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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 (JULY 2022) By Victor Melder The touring Australians beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to win the first Test played at the Galle International Stadium. Scores: Sri Lanka, 1st Innings – 212 (Dickwella 58, Mathews 39, Karunaratne 28, Nissanka 23, Lyon 5/90, Swepson 3/55) Australia, 1st Innings – 321 (Green 77, Khawaja 71, Carey 45, Cummins 26, R.Mendis 4/112, A.Fernando 2/37, Vandersay 2/68) Sri Lanka, 2nd Innings – 113 (Karunaratne 23, Head 4/10, Lyon 4/31, Swepson 2/34) Australia, 2nd Innings – 10/0 (Warner 10no) Player of the Match: Cameroon Green (Australia) Test Debut: Jeffrey Vandersay (Sri Lanka) Points: Australia 12, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka have been hit by three more COVID-19 cases on the eve of the second Test against Australia, with Dhananjaya de Silva, Asitha Fernando and Jeffrey Vandersay ruled out of the game in Galle. It is understood that the trio had all reported feeling unwell which led ...

Aug 6, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Asitha Fernando, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Sri Lanka squad, Sri Lanka team

Dhananjaya, Jayasuriya lead Sri Lankan resurgence against Pakistan – by Trevine Rodrigo (Melbourne – eLanka Sports editor) Image Source : timesofsports Dhananjaya De Silva played a long overdue starring role and Sri Lanka’s batting found harmony to destroy Pakistan’s hope of a series win as an all-round effort saw the home team square the two match series in Galle. Sri Lanka’s batters put the Pakistanis out of reach with a memorable performance that made a 507 target way beyond a realistic chase able target. Jack -in -the- box I called them. So it was, as a history focused home team rammed home a milestone Matthews 100th Test to pull off a fantastic series levelling Test victory. If there was a spur needed to produce the unexpected, Matthews, the Sri Lanka former skipper, and loyal soldier in a team in transition, gave them the impetus to acknowledge and honor a man that ...

Jul 30, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Prabath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka former skipper

Pumped up Sri Lanka chase consistency against Pakistan – by Trevine Rodrigo – Melbourne (eLanka Sport editor) Dimuth Karunaratne leads a pumped up Sri Lanka against Pakistan, confident that they can continue the upward trend after a series levelling effort against Australia. There’s a new energy emanating among the Sri Lankans, overriding the political and economic crisis enveloping the country and it augurs well to create a necessary distraction among the suffering masses. Cricket among the population always takes away the troubles of the world, albeit during its limited duration, and Sri Lanka’s cricketing heroes have provided that. The Australian tour in many ways provided a welcome avenue to quell the doom and gloom the country is going through apart from injecting much needed revenue towards an almost bare financial situation. Australia and their fantastic band of ambassadors will be long remembered for their bravery in embarking on a tour ...

Jul 16, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Angelo Matthews, Australia, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, double centurion Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka's cricketing

Kangaroo’s move in for Lion’s annihilation – By Trevine Rodrigo in Melbourne Lanka’s curators must be scrambling to reverse their preparation of spitting spinning tracks to docile less venom turners in an endeavour to give the technically flawed local batsmen fewer worries against Australia’s superior bowling. Usually accustomed to terrorising visiting teams in Galle, the Lankans were embarrassed by Australia’s spinning duo, Nathan Lyon and Mitch Shwepson who bamboozled the local batsmen and swing the scales the other way. To be bowled out in a similar way to a T20 disaster by Australia in the first Test, the Lankans will be smarting about the hopeless capitulation by their batsmen who failed to address a first innings debacle after the Aussies gave them a lesson on defiant fighting batting qualities in their first dig. Same venue, similar conditions, see Pat Cummins men with their tails up and much more the dictators of ...

Jul 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Angelo Matthews, Asitha Fernando, Australia's spinning, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dinuth Wellelage, Glen Maxwell, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lasith Embuldeniya, Maheesh Theeksheena, Mitch Shwepson, Nathan Lyon and, Oshada Fernando, Sri Lanka's batsmens

Hara Kiri by Sri Lankan Cricketers assures Hallelujah for the Aussies at Galle – By Michael Roberts Source:thuppahis.com On a wicket with uneven bounce that also supported massive spin the Sri Lankan batsmen proceeded to perform “hara kiri” in a manner that was as comical as disastrous. The second innings scoreline of 113 runs underlines the disaster; but does not quite capture the astounding manner in which some of the batsmen contibuted to their dismissal — though one must also record the competent fielding (catched by Labushagne and Swepson) and intelligent bowling). HARA KIRI = ritual suicide by disembowelment practiced by the Japanese samurai or formerly decreed by a court in lieu of the death penalty …. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hara-kiri#:~:text=Definition%20of%2Sam0 hara%2Dkiri,2%20%3A%20suicide%20sense%201b A Samurai about to commit “seppuku” or “hara-kiri” Swepson acclaims his wicket Dimuth Karunaratne: c Carey b Lyon 23 5.3 Bottom edge, given! Went for the sweep from outside off and gets ...

Jul 2, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, hara kiri, Kusal Mendis, Lasith Embuldeniya, Niroshan Dickwella, Oshada Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Ramesh Mendis, Sri Lankan batsmen

Andrew’s Review: Before the Galle Tests CommenceAndrew’s Review: Before the Galle Tests Commence-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, Tuesday/Wednesday On paper it’s been six years since the Australia men’s side were last in Sri Lanka for a Test tour, but somehow that 2016 tour seems a lifetime ago. Graham Ford was Sri Lanka’s coach then; Angelo Mathews still the captain. For Australia, it was pre-Sandpapergate. Adam Voges was a part of the middle order. If you’re a Sri Lanka fan, there was magic in the air. That was not a Sri Lanka side that should have won. Even their greatest teams have struggled against Australia and when they were bowled out for 117 in Pallekele on the first day of the tour, there was disappointment, but no major surprise. Sri Lanka seemed dead in a series that had only just begun. Five factors that could decide the Sri Lanka-Australia Test series Then, madness. Kusal Mendis played the innings of ...

Jul 1, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Dhananjaya De Silva, Lasith Embuldeniya, Pathum Nissanka, Rangana Herath

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

Another Pulsating ODI Win by Sri Lanka ….Just!-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Where Sri Lanka’s pulsating win on Sunday 20th June seemed on the cards as the game moved on towards a climax with Sri Lanka’s batsmen in command, the match on the same grounds at Khettarama in Colombo on Tuesday the 22nd was a nailbiter in the last over. The unlikely near-hero for Australia was their last-minute spinning stand-in Matthew Kuhnemann. Facing the last over with the enormous target of 19 runs to snatch a win, he manufactured an assault on Dasun Shanaka’s bowling which left him with a target of six runs to secure a tie in the sixth ball of the over. He went for it ; but skied …. and every Sri Lankan breathed a sigh of relief as Asalanka caught it. ...

Jun 22, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Chamika Karunaratne, Charitha Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Matthew Kuhnemann

Sri Lanka wins first ODI series over Australia since 2010 Image source:onlanka.com Source:dailymirror.lk Sri Lanka edged Australia by four runs in the fourth ODI to seal an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series in Colombo on Tuesday. Sri Lanka’s triumph marked its first ODI series win over Australia since 2010, when it beat the Aussies 2-1 Down Under. Batting first, the Dasun Shanaka-led side rode on Charith Asalanka’s maiden ODI century (110) to post 258 on the board. In reply, Australia lost skipper Aaron Finch for a duck before fellow opener David Warner led the chase with a half-century. However, Warner was stumped on 99 off Dhananjaya de Silva’s bowling in a decisive moment in the chase. With minimal contributions coming from the middle-order, Australia was eventually restricted to 254 after Pat Cummins (35) was trapped lbw in the penultimate over. The win also marked Sri Lanka’s first home ...

Jun 22, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Aaron Finch, Australia, Charith Asalanka, David Warner, Dhananjaya De Silva