Sri Lanka Cricket

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Oct 14, 2026

Kusal Mendis is now Sri Lanka’s top T20I run-scorer, and his 87 not out beat Pakistan in Rawalpindi

Kusal Mendis made a career-best 87 not out off 48 balls as Sri Lanka chased 169 with 17 balls to spare, though Pakistan still took the T20I series 2-1...

Oct 13, 2026

Mohammad Imran has five wickets for 32 in his first two T20Is, and Pakistan go for a sweep in Rawalpindi tonight

Pakistan lead Sri Lanka 2-0 after Sunday’s 82-run win and can finish the series 3-0 in the third T20I at Rawalpindi from 6:30pm IST.

Oct 10, 2026

Lahiru Udara made exactly half of Sri Lanka’s 182, and Farhan’s 89 still won it for Pakistan

Pakistan chased 183 with seven balls to spare in the first T20I in Rawalpindi, despite losing four wickets for 34 near the end, and lead the three-mat...

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 8, 2026

Farhan made 100 the last time Pakistan played Sri Lanka, and now he captains them without Babar in Rawalpindi

Sahibzada Farhan’s first series as Pakistan’s T20I captain starts against Sri Lanka on Friday, with Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Salman Ali Agh...

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...

Oct 3, 2026

Sri Lanka were 21 for 4, and Ratnayake’s 65 off 32 balls beat Bangladesh to an Asian Games bronze

Tharindu Ratnayake hit seven fours and five sixes, then took two wickets, as Sri Lanka won the men’s cricket bronze by 63 runs in Nisshin.

Sep 28, 2026

Nepal have won six T20Is in a row, and a washout in Nisshin would still send Sri Lanka through

Sri Lanka go into Tuesday’s Asian Games quarter-final with the rain rule on their side. Nepal arrive with the form.

Sep 28, 2026

Banton made his first England hundred, and Sri Lanka were all out for 132 as the Oval decider went by 223 runs

Tom Banton’s 126 and a 150-run stand with Harry Brook took England to 355 for 7, and Sri Lanka collapsed to give England the ODI series 2-1.

Sep 26, 2026

Jordan Cox has three ODI caps, and he keeps wicket in the Oval decider without Buttler

England go into Sunday’s series decider against Sri Lanka with a stand-in keeper and, as cover, a batter who has never played white-ball cricket for t...

Sep 25, 2026

Buttler pulled up with England on 254 for 4, and Sri Lanka won at Headingley by 16 runs

Kusal Mendis made 121 and Dunith Wellalage took three wickets as Sri Lanka levelled the ODI series 1-1, with a decider at The Oval on Sunday.

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...

Sep 2, 2026

India get the first Women’s Champions Trophy, and Sri Lanka keep their place by one rating point

The ICC Board confirmed on Wednesday that the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy moves from Sri Lanka to Mumbai and Vadodara, 14 to 28 February 2027....

Aug 30, 2026

Sri Lanka lost the Champions Trophy they were hosting, and the rankings say their place goes with it

The ICC is moving the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy out of Sri Lanka over government control of the board. India is the name being mentioned as t...

Aug 27, 2026

Dinusha batted seven hours for 133 not out, and India settled for a 1-0 series win

Sri Lanka began the last day 16 in front with four wickets standing. They batted through all of it, declared, and the Colombo Test was drawn.

Aug 26, 2026

Sooriyabandara was out with Sri Lanka one run behind, and they lead by 16 going into the final day

Pasindu Sooriyabandara was stumped for 92 with Sri Lanka still a run short of making India bat again. Four wickets stand between India and a 2-0 serie...

Aug 26, 2026

Dinusha has made 100, 84 and 103 against India, and Sri Lanka are following on anyway

Three innings against India, three scores of 80 or more, and a place on a list that already had Sobers and Weekes on it. Sri Lanka’s problem is what h...

Aug 24, 2026

Jurel waited out the rain on 95, and finished 115 not out as India declared on 503

Rain stopped Dhruv Jurel five short of a century in Colombo. He completed it after the break, and India’s first innings closed on 503 for 9 with him n...

Aug 23, 2026

Padikkal has a hundred in each Test of this series, and Pant retired hurt on 3 after a blow to the wrist

India closed the first day in Colombo on 300 for 5. Devdutt Padikkal made 117, his second Test century in successive matches, and Rishabh Pant left th...

Aug 18, 2026

Kohli’s first innings for India was 12 in Dambulla, and it is 18 years old today

On 18 August 2008 a 19-year-old opened India’s batting at Dambulla, made 12, and finished on the wrong side of an eight-wicket defeat. Eighteen years...

Aug 18, 2026

India are in the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy, and the field was settled by a ranking taken on 6 July

Six teams, 16 matches and no qualifying route: the ICC’s new women’s tournament lands in Sri Lanka next February, and Ellyse Perry has had her first w...

Aug 18, 2026

Pant reached 100 Test sixes faster than anyone has, and India set Sri Lanka 372

Rishabh Pant got to 100 sixes in Tests in his 89th innings, 41 fewer than Adam Gilchrist needed. India were bowled out for 193, and Sri Lanka lost Din...