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Flat footed Sri Lanka crumble in Port Elizabeth giving South Africa clean sweep.– -BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka batted themselves out of contention to play in the Test Championship final after a customary batting debacle in Port Elizabeth. After their bowlers gave them an fighting chance to level the two Test series, Sri Lanka’s batters were incapable of scoring 143 with five wickets intact required on the last day, as the turning track saw them crash to a 109- run defeat giving the home team a 2-0 sweep and a solid seat at number two in the rankings. Keshav Maharaj exposed Sri Lanka’s weakness against top quality spin with a match winning five-wicket haul. So the questions that arise from the tour is that Sri Lanka’s batters are ill equipped to handle genuine pace, swing and spin. It certainly puts the onus back on the ...

Dec 10, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Angelo Matthews, cricket alien conditions, cricket spin bowling weakness, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Durban Test, Keshav Maharaj, Oshada Fernando, Port Elizabeth cricket, Sadeera Samarawickrema, Sanath Jayasuriya coaching., South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka batting collapse, Sri Lanka batting woes, Sri Lanka Cricket, Sri Lanka cricket analysis, Sri Lanka cricket coaches, Sri Lanka cricket future, Sri Lanka cricket rankings, Sri Lanka vs Australia, Sri Lanka vs South Africa series, Test Championship

Down, but not out, Sri Lanka look to bounce back against South Africa. Scramble for Test Championship final should make this encounter a titanic battle. -BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor). Sri Lanka can bounce back and keep their aspirations to play in the Test Championship final alive in the crucial second game in Port Elizabeth’s St. George Park, Gqeberha, if they can overcome an injury ridden South Africa. Injuries to Wiaan Mulder and Gerald Coetzee has forced South Africa to reshuffle their line-up giving the tourists a glimpse of what could be if they are up to it. Although beaten soundly in the first Test in Durban, Sri Lanka posess a squad capable of beating anyone when they hit their straps. Their problem clearly lies in their batting which has historic representation to a rollercoaster ride. The uncharacteristic debacle at Kingsmead underlines a worrying trend that has ...

Dec 4, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Angelo Mathews, cricket at Kingsmead, cricket veterans, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Port Elizabeth cricket match, rising ball strategy, South Africa cricket injuries, South Africa Test Championship chances, Sri Lanka batting challenges, Sri Lanka bowling attack, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, Sri Lanka vs Australia Galle, Sri Lanka vs South Africa Test series, St. George Park Gqeberha, Test Championship final race, Test cricket consistency, Test cricket news.

Kamindu Mendis and Sri Lanka are streaming towards the summit of world cricket. Sri Lanka spinners have New Zealand in a dizzy tailspin. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka’s stupendous turnaround after thrashing England in the third Test at the Oval continues to spiral them upwards, now with the series victory over New Zealand in Galle. Suddenly, a team widely categorised as ordinary, has catapulted themselves to number three in the World Championship rankings behind Australia and India making everyone sit up and take notice. Obviously former coach Chris Silverwood was sitting on a golden nestegg but was unable to notice it’s shimmer. Sanath Jayasuriya appears to have polished it to its shining brilliance and produced what was always there to be exploited but needing tinkering through a different mental approach. The blend of youth and experience has made Sri Lanka a revelation in the ...

Sep 30, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Chris Silverwood, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, World Championship rankings

Sri Lanka Squad – Test Series against New Zealand Dhananjaya de Silva (capt), Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Oshada Fernando, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Prabath Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Jeffrey Vandersay, Milan Rathnayake Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox! ...

Sep 17, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Angelo Mathews, Asitha Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva (capt), Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Jeffrey Vandersay, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Kumara, Milan Rathnayake, Oshada Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Prabath Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Sri Lanka Squad - Test Series against New Zealand, Vishwa Fernando

Sri Lankan Cricket Tour of England: Andrew in Q & A with Sanath Source:Thuppahis Q and A between Andrew and Sanath Sanath Jayasuriya is Sri Lanka’s coach only in an interim capacity, as they prepare for their biggest Test series of the year. He was appointed after former coach Chris Silverwood declined to renew his contract at the end of June. Jayasuriya has tasted some success in the job so far, with Sri Lanka beating India 2-0 in the ODI series earlier this month. He spoke to ESPNcricinfo about the challenges that England, and Bazball, will present over the next few weeks. As someone who routinely took attacks apart, including in England, in the Test format, what do you make of Bazball? You get various styles depending on the time. Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist did it too during our time. This is something similar to what we have had in the past. There ...

Aug 26, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Kusal Mendis, Sri Lanka Cricket

Rex Clementine & His Magical Moments-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Rex has travelled far and wide in keeping track of Sri Lankan cricket … and even banged into me in Adelaide. However, this bethrothal event would have been one of his happiest moments. I am stretching my ‘license’ and selecting other moments in his life’s work which must have been quite special; while inserting references to the occasions when he strode into ‘the parlour of the’Thuppahi site — a mansion that is usuallly selective in its choices. https://cricketique.wordpress.com/2019/02/24/how-sri-lanka-transformed-themselves-in-south-africa-rex-clementine/ How Sri Lanka Transformed Themselves in South Africa — Rex Clementine February 24, 2019 ONE: Rex Clementine in Port Elizabeth, Sunday Island, 25 February 2019 = Karunaratne credits change of team culture for series win” Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has credited changing the dressing room environment for the success his team enjoyed in South Africa. Sri Lanka arrived in Johannesburg straight from Australia having suffered successive humiliating series defeats ...

Aug 17, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Dimuth Karunaratne, Port Elizabeth, Rex Clementine, Sri Lankan cricket

Angelo Matthews, Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne lead Sri Lanka cricket revival. Experienced trio save Sri Lanka some blushes against Afghanistan – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) Afganistan showed the cricketing world that their lack of Test cricket experience will not be a long term deterrent as they made Sri Lanka sweat before recording a ten wicket win in Colombo. The plucky Afgans looked done and dusted when they folded for 198 in a sorry first innings effort. But they fought back with bat and ball after Sri Lanka’s batters galloped to a 241- run first innings lead. Their batters then hit their straps to give Sri Lanka some anxious moments overhauling the deficit without any discomfort against an attack that destroyed them in the first innings. Sr Lanka’s pacemen found their early success hard to replicate as the wicket appeared to flatten out to batter friendly conditions ...

Feb 8, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Angelo Matthews, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, SL vs AF, SL vs afganistan cricket highlights, Sri Lanka Cricket, sri lanka test cricket, TREVINE RODRIGO

Sri Lanka’s bowlers put Afghanistan to the sword in Colombo and in command to win Test – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) Sri Lanka’s bowlers wreaked havoc on Afghanistan, bowling them out for 198, and then raced to 80 fo no loss on day one of the only Test at the SSC stadium in Colombo. It was a day out for the fast men as Vishwa Fernando and Asitha Fernando combined with spinner Prabath Jayasuriya to unravel a potent Afghanistan batting line-up in just over half a day to set up what appears a historic first Test win against the visitors. The Afgans were all at sea on a seaming wicket which was exploited by a resurgent Sri Lanka side that has been reshuffled to include some veterans who were overlooked for a while. Only Rahmat Shah who smacked 91 off 139 balls with 13 fours had ...

Feb 3, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Angelo Matthews, Colombo, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan Match, stadium in Colombo, Vishwa Fernando

SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – By Victor Melder Chairman of cricket selectors Upul Tharanga said that Dhananjaya de Silva has been appointed the new captain of the Sri Lanka Test team succeeding Dimuth Karunaratne. Kusal Mendis will be the vice-captain. De Silva will become the country’s 18th Test captain when he leads Sri Lanka in the one-off Test against Afghanistan next month. Karunaratne was Sri Lanka’s Test captain from 2018-19 till 2023 leading his country in 28 Tests with 12 wins, 10 losses and 6 draws. He captained Sri Lanka to three series victories, a rare 2-0 win in South Africa making Sri Lanka the only Asian country to win a series in Rainbow Nation in 2018-19, and 2-0 wins against West Indies (2021) and Ireland (2023). (Daily Financial Times, 6.1.2024) The first One Day International (ODI), played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, between the touring Zimbabweans and Sri Lanka, ended ...

Feb 2, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Sri Lanka Cricket, SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS, Sri Lanka Test team, Upul Tharanga, Victor Melder

Two New Cricket Captains for Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Item in The Island, 31 December 2023 ….. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dasun Shanaka’s reign as Sri Lanka’s white-ball captain has come to an end as Sri Lanka’s new selection committee appointed Kusal Mendis and Wanindu Hasaranga to lead the ODI and T20I sides, respectively. With Dimuth Karunaratne currently leading the Test side, this is the first time Sri Lanka have three different captains in the three formats. Shanaka first captained Sri Lanka in 2019, on the team’s first tour to Pakistan since the 2009 Lahore attack, but it was not until 2021 that he became their regular captain. Under him, Sri Lanka won 23 out of 41 ODIs and 22 out of 48 T20Is. The highlight of his tenure was the 2022 T20 Asia Cup victory in the UAE where Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in the final. Also notable were ODI series wins against South ...

Jan 1, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Akila Dananjaya, Angelo Mathews, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Binura Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Charith Asalanka (vc), Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dilshan Madushanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Jeffrey Vandersay, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara, Pathum Nissanaka, Pramod Madushan, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Wanindu Hasaranga (c)