Test Championship final that evaporated in a 2-nil defeat…
By Srian Obeyesekere Mohammad Shamaaz struck a captain’s innings of a cameo 73 off 87 balls powered by 3 sixes and an equal number of boundaries as Moors Sports Club pocketed the Sri Lanka Under-23 Championship Title chasing down 294 for…
By Srian Obeyesekere Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka by 62 runs in a U19 Tri Nations Series match played at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi, UAE yesterday. Afghanistan U19 totalled 298 in 49.2 overs and dismissed Sri Lanka U19 for 236 in 41…
(By Srian Obeyesekere) It is with profound sadness that Sri Lanka Cricket website records the demise of Mr. Mazher Fazleali on January 20. Fazleali was a colossus to the game of cricket both as a player and administrator. A top order…
By Srian Obeyesekere Ton up opening batsman Sineth Jayawardene was the toast of the Sri Lanka U19 team’s five-run triumph over Bangladesh in the Under 19 Tri Nations Series match played at the Sheikh Sayed Stadium in Dubai. The left handed…
By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka lost the second test to New Zealand by an innings and 58 runs despite a fight back mounted by a fifth wicket partnership of 126 between Dhananjaya de Silva who scored 98 and Dineth Chandimal 62 off 92 (8×4)…
By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka trailed New Zealand by 303 runs with eight wickets intact as New Zealand tightened their stranglehold of the second test by the third day of the second test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Sri Lanka was…
By Srian Obeyesekere New Zealand ended the first day of a bad weather marred opening day of the second test on 155 for 2 wickets off 48 overs spurred by Devon Conway who scored 78 off 108 balls after being put into bat by Sri Lanka at the…
Media Release 17th March 2023 The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee selected the following Sri Lanka squads to take part in the T20I and ODI series against New Zealand. The Honorable Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Roshan…
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Media Release 14th March 2023 The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee selected the following Sri Lanka U-19 squad to take part in the upcoming Tri-Nation Tournament and the bilateral series against Afghanistan. The tri-nation tournament …
Media Release 14th March 2023 The Ireland Men’s National Team will tour Sri Lanka in April 2023 for a two-match test series. Both games will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. The decision to play two test matches…
Media Release 13th March 2023 U19 Cricket Sri Lanka’s U-19 team will tour Abu Dhabi, UAE, from March 15 to April 3, 2023, to take part in a tri-nation tournament involving Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Apart from its involvement in the One…