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May 29, 2019
Not the best time to be a Lankan lion
Given the dreadful form Sri Lanka have been carrying of late, the ICC Cricket World Cup has come at arguably the worst time for them.
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386 articles tagged with "Sri Lanka"
May 10, 2019
Former Lankan internationals charged for match-fixing
Former Sri Lankan Test players Nuwan Zoysa and Avishka Gunawardene have been charged with match-fixing and given two weeks to respond, the Internation...
May 7, 2019
Marathon season as Australia host Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Australia will play back-to-back pink-ball Tests against Pakistan and New Zealand in a marathon international cricket season spanning almost five mont...
Apr 23, 2019
Shattered’: S. Lankan cricketer recounts church bombing horror
Sri Lankan cricketer Dasun Shanaka barely survived one of the deadly blasts that killed more than 320 people in the island nation on Easter Sunday, an...
Apr 18, 2019
Sri Lanka sack Malinga as World Cup captain
Sri Lanka on Wednesday axed Lasith Malinga as captain for the upcoming World Cup, and announced Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne was being brought in t...
Apr 18, 2019
Sri Lanka announce their World Cup squad
Sri Lanka Thursday dumped established stars including former captain Dinesh Chandimal to hand batsman Lahiru Thirimanne and leg-spinner Jeffrey Vander...
Apr 4, 2019
ICC charges Sri Lanka bowler Lokuhettige over corruption
Cricket’s world body on Thursday charged suspended former Sri Lanka fast bowler Dilhara Lokuhettige over three new match corruption accusations.
Apr 2, 2019
On This Day: When Mumbai bore witness to the Indian magic
India had waited twenty-eight years for this moment; a moment of pure bliss and absolute hardship. Following Australia’s total domination – winning th...
Mar 25, 2019
Sri Lanka’s tour ends in second whitewash in South Africa
A tour that started with an unexpected Test series triumph ended with a second successive limited overs series humiliation for Sri Lanka when South Af...
Mar 23, 2019
South Africa seal Lanka series despite Udana heroics
Isuru Udana’s astonishing 84 for Sri Lanka wasn’t enough to stop South Africa from clinching their Twenty20 international series with a 16-run win in...
Mar 23, 2019
Malinga to retire after 2020 World T20
Sri Lankan limited overs captain Lasith Malinga will retire from international cricket after next year’s ICC World T20, he revealed on Friday.
Mar 20, 2019
South Africa beat Sri Lanka in Super Over after thrilling tie
David Miller shone with gloves and bat as South Africa beat Sri Lanka on a Super Over in a dramatic first Twenty20 international at Newlands on Tuesda...
Mar 18, 2019
Markram’s ODI best sets up series clean sweep
Aiden Markram hit an unbeaten 67 to put South Africa in a dominant position before floodlight failure ended the fifth and final one-day international...
Mar 14, 2019
Udana heroics not enough for sorry Sri Lanka
A blazing innings by tailender Isuru Udana could not prevent another heavy defeat for Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international against South Afri...
Mar 14, 2019
Sri Lanka’s Lakmal recalled for T20 series against South Africa
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Mar 13, 2019
Amla sits out of final two ODIs for family reasons
Hashim Amla was given compassionate leave on Tuesday to miss South Africa’s last two one-day internationals against Sri Lanka, providing what could be...
Mar 12, 2019
Perera ruled out of South Africa ODI series with hamstring injury
Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Perera has been ruled out for the remaining two One-Day Internationals against South Africa due to a hamstring injury.
Mar 11, 2019
De Kock breaks century barrier to steer South Africa to rain-hit win
Quinton de Kock ended a streak of near misses with a scintillating century, setting up a series-clinching win for South Africa in the third one-day in...
Mar 7, 2019
Rabada hits 150 km/h to steer South Africa to victory over Sri Lanka
Kagiso Rabada led a pace assault as South Africa defended a below-par total in the second one-day international against Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park o...
Mar 4, 2019
Sri Lanka secures $11.5m withheld by ICC
Sri Lankan cricket’s crisis-ridden governing body announced Sunday it had secured the release of $11.5 million withheld by the International Cricket C...
Mar 4, 2019
Lost decade: 10 years on, Pakistan still reeling from notorious cricket attack
Whenever umpire Ahsan Raza looks at his scars from the deadly militant attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Lahore, 10 years ago on Sunday, he shudde...
Mar 2, 2019
Focus on World Cup as one-day series starts
The Cricket World Cup looms large for both South Africa and Sri Lanka when they meet in a five-match one-day international series starting at the Wand...
Feb 27, 2019
Jayasuriya banned for two years: ICC
Sri Lankan cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from all cricket for two years after admitting two breaches of the International Cricket C...
Feb 25, 2019
Shock Sri Lanka loss major jolt for South Africa
South Africa’s shock Test series defeat against Sri Lanka came as a major jolt to a team which had become accustomed to dominating Test matches at hom...