India captain Virat Kohli completed his 17th Test ton on Saturday before his bowlers demolished injury-hit Sri Lanka to claim a 304-run victory inside four days in the first Test. It was India’s biggest winning margin in Sri Lanka and demonstrated emphatically why they are currently the top-ranked Test side in the world. Set a … Read more
Virat Kohli and Abhinav Mukund fired quick runs off dispirited Sri Lankan bowlers on Friday to power India to a hefty second-innings lead of nearly 500 in the first Test. Skipper Kohli hit an unbeaten 76 and Mukund was out for 81 on what turned out to be the final ball of the third day’s … Read more
Sri Lanka had their backs against the wall despite a defiant 90 not out by Dilruwan Perera on the third day of the first Test against India in Galle on Friday. Perera rallied the lower order to take the hosts to 289-8 at lunch, still 111 runs short of the follow-on target after India made … Read more
Sri Lanka’s Dilruwan Perera scored 90 not out by lunch on the third day of the first Test against India in Galle on July 28, 2017 Dilruwan Perera struck a defiant 90 not out as Sri Lanka tottered to 289-8 at lunch on the third day of the first Test against India at Galle on … Read more
Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit an unbeaten 64 to give India a steady start on the first day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Wednesday. The 31-year-old left-hander put on 88 for the unbroken second wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara (37 not out) as the visitors reached 115-1 after electing to bat. Dhawan, … Read more
Niroshan Dickwella and Asela Gunaratne guided Sri Lanka to a record 388 target to beat Zimbabwe by four wickets Tuesday in a pulsating end to their one-off Test. A crucial 121-run sixth-wicket stand between Gunaratne (80 not out) and Dickwella (81) secured Sri Lanka’s best-ever run chase. Sri Lanka’s previous best was against South Africa … Read more
Niroshan Dickwella struck a defiant half-century to keep Sri Lanka’s chase alive after Zimbabwe skipper Graeme Cremer took two wickets on the final day of their one-off Test in Colombo on Tuesday. Chasing 388 for victory, Sri Lanka were 270-5 at lunch with Dickwella (56) batting alongside Asela Gunaratne (26) at the R. Premadasa Stadium. … Read more
Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath captured three early wickets to rattle Zimbabwe’s top-order after the hosts conceded a 10-run lead on the third day of their one-off Test in Colombo on Sunday. Zimbabwe were left reeling at 23 for four at lunch with Sean Williams unbeaten on one and the visitors leading by just 33 … Read more
Batsman Craig Ervine hit a fighting half-century as Zimbabwe took tea at 213-6 against a persistent Sri Lankan bowling attack on the opening day of the one-off Test on Friday. Ervine’s unbeaten 84 lifted Zimbabwe from a precarious 70-4 after Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath took three wickets to hurt the visitors at Colombo’s R … Read more
Off-spinner Sikandar Raza claimed three wickets to help Zimbabwe restrict Sri Lanka to 203 for eight in the fifth and deciding one-day international on Monday. Put into bat, Sri Lanka suffered from a lack of partnerships but opener Danushka Gunathilaka (52) and Asela Gunaratne (59 not out) hit gritty half-centuries to steady the home side … Read more
Openers Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka hit sublime centuries to help Sri Lanka humble Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the third one-day international in Hambantota on Thursday. Chasing 311 for victory, the hosts rode on a 229-run opening stand between Dickwella (102) and Gunathilaka (116) to canter home in 47.2 overs and earn a 2-1 … Read more
Opener Hamilton Masakadza hit a sparkling century as Zimbabwe posted 310 for eight against Sri Lanka in the third one-day international in Hambantota on Thursday. Masakadza (111) put on a crucial 127-run partnership for the second wicket with Tarisai Musakanda (48) before Sri Lanka’s bowlers struck back at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Cricket Stadium. Masakadza’s 98-ball … Read more
Sri Lanka are looking to pick themselves up as the series against Zimbabwe begins this week in Galle after a string of poor performances prompted their coach to quit. Angelo Mathews leads the Sri Lankans who take on Zimbabwe in the first of five one-day internationals on Friday as they look to get over their … Read more
Angelo Mathews says an inspirational session in the nets with Kumar Sangakkara laid the foundations for Sri Lanka’s stunning Champions Trophy victory against India. Sangakkara is retired from international duty, but the legendary Sri Lanka batsman is currently playing for Surrey and he took the opportunity to spend some time with his country’s emerging youngsters … Read more
Lasith Malinga became only the fifth bowler in the history of Twenty20 internationals to claim a hat-trick as Sri Lanka restricted Bangladesh to 176-9 in the second and final match of the series in Colombo on Thursday. Malinga bowled Mushfiqur Rahim and Mashrafe Mortaza and trapped debutant Mehedi Hasan lbw in his final over to … Read more
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath picked up two wickets in two balls to give Sri Lanka a fighting chance in the second Test against Bangladesh in Colombo on Sunday. The hosts reduced Bangladesh to 38 for two at lunch on the fifth day after setting a target of 191 runs, thanks to a dogged half-century by … Read more
Bangladesh made a strong start to their 100th Test Wednesday as they reduced Sri Lanka to 70-4 at lunch on the opening day of their match in Colombo, with teenage off-spinner Mehedi Hasan taking two wickets. Fast bowlers Mustafizur Rahman and Subashis Roy also each claimed a wicket apiece as the visitors made early inroads … Read more
Spinners Dilruwan Perera and Rangana Herath each struck twice as Sri Lanka pushed Bangladesh to the corner in the first Test in Galle on Saturday. The hosts came within five wickets of a crushing victory in the weather-hit Test match at the Galle International Stadium after reducing Bangladesh to 157-5 at lunch on the fifth … Read more
Kusal Mendis scored an unbeaten half-century to steady the Sri Lankan innings after Bangladesh struck early blows on the opening day of the first Test in Galle on Tuesday. Mendis was batting on 80 as the hosts reached 155-3 by tea after fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman removed Dinesh Chandimal in the post-lunch session. Chandimal managed … Read more
Asela Gunaratne slammed a pulse-racing 84 to power Sri Lanka to a last-ball victory against Australia on Sunday, clinching their Twenty20 series. Gunaratne pounded the Australian bowlers with five sixes and six fours off 46 balls to get his side home by two wickets to scenes of wild jubilation at Geelong. It was the second … Read more