Charith Asalanka

12 articles tagged with "Charith Asalanka"

Oct 8, 2026

Sri Lanka have won one of their last ten Tests, and Kusal Mendis is now their captain in all three formats

Dhananjaya de Silva has given up the Sri Lanka Test captaincy after 18 matches, and Kusal Mendis takes over with the Pakistan Tests a month away.

Oct 5, 2026

Charith Asalanka made 19 runs in three ODIs in England, and Sri Lanka have left him out of the Pakistan tri-series

Kusal Mendis leads a 16-man Sri Lanka squad for the ODI tri-series with Pakistan and England. Asalanka and the injured Wanindu Hasaranga are out, and...

Sep 19, 2026

India and England are level on 269 rating points, and England have just swept Sri Lanka 3-0

Sri Lanka were 124 all out at Old Trafford and England knocked it off in the 10th over, Jos Buttler finishing on 62 not out from 32 balls.

Sep 18, 2026

Sri Lanka were 55 without loss after five overs, and England chased 146 in 12.1

Liam Dawson took two wickets in the sixth over at Cardiff and Sri Lanka never recovered. England won by six wickets with 47 balls to spare and took th...

Sep 17, 2026

Asalanka asked England to bat and they made 254, and at Cardiff he has the same call to make

England lead 1-0 after a 119-run win at Southampton in which Harry Brook made 114 not out. Sri Lanka need a different plan at Sophia Gardens, and the...

Sep 16, 2026

Aneurin Donald’s England debut lasted five balls, and Harry Brook’s 42-ball hundred did the rest

England made 254 for 4 at the Rose Bowl and bowled Sri Lanka out for 135 to take the first T20I by 119 runs. Brook finished unbeaten on 114 from 49 ba...

Sep 15, 2026

Sri Lanka have not beaten England in a T20I since 2014, and Aneurin Donald debuts at 29 tonight

England begin a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Southampton, with a 29-year-old Blast six-hitter opening alongside Jos Buttler and a twel...

Aug 20, 2026

Dindyal’s first CPL innings lasted one ball, and his second was a fifty that won a game

Mavendra Dindyal was out first ball on his Caribbean Premier League debut. Six days later the 21-year-old made 50 off 51 as Guyana Amazon Warriors cha...

Aug 9, 2026

Asalanka’s 3 for 20 flattens Jaffna, and Galle Gallants win their first LPL title

Galle Gallants chased down 124 with 25 balls to spare at the R. Premadasa Stadium to win the Lanka Premier League for the first time, three days after...

Aug 8, 2026

Harper and Asalanka put on 126, and Galle get a fourth go at Jaffna in the LPL final

Galle Gallants chased down 177 with eight balls to spare in Qualifier 2 at the R Premadasa Stadium, knocking Colombo Kaps out of the Lanka Premier Lea...

Aug 2, 2026

Asalanka’s 58 and Nawaz’s three in the middle send Galle into Qualifier 1

Charith Asalanka made 58, Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets in 13 balls, and Galle Gallants finish the LPL league stage on top of the table.

Jul 29, 2026

Udara’s maiden T20 hundred sinks the LPL leaders as Kandy chase 209

Lahiru Udara had never made a hundred in T20 cricket before Wednesday. He reached this one off 54 balls, finished unbeaten on 132, and Kandy Royals ra...