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July 01, 2019 - It is an uncanny similarity that two youngsters, both playing their ninth ODI and with no three-figure score under their belt,
June 30, 1969 - Jayasuriya sits proudly at the 4th spot in the list of highest run-scorers in ODI cricket just behind Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting with 13,430 runs.
Farveez Maharoof bagged his best ODI figures of 6/14 against West Indies in the 2006 Champions Trophy
In fact, that’s an understatement - the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 Final will be seen as the day which marked the dawn of a new era for women’s sport worldwide.
The International Cricket Council today launched 100% Cricket, a 12-month campaign dedicated to the promotion of women’s cricket
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Suné Luus' decisive four for 20 guided the Momentum Proteas Women to a comfortable 41-run win over Sri Lanka
Whether it’s Katherine Brunt’s three wickets in England’s 2009 victory or Stafanie Taylor shining for the West Indies in 2016, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup
With new, young and exciting players in our squad, I’m desperate to see how our new-look team will fare in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020.
The 1st match of the UVA T20 Premier League 2020 will be played between Monaragala Hornets and Wellawaya Vipers in Sri Lanka.
UVA T20 Premier League marks the return of some competitive cricket...
The UVA Premier League T20 is a new and exciting T20 tournament in Sri Lanka
Flowing hair, high backlift, and boom! Off she goes in the stands. MS Dhoni hit the ball to the boundary....
With Sri Lanka being one of the few countries in the world to have not allowed the Covid-19 pandemic to run amok, the nation is ready to host competitive cricket in the form of Sri Lanka PDC T10 league 2020.
24 June, 2014 - Sri Lanka had tried thrice but failed each time. When they toured England in 2014
As Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit the winning runs, Ian Bishop's adrenaline-pumping commentary aptly described the feat: "Shivnarine Chanderpaul has snatched it out of nowhere.....
June 21, 2009 - Just three months after the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore jolted world cricket, the Pakistan cricket team won the 2009 T20 World Cup
The encounter between South Africa and Sri Lanka was panning out like one of the many tiresome matches in the 2007 edition of the ODI World Cup. With 4 wickets off 4 deliveries, Lasith Malinga infused life into the game.....
Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene was clever enough to not play mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis in the group match against India......
Test cricket mirrors life. The ebbs and flows of the format have given birth to some of the most breath-taking cricketing epics....
May 27, 1977 - Over a 17-year-long international career, Mahela Jayawardene represented Sri Lanka in 149 Test matches, 448 ODIs and 55 T20Is.
Sanath Jayasuriya recorded the third-highest individual score in ODIs at that time, taking Sri Lanka to their biggest ODI victory by 245 runs
1553 runs were scored over five days of cricket, within just three innings and this is when neither side's innings reached it completion
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has published guidelines for the safe resumption of cricket to assist its Members in restarting cricket activity in their countries as government restrictions owing to COVID-19 start to relax.
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There have been encouraging signs of international cricket's return from each of England, West Indies, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Even an IPL in September-November is very much a possibility.
The two-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka in 2014 was hardly expected to be the blockbuster that it turned out to be.
The ICC Cricket Committee today recommended changes to ICC regulations to mitigate the risks posed by the COVID-19 virus, and protect the safety of players and match officials....
There seldom exists a GOAT list which successfully blocks personal biases and so this one too self-admittedly may have inclined one way or the other due to the leanings of the writer.
The Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo saw the shortest lasting ODI in 2001 as Sri Lanka bowled out Zimbabwe for just 38 runs within 15.4 overs on the back of Chaminda Vaas' jaw-dropping figures.
Sri Lanka and New Zealand put on an exhibition during the ICC World Twenty20 in 2012 as the two teams took the match into a Super Over.
At 55-4 and with Sri Lanka's top four in Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis back in the hut by the 12th over,
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.
West Indies faced Sri Lanka in the final of the T20 World Cup in 2012.
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.
In a knock that remains the maiden and the only half-century of Lasith Malinga's ODI career, Malinga showed the lesser-known aggressive side to his batting.
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.
In our new feature series - Who would have predicted that? – we are looking back at matches where there were big upsets or extraordinary individual performances that turned matches on their head.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) will host a Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) meeting via conference call on Thursday 23 April.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today jointly announced the postponement of the Standard Bank Proteas tour to Sri Lanka that was scheduled to be played in the first half of June and consist of three One-Day Internationals and three T20 International matches.
Sri Lanka have recorded only 248 confirmed cases of Covid-19 as of Sunday (April 19) as opposed to 15,712 cases in India.
April 17, 1972 - Muralitharan's unusual action and magician-like hands made him a nightmare for batters.
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In the June of 1979, eight teams arrived in the UK for the Prudential World Cup. West Indies, India and New Zealand were placed alongside Sri Lanka in Group B.
2003 ODI World Cup - A look at the Sri Lankan line-up and it was hard to believe that Kenya could pull it off
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.
We know we are in uncertain times right now around the world and that we have all spent the last few days trying to understand this new world - whilst at the same time dealing with day to day work tasks and family commitments at home.
March 19, 1978 - Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath, who bid adieu to cricket as the highest wicket-taker among left-arm bowlers in Test cricket with 433 scalps, turns 42 today.
March 17, 1996 - The Arjuna Ranatunga-led Sri Lankan team was not fancied at the 1996 ODI World Cup, but they took the tournament by storm
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic worsening globally, and after discussions with Sri Lanka Cricket, we have today made the decision to return our players to the U.K
Due to the ongoing situation regarding the current coronavirus outbreak around the world
A Trans-Tasman face-off at Wellington’s iconic Basin Reserve is one of the highlights of a 31-match schedule announced at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021
West Indies had a convincing 7 wicket win in the 2nd T20I, at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy today, winning the Series 2-0.
West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 25 runs, in a hard fought opening T20I, at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy today.
Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav shone as semi-finalists India made it four from four at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 with a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka won a thrilling contest against the West Indies in the 1st ODI at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo today.
Sophie Devine once again proved unstoppable as her sixth consecutive 50+ score steered New Zealand to victory in their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 opener against Sri Lanka.
Australia and India tuned up for Friday’s blockbuster ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 opener with hard-fought warm-up victories over South Africa and West Indies respectively.
England Women's final preparations for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup were dealt a surprising blow in Adelaide with a 10-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka.
The captains of the 10 teams competing in the upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 came together at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on Monday
Heather Knight and Danni Wyatt led the way as England bounced back from not making the final of a preceding tri-series, beating New Zealand
Skipper Chamari Atapattu is the best Sri Lankan player by far and she would have to outshine the opponents for the team to make a mark in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020.
England National Cricket Selectors have named a 16-strong squad for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting at Galle International Stadium on March 19 2020.
Dan Mousley hit his first Youth ODI century as England dominated Sri Lanka to win the Plate Final at the ICC U19 World Cup in South Africa, taking victory by 152 runs.
Sri Lanka secured the draw and a series win 1-0 over Zimbabwe, at the Harare Sports Club, today
The weather interrupted a fascinating day’s play in the 2nd Test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, at the Harare Sports Club today.
Zimbabwe continued their fightback today against Sri Lanka to win this Test match and level the series
Zimbabwe have the edge, against Sri Lanka, at the close of play on the second day of the 2nd Test, at the Harare Sports Club
England and Sri Lanka sealed safe passage to the Plate semi-finals with assured wins as the next stage of the ICC U19 World Cup got underway.
In the 2nd Test, which started today at the Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe batted themselves into good position by th eclose of play.
There’s nowhere better to learn your trade as a young player than knock-out cricket and that’s what awaits emerging stars at the ongoing ICC U19 Cricket World Cup
ri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews is back among the top 20 batsmen in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings
Sri Lanka pulled off a remarkable 10 wicket win, in Harare today, on the final day of the 1st Test match against Zimbabwe.
Afghanistan and Pakistan will both compete in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Super League after maintaining their perfect group-stage records in South Africa.
A brilliant unbeaten double hundred from Angelo Mathews secured a strong position for Sri Lanka, going into the final day’s play, at the Harare Sports Club
The West Indies Men’s Team commence their first away series of 2020 with three One-day and two Twenty20 internationals in Sri Lanka from February 22 to March 6.
Sri Lanka came back strongly against Zimbabwe, on day 3 of the 1st Test, at the Harare Sports Club, putting on 253 for the loss of 3 wickets today.
At Close of Play on Day 2 of the 1st Test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, at the Harare Sports, in Harare, Sri Lanka trail Zimbabwe by 316 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
Defending champions India got their ICC U19 Cricket World Cup title defence off to a perfect start with an impressive 90-run win over Sri Lanka
All you need to know about Sri Lanka's two-match Test series against Zimbabwe as the hosts return to international red-ball cricket after a gap of 26 months.
South Africa and Afghanistan warmed up for the opening game of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup with victories in their final preparation games before the curtain-raiser.
Group A rivals India and Sri Lanka claimed contrasting wins on the opening day of warm-up action ahead of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 in South Africa.
The Sri Lanka under-19s clinched a thrilling 15-run victory over South Africa in the team’s first of two ICC under-19 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches in Soweto on Sunday.
All you need to know about the ICC U-19 World Cup 2020, comprising 16 teams who will compete in a total of 48 ODIs, starting in South Africa on January 17.
After a good start, good contributions from Manish Pandey and Virat Kohli and a useful 8-ball 22 from Shardul Thakur ensured that India breached the 200-run mark.
After KL Rahul set up the chase, Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli ensured that India did not have any further troubles in reaching the total and won the match by 7 wickets, to go 1-0 up in the series.
9:46 p.m. IST being the cut off time, the umpires had no option but to call off the match. The good thing though is that the fans will not have a long wait as the action begins in Indore on Jan 7.
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All you need to know about the three-match T20I series on the Sri Lanka tour of India, as the teams continue their lead-up to the 2020 T20 World Cup.
As Lasith Malinga continues to lead Sri Lanka for the T20Is against India, Angelo Mathews' presence will provide solidity to the Sri Lankan batting line-up which has several firecrackers like Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella and Bhanuka Rajapaksa.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee met in New Delhi on Monday to pick the Indian Cricket Team for the upcoming Paytm T20I series against Sri Lanka and the Paytm ODI series against Australia.
It took Pakistan just 15 minutes on the final morning to wrap up an historic series win at home 1-0.
A small but exuberant crowd at Karachi witnessed another day of domination by the Pakistan team
England U19s fell 77 runs short Sri Lanka's total in the Rising Stars Tri-Series final in Antigua – their last competitive match before the ICC U19 World Cup begins in January.
A great day for Pakistan cricket was all about the brilliant 278-run partnership between Abid Ali and Shan Masood
Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka teams fought tooth and nail on the second day of the Test match at National Stadium, Karachi.
By the close of play, on day one of the second Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, at the National Stadium, in Karachi, 13 wickets had fallen in the day.
Sri Lanka Cricket has announced that the proposed Ireland Tour 2020 of Sri Lanka has been postponed.
Karachi’s National Stadium will be under spotlight from Thursday as Test cricket returns to the iconic venue.
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Australian batsman among those making strides in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men's Test Players' Rankings announced today.
After having played their first Test on Pakistani soil, the national men’s team cannot wait for the second and final Test against Sri Lanka which will be played at the iconic National Stadium in Karachi.
After three days of sheer frustration when only 23.4 overs’ play was possible, the Sunday crowd at Rawalpindi Stadium, had plenty to cheer about. The two hundreds – both significant – by Abid Ali and Babar Azam, were savoured all around, before the play was finally called off, due to bad light
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