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...
Lanka Premier League
33 articles tagged with "Lanka Premier League"
Aug 8, 2026
Sri Lanka are giving away the India Tests, and the Lanka Premier League is why
Free entry at Galle and the SSC covers the grass banks, not the stands. For the biggest series on the home calendar, that is a decision worth reading...
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 6, 2026
Kandy lose seven for 42 and Colombo Kaps go through to meet Galle again
Kandy Royals’ season ended in the space of eight overs at the R Premadasa. Colombo Kaps meet Galle Gallants on Friday for the right to face Jaffna in...
Aug 5, 2026
Jaffna beat Galle at the third attempt, and Mishara’s 108 puts them in the LPL final
Jaffna Kings are through to the Lanka Premier League final on 8 August after a 14-run win over Galle Gallants in Qualifier 1. Galle get a second chanc...
Aug 5, 2026
Zaheer Khan buys Jaffna Kings, less than three weeks after their last owner was arrested
Anchor Sports AB, the Stockholm group co-owned by Zaheer Khan and Nagendra Siddoutam, has taken over the Lanka Premier League’s most successful franch...
Aug 5, 2026
Jaffna topped the LPL table without beating Galle, and now they meet in Qualifier 1
The Lanka Premier League playoffs open with a double-header at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday: Galle Gallants against Jaffna Kings at 12.30pm I...
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 31, 2026
Wellalage’s three in eight balls sends Jaffna top of the LPL
Kandy Royals were 91 for 2 chasing 222 at Pallekele. Dunith Wellalage then bowled two overs, took three for 11, and Jaffna Kings won by 21 runs to go...
Jul 30, 2026
Colombo Kaps lose three wickets for one run and still chase down 175
Rubin Hermann’s 48 from 26 balls did the early damage at Pallekele, and Colombo Kaps survived a three-wicket collapse in the space of five balls to be...
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...
Jul 27, 2026
Jaffna’s 93-run win and Galle’s 220 leave Kandy and Dambulla propping up the LPL
Two matches at Rangiri Dambulla on Sunday, two heavy defeats for the home side and Kandy Royals, and a Lanka Premier League table that still has Galle...
Jul 26, 2026
How the LPL’s most successful franchise ended up being run by the league
An arrest on opening day, black tape over the sponsor logos and a terminated franchise agreement have left the four-time champions Jaffna Kings under...
Jun 8, 2026
BCCI weighs a five-year cooling-off rule for retired players who join overseas leagues
The board has given preliminary approval to a policy that would shut retired India cricketers out of the domestic game for five years if they sign up...
May 23, 2026
Vijay Shankar walks away from Indian cricket at 35 to chase a franchise passport
Vijay Shankar has retired from Indian domestic cricket and the IPL to play overseas franchise leagues, ending a 14-year career that produced 21 white-...
May 1, 2025
LPL 2025: Jaffna Kings and Colombo Strikers terminated by the SLC
Despite the upcoming LPL 2025, SLC still decided to terminate Jaffna Kings and Colombo Strikers due to ‘failure to fulfil their contractual obligation...
Jul 31, 2024
R Premadasa Stadium: pitch report, records and stats
The biggest ground in Sri Lanka has staged 158 ODIs, 55 T20Is and the highest team total in Test history. Here is what the Colombo pitch does and ever...
Aug 17, 2023
Most wickets in Lanka Premier League 2023: Know the leading wicket-takers
West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite finished with the most wickets in the Lanka Premier League last season, having scalped 18 wickets in eight m...
Aug 17, 2023
B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings Dream11 prediction – get Lanka Premier League 2023, Eliminator fantasy tips
The pitch at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo is balanced and the average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 138.
Aug 17, 2023
Dambulla Aura vs Galle Titans Dream11 prediction – get Lanka Premier League 2023, Qualifier 1 fantasy tips
The pitch at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo is balanced and the average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 138.
Aug 17, 2023
Most runs in Lanka Premier League 2023: Know which player tops the run-scoring charts
Sri Lanka’s Avishka Fernando finished with most runs in the Lanka Premier League last season, having amassed 339 runs in 10 matches for Jaffna Kings.
Aug 15, 2023
Lanka Premier League 2023 points table: Know the leaders in the standings
Defending champions Jaffna Kings are the most successful team in the Lanka Premier League, having won all the three previous editions in 2020, 2021 an...
Aug 14, 2023
Colombo Strikers vs Galle Titans Dream11 prediction – get Lanka Premier League 2023 fantasy team tips
The pitch at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo is balanced and the average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 140.
Aug 14, 2023
B-Love Kandy vs Dambulla Aura Dream11 prediction – get Lanka Premier League 2023 fantasy team tips
The pitch at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo is balanced and the average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 140.