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Jaffna Kings – Galle Gladiators clash in LPL curtain raiser-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews The third edition of the Lanka Premier League ( LPL) cricket tournament will commence today ) at three venues Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium Hambantota, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. This is the first time LPL the main franchise cricket tournament of Sri Lanka will be conducted at three venues Hambantota, Pallekele and Colombo and five teams will battle it out for this tournament which will commence today from Hambantota Said Tournament Director Samantha Dodanwela. Five teams Colombo Stars, Aura Dambulla ,Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Kings and Kandy Falcons will compete in this tournament which attracts several international players from West Indies, England, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Pakistan, and New Zealand. ...

Dec 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Andre Fletcher (WI), Angelo Mathews (Capt), Ashan Priyaranjan, Ashen Bandara, Ashian Daniel, Avishka Perera, Benny Howell (Eng), Carlos Brathwaite (WI), Chamika Karunaratne, Chamod Battage, Charith Asalanka, Chathuranga Kumara, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Dinesh Chandimal, Dominic Drakes (WI), Fabien Allen (WI), Isuru Udana, Janith Liyanage, Jeffrey Vandersay, Kamindu Mendis, Karim Janat (Afg), Kavin Bandara, Kevin Koththigoda, Lakshitha Manasinghe, Lasith Abeyratne, Malinda Pushpakumara, Minod Bhanuka, Muditha Lakshan, Najibulla Zadran (Afg), Naveen Ul-Haq (Afg), Navod Paranavithana, Niroshan Dickwella, Nishan Madushka, Oshane Thomas (WI), Pathum Nissankna, Ravi Bopara (Eng), Romario Shephard (WI), Seeekuge Prasanna, Suranga Lakmal, Wanindu Hasaranga (Capt)

SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (NOVEMBER 2022) – By victor meldor England beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets to win the 39th Match, Group 1, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, played at the Sydney Cricket Grounds (SCG) Stadium. Scores: Sri Lanka – 141/8 in 20 Overs (Nissanka 67, Rajapaksha 22, K. Mendis 18, Wood 3/18, Rsahid 1/16, Stokes 1/24, Woakes 1/24) England – 144/6 in 19.4 Overs (Hales 47, Stokes 42no, W.H.de Silva 2/23, Kumaras 2/24, D.de Silva 2/24) Player of the Match: Adil Rashid (England) Points: England 2, Sri Lanka 0 Wanindu Hasaranga has regained the top spot among T20I bowlers, replacing Rashid Khan, after a successful T20 World Cup, where he picked up 15 wickets in eight matches. Hasaranga picked up three-wicket hauls three times in the tournament. His 3 for 8 against UAE and 3 for 28 against Netherlands ensured Sri Lanka turned their first-round campaign around after an opening loss to Namibia to ...

Dec 1, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged "CRICKET, Chamika Karunaratne, Sri Lanka Cricket, SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS, T20 World Cup, Wanindu Hasaranga

SRI LANKA WIPE THE SMILE OFF THE IRISH – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Sri Lanka’s bowlers stifled a dangerous Ireland batting line-up and then the familiar picture of an in-form Kusal Mendis stepped in, bludgeoning a hapless Irish attack, smashing an unbeaten 68 off 43 deliveries to give them a glimmer of hope of surprising many in this edition of the T20 World Cup. A backup pace attack did an incredible job to restrict and bamboozle the Irishmen before the big guns, Wanindu Hasarsnga De Silva and Maheesh Theeksheena strangled the run flow while picking up wickets at random to give the batsmen the relief of an achievable target. There was no panic, as the Sri Lankans plotted a cool calm and calculated chase. With little terrors in the Irish attack to deal with, there was no disorientation like in the game against Namabia. Missing explosive Pathum Nissanka, Sri Lanka ...

Oct 23, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Asia Cup, Chamika Karunaratne, Charith Asalanka, Chris Silverwood, Dusantha Chameera, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theeksheena, Matheesha Pathirana Dasun Shanaka, Namabia, Pathum Nissanka, Pramod Madushan, Sri Lanka team, Sri Lankan coaching, T20 World Cup, Wanindu Hasarsnga De Silva

Namibia stun Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup opener Image Source : t20worldcup Source : dailymirror Namibia stunned Asia Cup champions, Sri Lanka, by 55 runs in the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Geelong on Sunday. After being put into bat first, Namibia posted 163 for 7 in 20 overs. With 93 for 6 in 14.2 overs, Namibia were in deep trouble. Jan Frylinck (44 off 28b; 4×4) and JJ Smit (31 not out off 16b; 2×4, 2×6) put on 70-run stand for the seventh wickets in just 34 balls. For Sri Lanka, Pramod Madushan Liyanagamage (2/37), Maheesh Theekshana (1/23), Dushmantha Chameera (1/39), Chamika Karunaratne (1/36), and Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva (1/27) shared the spoils. ...

Oct 17, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Asia Cup Champions, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Namibia, Pramod Madushan Liyanagamage, Sri Lanka, Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva

Moose tie up with Sri Lanka Cricket team to launch team song-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Sri Lankan team players Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Kumara, Ashen Bandara, Maheesh Theekshana, and Head Coach Chris Silverwood. Also in the picture are Bathiya and Santhush (BNS) with Moose Clothing CEO and Brandix Director Hasib Omar. Source:Dailynews Moose Clothing Company, Sri Lanka’s versatile and youthful clothing brand has yet again readily partnered with Sri Lanka Cricket as the Sri Lanka Cricket National Team Sponsor for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Championship series. In addition before the Sri Lankan team’s departure on Sunday, Moose Clothing company launched the team song to encourage Sri Lanka cricketers. The famous music stars Bhathiya and Santhush Weeraman and their team produced and sang this team song at the Moose Clothing company premises at Ja-Ela while the company senior officials with CEO and Director of Brandix Hasib Omar ...

Oct 4, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya De Silva, Promodya Wickramasinghe, Wanindu Hasaranga

For Australia: Sri Lanka’s Cricket Squad for T20 World Cup-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis The Island, 17 September 2022, where the title reads “Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Kumara in Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup squad, subject to fitness” Sri Lanka have shown faith with the group of players that won the Asia Cup, with the inclusions of fast bowlers Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Kumara – who missed that tournament due to injury – the only change, as they named their 15-man squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. From the squad that toured the UAE, batters Dinesh Chandimal, Ashen Bandara and Nuwanidu Fernando, and left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama have been listed as standby players alongside left-arm quick Binura Fernando. This means Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando and Nuwan Thushara miss out. The inclusions of Chameera and Kumara, however, are subject to them being passed fit. Kumara is recovering from a ...

Sep 19, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Chamika Karunaratne, Charith Asalanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dushmantha Chameera

Sri Lanka in majestic win to take Asia Cup – By Dhammika Ratnaweera Source : dailynews The Sri Lanka team made a superb team effort to win the sixth Asia Cup cricket title when they beat Pakistan by 23 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday. The game was a do-or-die battle for both Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Sri Lanka chased the target and recorded their victory on Friday with three overs to spare. However, Sri Lanka batted first after losing the toss and made a comfortable total of 170/6 as they defended that total with a superb fighting spirit to clinch the title for the sixth time under the full capacity of Dubai grounds while most of them were Pakistani supporters ended up disappointed with back to back defeats from Sri Lanka. Pakistan chasing a target of 171 runs managed to get 147 while wicketkeeper Mohammed Rizwan was the ...

Sep 12, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Cricket News Tagged "CRICKET, Asia Cup wining team, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chamika Karunaratne, Lanka and Pakistan, sixth Asia Cup cricket title, Sri Lanka team, Wanindu Hasaranga

Three replacements for Sri Lanka Asia Cup squad-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Three replacements have been named in the 20-man cricket squad for the six nation Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament which will commence on August 27 in Dubai. The selection committee headed by Pramodya Wickramasinghe has picked a 20-member squad (17-player squad and three stand-by players) and Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has given his approval to this squad. Two players who were originally named pacemen Binura Fernando and Kasun Rajitha got injured during the recently concluded SLC Invitational T20 League tournament while Sri Lankan white ball format main strike bowler Dushmantha Chameera who was rested for the T20 invitational tournament once again got injured last Friday during the training and selectors named three replacements for Binura Fernando, Kasun Rajitha and Dushmantha Chameera. The selectors earlier named two replacements pace bowlers Asitha Fernando who was the best player of the recently ...

Aug 23, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged (V.Capt) Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Ashen Bandara, Asitha Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (captain), Dhananjaya De Silva, Dhanushka Gunathilaka, Dilshan Madushanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Jeffery Vandersay, Kusal Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara, Nuwanidu Fernando Asitha Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Pramod Madushan, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Praveen Jayawickrema, Promod Madushan, Wanindu Hasaranga

SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – By Victor Melder (JUNE 2022) The touring Australians beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to win the first T20 played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Scores: Sri Lanka – 128 in 19.3 Overs (Asalanka 38, Nissanka 36, Gunathilaka 26, Hazlewood 4/16, Starc 3/26, Richardson 1/22 Australia – 134 in 14 Overs (Warner 70no, Finch 61no) Player of the Match: Josh Hazlewood (Australia) The touring Australians beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets to win the second T20 played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Scores Sri Lanka – 124/9 in 20 Overs (Asalanka 39, K.Mendis 36, K. Richardson 4/30, J. Richardson 3/26, Maxwell 2/18) Australia – 126/7 in 17.5 Overs (Wade 26no, Finch 24, Warner 21, de Silva 4/33, Thushara 1/18, Chameera 1/31) Player of the Match: Matthew Wade (Australia) Sri Lanka have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a ...

Jul 1, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Aaron Finch, Chamika Karunaratne, Dasun Shanaka, Galle International Cricket Stadium, Kumar Dharmasena, Kusal Mendis, Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium, Prageeth Rambukwella, R.Premadasa Stadium, Ranjan Madugalle

No walk-in-the-park for Sri Lanka in Galle-BY CALLISTUS DAVY The Sri Lanka team celebrate winning the five-match ODI series against Australia 3-2 at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday night ahead of the Test series starting in Galle on Wednesday Source:Sundayobserver Elated by their triumph in the ODI series, Sri Lanka will be looking for a repeat of the home Test series against Australia in 2016 when the two teams leave aside the fanfare of white ball cricket and get down to more series stuff with the first of two Tests starting in Galle on Wednesday. Sri Lanka had a 3-0 clean sweep of Australia the last time the two teams played in a Test series in the island but the difference this time will be that the home team will be without their supreme match winning spin bowlers Rangana Herath and Dilruwan Perera. The duo accounted for 41 ...

Jun 26, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Angelo Mathews, Asitha Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dilshan Madushanka, Dimuth Karunaratne (Captain), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Jeffrey Vandersay, Kamindu Mendis, Kasun Rajitha, Kusal Mendis, Lasith Embuldeniya, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Oshada Fernando, Pathum Nissanka de Silva, Praveen Jayawickrama, Ramesh Mendis, Vishwa Fernando