How cricket can help overcome Lanka’s foreign reserve woes-by Rex Clementine Source:Island There are some concerns about the national economy with former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe raising alarm about diminishing foreign reserves. Listening to the UNP leader one recalls the pithy local saying, ‘bale thiyanakota mole ne, mole thiyanakota bale ne’ (when one has power one has no brains, and vice versa). Under his watch, men in three piece suits put professional banker robbers to shame; they walked away with billions of rupees in the form of fraudulently obtained Treasury bonds. The great game of cricket helps take a man’s mind out of his troubles and if properly utilized, and could solve our foreign reserves crisis as well. The upcoming six-match limited overs series will see Sri Lanka Cricket earning as much as US$ 12 million as television revenue. SLC sources inform us that maintaining several bio-secure bubbles for players, coaching ...
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Batting will hold key to Sri Lanka’s success – Kusal Perera Kusal Janith Perera Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Skipper Kusal Janith Perera believes that a well settled batting line-up will be the key for their success in the three-match Twenty20 International series against England, which begins in Cardiff, Wales today. “All our top order batsmen had a good workout during the two practice matches and we are keen to have a settled batting line-up for this series,” Perera told reporters yesterday. The dashing wicket-keeper opening batsman also said that Sri Lanka will start the game with two all-rounders, three bowlers and six specialist batsmen. ...
New icon players named for LPL T20 Cricket Tourney-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday named the five local icon players for the second edition of the franchise-based Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 Cricket Tournament which is set to be played from July 29 to August 22 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota. Niroshan Dickwella will represent the Kandy franchise this season as the local icon player. He played for Dambulla last season. Dasun Shanaka of Dambulla franchise is the only local icon player to be retained from last season. ...
Jun 24, 2021
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Sri Lanka keen on beating England in their own backyard-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Vice-Captain Kusal Mendis (left) along with teammates. Pix courtesy SLC Source:Dailynews Skipper Kusal Janith Perera said that the Sri Lanka Team is confident of providing a good challenge to England during their limited overs series starting on June 23. He made these comments yesterday, shortly before departing to England for a series, which includes three Twenty20 Internationals and the same number of One Day Internationals. “We all know that England are a top ranked team packed with more experienced players and we must never underestimate them. But we want to give them a good challenge,” he said. “Our team includes some good youngsters with a lot of domestic experience and they will like to test their skills on this tour,” he emphasised. “This will be a good experience for all of them and I hope they will get ...
Lack of experience cost us the ODI series – Kusal Perera Kusal Janith Perera Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Skipper Kusal Janith Perera said that lack of experience among the players was the prime reason for their first One Day International (ODI) series defeat against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday. “It was a very disappointing team performance during both matches. On both occasions the middle-order collapsed and the lack of experience cost us the series,” Perera said after the game. The dashing wicket-keeper batsman hoped that the players would come out with an improved performance and redeem some prestige in the third match on Friday. ...
SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS-(JANUARY 2021)Compiled by Victor Melder Spinner Akila Dhananjaya, who was banned from bowling, has been cleared to bowl by the International Cricket Council (ICC) permitting him to participate in International Cricket. Dananjaya was banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months following an independent assessment of his action in September 2019.(Daily Mirror Online, 8.1.2021) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) released the list of the squad that are selected for the 2-match Test series against England, which will begin on Thursday (14). The squad, under the captaincy of Dimuth Karunaratne, includes newcomer Ramesh Mendis while middle-order batsman Roshen Silva joins the Test squad after a long lapse. Kusal Mendis, who scored three back-to-back ducks in South Africa, too has been named in the squad, but is highly unlikely to make it to the playing XI. Regular opening batsman Oshada Fernando, though being named, will miss the first Test ...
Feb 1, 2021
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Malinga, Perera, Mendis, Dickwella return for Australia tour SOURCE:-Island Cricket With an eye on World T20 qualification, Sri Lanka have recalled four players who missed the winning series in Pakistan. Lasith Malinga will return as skipper of the T20 side, replacing Dasun Shanaka along with Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella. Shanaka, who successfully led Sri Lanka in Pakistan to record a rare 3-0 win in the series, will however retain his place in the 16-man squad. Wicket-keeper batsmen Sadeera Samarawickrema and Minod Bhanuka, all-rounder Lahiru Madushanka and middle-order bat Angelo Perera traveled to Pakistan but are likely to sit it out making the way for the four seniors to re-enter the squad. ...
Oct 28, 2019
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Kusal Janith Perera fireworks shock South Africa – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Photo Source: BBC.CO.UK Rising like the proverbial Phoenix, Sri Lanka lifted themselves from the depths of despair on the back of a spectacular Kusal Janith Perera century to shock South Africa in Durban and take the first Test. The bludgeoning Perera, batting like his former hero Sanath Jayasuriya, ripped apart the South African attack at will to re-write history as he and number eleven Vishva Fernando added 78 runs to record the highest last wicket stand in a successful fourth innings chase in the history of Test cricket. The previous highest was 57 by Pakistan’s Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mustaq Ahmed against Australia in 1994. A tired Perera said after the match, “I knew we couldn’t win this match by just scoring singles. When the time felt right for me, I took my chances”. Vishwa told me I’ll ...
Feb 19, 2019
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