A high-level ICC team, including a top Board of Control for Cricket in India official, is reaching Sri Lanka amid growing uncertainty over the administration of the island nation’s cricket board following the government’s appointment of an interim committee to run Sri Lanka Cricket. According to sources, ICC deputy chairman Imran Khwaja is set to […]
Sri Lanka have indefinitely postponed their white-ball tour of Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates after rising tensions in West Asia made the six-match series impossible to stage safely. The tour, which was scheduled to run from March 13 to 25, was meant to feature three T20Is and three ODIs across Sharjah and Dubai. The […]
Dhananjaya de Silva (L) and Kusal Mendis (R) of Sri Lanka (Photo by Sameera Peiris/Getty Images) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Monday dropped Test captain Dhananjaya de Silva from their 15-man T20 World Cup squad led by Dasun Shanaka.De Silva had been recalled for a three-match T20 international series against Pakistan early last month after an […]
Harry Brook and Joe Root hit contrasting centuries in a 53-run win over Sri Lanka to seal England’s 2-1 one-day international series victory Tuesday. Brook smashed an unbeaten 136 off just 66 balls with nine sixes and 11 fours and Root followed his half-century in the second ODI with 111 off 108 balls as England […]
Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Sri Lanka has announced a 17-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe in Harare, with key all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga absent due to a hamstring injury suffered during a T20I series against Bangladesh in July. The team, led by Charith Asalanka, will play […]
