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Impressed with his yorker, MS Dhoni invites Sri Lankan teenage pacer to CSK nets Source : timesofindia The 17-year-old right-arm Sri Lankan pacer’s dream delivery has not only caught the attention of CSK skipper MS Dhoni but also reportedly earned him an invitation to bowl in the CSK nets in IPL 2024, which is allowing Dhoni to have a closer look at the young bowler from Jaffna. When Kugadas Mathulan bowled a lethal in-swinging yorker that swept the batsman off his feet, he wouldn’t have thought that the viral clip from the match between St. John’s College and Jaffna Central College will catch the attention of Chennai Super Kings’ iconic skipper MS Dhoni. Interestingly, Muthulan’s bowling action bears close resemblance to current Mumbai Indians’ bowling coach Lasith Malinga. Like the Sri Lankan great, Muthulan too delivers with an unusual round-arm action that can put the batsmen off. Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana is ...

Mar 16, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , ,
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Matheesha Pathirana: Another Wicket-Shattering Slinger-by Michael Roberts   Source:Thuppahis The 18-year-old, slinging fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana has burst upon the T20 format in wicket-clattering manner. Not for Sri Lanka – but for the Chennai Super Kings under veteran Dhoni’s captaincy and Stephen Fleming’s oversight; …. and watching him from some other ground as one of the backroom coaching staff for another IPL team was …. guess whom? None other than the original slinger Lasith Malinga. Working chronologically backwards, take in the detailed statistics of the 20th over bowled by Pathirana for the CSK against Delhi Capitals: three wides, three fours conceded and one wicket to complete a spell which saw him end with figures of 3 wkts for 37 at a expense rate of 9.25 … yes, expensive but also wicket-taking (usually yorkers clattering the stumps). ...

May 13, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged ,
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – OCTOBER 2022 Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 33 runs to win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, warm-up match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Scores: Sri Lanka – 188/5 in 20 Overs (Mendis 54, W.H. de Silva 37no, Nissanka 21, Shumba 1/7, Madhevere 1/8, Razza 1/8) Zimbabwe – 155/5 in 20 Overs (Madhevere 42, Shumba 32, Ervine 24, Karunaratne 2/26, Theekshana 2/39, D de Silva 1/5)     Namibia beat Sri Lanka by 55 runs to win the 1st Match, First Round, Group A, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, played at the GMHBA Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria. Scores: Namibia – 163/7 in 20 Overs (Frylinck 44, Smit 31no, Baard 26, Liyanagamage 2/37, Theekshana 1/23, W.H de Silva 1/27) Sri Lanka – 108 in 19 Overs (Shanaka 29, Rajapaksha 20, Wiese 2/16, Scholtz 2/18, Shikongo 2/22, Frylinck 2/26) Player of the Match: Jan Frylinck (Namibia) ...

Nov 2, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , ,
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (AUGUST 2022) Sri Lankan spinner Prabath Jayasuriya’s sensational start to international cricket has been capped off by winning the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for July 2022. the ICC announced. Jayasuriya beat England batter and June’s Player of the Month winner Jonny Bairstow, and French sensation Gustav McKeon for the coveted monthly award, after a brilliant start to international cricket in the longest format. The 30-year-old was thrilled to have won the monthly award. “I am delighted with this announcement, and wish to thank the fans for voting me as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month,” Jayasuriya said. “Certainly it has been an incredible month for me, as I made the Test debut, and also got the opportunity to contribute for my team to level the Test series played against Australia and Pakistan. “I take this opportunity to thank my fans, team-mates, coaches, ...

Sep 1, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 16th March 2022 – 5th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “SHANE SHONE IN SRI LANKA” – by Des Kelly The Walawwa comes alive for Moomba as Melbourne gets back to normal activity – by Trevine Rodrigo A tale of contrasts? – by Trevine Rodrigo (Melbourne – eLanka Sports editor) Shane Warne – A cricketing genius – by Sanjeewa Jayaweera Erandi Madushika possesses a tonal adorned voice, a vital member of Kochchi quartet, many own songs contributing to teledramas and films, teacher in International school already at summit of fame – by Sunil Thenabadu “The Lionel Wendt Is The Mecca Of Sri Lankan Theatre”: Jerome De Silva on #TheDebrief w/Roel Raymond Errol Knower – by Richard Simon ( Farewell, Atahualpa – by Richard Simon) A talented actor with a promising future-by NIROSHA RAJAPAKSE “WE ...

Mar 17, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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Rajasthan Royals appoint Lasith Malinga as fast bowling coach for IPL 2022 Source:Dailynews Rajasthan Royals have roped in Lasith Malinga as their fast-bowling coach ahead of IPL 2022, and Paddy Upton as “Team Catalyst”. Malinga, who retired as a player in 2021, is the highest wicket-taker in the IPL with 170 scalps across nine seasons for Mumbai Indians. In 2018, he was Mumbai’s bowling mentor as well, and earlier this year, he was appointed Sri Lanka’s bowling strategy coach for the T20I series in Australia. At Royals, Malinga will work alongside his former captain Kumar Sangakkara, who is the franchise’s head coach and director of cricket, and Steffan Jones, who was named as high-performance fast-bowling coach last week. ...

Mar 12, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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“CRICKET-COMMENTS”-by Des Kelly Sent in to e’Lanka by Keith Bennett who never ever fails to “spin-up” a satisfactory yarn for each and every Sri Lankan who loves Cricket (I am still looking for one who doesn’t), so, thank you for this one, Keith. As I have said before, and reiterate for the umpteenth time, Cricket is only a GAME, and, like any other game, you WIN some, and LOSE some. Sri Lanka is on a losing curve at the moment, but hold on to your caps, for the tide to turn shortly, and we can cheer our team onto victory, no matter which team they are up against. In the meantime, let us just say “good luck, guys, don’t forget to keep on, keeping on, for old Sri Lanka, you are a great team, no matter what !!. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) eLanka. ...

Mar 3, 2022 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , ,
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It needs a mastermind to win in South Africa-by Rex Clementine Source:Island Indian cricket had reached new heights last year winning in Australia, sealing the series of all places at the Gabba, where the Aussies had been unbeaten for three decades. Given such an epic performance, you thought this Indian team will complete a series win in South Africa as well. But the Indians were cut to size as the Proteas chased down a tricky target showing guts in plenty with their skipper Dean Elgar putting up a super show at the Wanderers this week. The series is leveled 1-1 and India could still go onto win it by emerging victorious in the final Test in Cape Town next week. The point is that you thought the series for this Indian side is a walk in the park given the parity between the two sides. If India do not win ...

Jan 10, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Russel Arnold: Sri Lanka’s Forgotten ODI Star By Michael Roberts Source:cricketique.live During the course of the World Cup 2015 watchers were occasionally served up statistical tables of leading run-scores in the history of World Cup or ODI cricket. Sri Lankan fans would have been especially attentive to those featuring Sangakkara’s stellar career and record breaking levels. On one such occasion I was intrigued to see Russel Arnold’s statistics appear at the tail-end of an august list of names. Primed by Arnold’s appearance as a TV commentator and his impeccable performance in this role, I proceeded to do some research on the topic and began with a statistical picture of a comparative kind that is quite revelatory. This picture raises issues about media-hype and our very own memory banks.   It would be fair to say that the batsmen stars in the ODI memory store of Sri Lankan cricket enthusiasts over the ...

Jan 6, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Day 2 ICC WC T 20 ,2021 – Curtis Campher bags four in four as Ireland demolish Netherlands by seven wickets with 27 balls remaining – by Sunil Thenabadu Curtis Campher became the third man to take four wickets in four balls in men’s T20Is    Photo source :CRICINFO   Brief scores Ireland 107 for 3 ( Gareth Delany 44, Paul Stirling 30*, Klaassen 1-18) beat Netherlands 106 ( Max O’Dowd 51,  Curtis Campher 4-26,Mmark Adair 3-9) by seven wickets  Scotland skipper winning the flip opted to field in the Group A first phase match played in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Netherlands were gradually building up a respectable total .But disaster struck when Curtis Campher playing only in his fifth T 20 in  his second over and tenth over in the innings bowling right arm medium swing captured four wickets in four balls was instrumental in the drubbing of the Netherlands .This was a record  hattrick first in ...

Oct 19, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , , , ,
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