SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (MAY 2019) Compiled by Victor Melder                                                           Sri Lanka have slipped to number nine in the official ICC Rankings that was updated yesterday. Dimuth Karunaratne’s side is ranked sixth in Test cricket. India finished top of the Test rankings while England finished number one in ODIs. The ninth rank is Sri Lanka’s lowest and now they are in jeopardy of not qualifying for further ICC events directly. ICC Test Team Rankings 1 India 113 (-3), 2 New Zealand 111 (+3), 3 South Africa 108 (+3), 4 England 105 (+1), 5 Australia 98 (-6), 6 Sri Lanka 94 (+1), 7 Pakistan 84 (-4), 8 West Indies 82 (+5), 9 Bangladesh 65 (-3), 10 Zimbabwe 16 (+3) ...

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Sri Lanka hope to prevail amid the chaos and confusion – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE SRI LANKA SQUAD FOR THE World Cup 2019 in England Dimuth Karunaratne Captain Age: 30 years 362 days. Opening batsman Bat: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium Dhananjaya de Silva Age: 27 years 224 days.  Allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off break. Nuwan Pradeep Age: 32 years 181  Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium Avishka Fernando Age: 21 years 13 days. Opening batsman. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast Suranga Lakmal Age: 32 years 39 days: Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium Lasith Malinga Age: 35 years 233 days: Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast Angelo Mathews Age: 31 years 320 days Allrounder. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium Kusal Mendis-Wicketkeeper Age: 24 years 75 days: Wicketkeeper batsman. Batting: Right-hand bat Jeevan Mendis Age: 36 years 93 days.  Allrounder. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Leg break Kusal Perera. Wicketkeeper Age: 28 years 244 days Wicke-tkeeper batsman. Batting: Left-hand bat Thisara Perera Age: 30 years 15 days Allrounder. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast Milinda Siriwardana Age: 33 years 135 days: Allrounder. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Slow left-arm ...

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Lankans slip sliding from World Cup heroes to near zero BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Sri Lanka’s triumphant Test match euphoria has quickly dissipated into the previously familiar role of eating humble pie as the South Africans exacted revenge for their embarrassment in the Tests by grinding their opponents into the dust leading 3-0 in the one-dayers in a relentless display of ferocity. Already, the series has moved into a dead rubber situation with two games remaining as the struggling Sri Lanka lineup find that their horses for courses squad does not match up to the heroes that dethroned the hosts in the two Test series a few weeks prior. One- day skipper Lasith Malinga’s desperate move to publicly scorn his squad for their lack of respect at being given national selection and reminding them of the pride associated with donning the Sri Lanka cap appears to have added more ...

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