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South Africa tour looms as the acid test for Sri Lanka’s Test aspirations.  – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE.  (eLanka Sports Editor)   Sri Lanka will be looking for more success in South Africa and the form they carry in Test cricket suggests that the home team will have a serious fight on their hands. Dhananjaya de Silva leads a team brimming with confidence after recent successes at home and away giving a clear indication that they have, at long last, shed the tag of easybeats. South Africa on the other hand are a team hard to conquer on their home turf. They will do all they can to establish their own identity by usurping the rising Lankans who currently sit third on the World Test rankings. Sri Lanka have sent a blend of youth and experience to South Africa and the general consensus suggests that they will harbour aspirations ...

Nov 24, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , ,
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Sanath Jayasuriya unravels the secret to Sri Lanka’s upward surge. Improved Lankans take one day series against New Zealand. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE.  (eLanka Sports Editor) Sanath Jayasuriya’s CV as an accomplished coach has risen to new heights as Sri Lanka completed another series victory over New Zealand in the three-match one-dayers in Pallekelle.  The former Sr Lanka dasher,  who showed scant respect for the best bowlers in the world during his reign as opener in all formats, is now instilling that fearless determination to his charges and reaping a dramatic turnaround to Sri Lanka cricket.  Jayasuriya has admittedly learned from previous experience as Chief selector, that mental approach outside skill and favour has a correlation to achieving desired outcomes.  His previous run has also altered his style and approach to the job at hand and the new direction he projects, is delivering the surge in Sri Lanka’s upward ...

Nov 19, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , ,
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Winds of change indicate surge in Sri Lankan cricket.  Windies crushed in one- day rout. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE.  (eLanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka’s white ball game has finally turned the corner with a comprehensive blitz of the West Indies in Pallekelle.  Brimming with confidence after a series win in the T20 format, the cock-a-hoop Lankans rammed home their new found belief to reduce the Windies to non competitors taking a unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series.  Two 5-wicket thrashings in as many games strongly suggests Sri Lanka has now stepped up to be noticed as a worthy competitor once more. The sudden swing in the winds of change, is a significant step in the right direction for Sri Lanka cricket, which like the country’s plight, was on a downward trend.  Things overall appears to have changed for the better as the country, and cricket have ...

Oct 25, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , ,
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Sri Lanka thrash India to confirm Asian dominance in both men’s and women’s cricket. Outstanding Dinuth Wellalage and Avishka Fernando set the platform for series sweep in one dayers. BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka stunned the cricketing world with a dominant series wipeout of number one ranked India, and that victory, after 27 long years, could not have tasted sweeter. Cowering in the shadows of a tormentor of ten previous bilateral series, Sri Lanka took a leaf out of the book of their women’s team that showed courage and inspiration to complete an Asian dominance that will be etched in the memory of their fans forever. Wild euphoria swept the country as Charith Asalanka’s men exposed an uncharacteristic weakness in Indian batting, never seen before, as emerging superstar 21- year -old Dinuth Wellalage led a potent Sri Lanka spin attack to an emphatic series winning ...

Aug 8, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (JUNE  2024) Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 41 runs, in the T20 World-Cup, Warm-Up Match 4, played at Lauderhill, Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Turf Grounds, Florida. Scores: Sri Lanka – 163/8 in 20 Overs (Mathews 32, Hasaranga 26, Shanaka 23, Nissanka 22, McCarthy 2/31, Little 2/45) Ireland – 122 in 18.2 Overs (Campher 26, Stirling 21, Shanaka 4/23, Theekshana 2/41, Hasaranga 2/40) South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets, in the 4th Match, Group D, T20 World Cup played at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York. Scores: Sri Lanka – 77 in 19.1 Overs (Mendis 19, Mathews 16, Nortje 4/7, Rabada 2/21, Maharaj 2/22) South Africa – 80/4 in 16.2 Overs ( de Kok 20, Klaasen 19, Stubbs 13, Hasaranga 2/22) Player of the Match: Annich Nortje (South Africa) Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets, to win the ...

Jun 30, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , ,
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Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs furious after the batting debacle against India scoring only 55 runs, then losing to Afghanistan by 7 wickets – By  Sunil Thenabadu After this disastrous batting display against India collapsing for a paltry 55 runs ,thereafter to Afghanistan by seven wickets , to console the irritated fuming cricket fanatics very appropriately the Minister of sports and youth affairs Roshan Abeysinghe had requested the President and the supporting staff of the Sri Lanka Cricket to resign immediately before he takes drastic action. The Minster of sports and youth affairs Roshan Ranasinghe via his media division has expressed his discontentment on the dismal performance of our cricket team once again in the hands of India losing the WC encounter by a massive margin of 302 runs the worst defeat inflicted on Sri Lanka since participating in  all world cups from year 1975.The defeat recently has made all ...

Nov 5, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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SL Women’s Cricket quietly becoming world beaters Source:Dailymirror Sri Lanka women’s cricket team’s historical series win in England on Wednesday (6) has to go down as one of country’s greatest ever achievements in sports. Heather Knight led an English team consisted of so many superstars and with Sri Lanka’s defeat on the opening match, it looked like it was going to be another one-sided series, but then the iron women of Sri Lanka Cricket goes by the name of Chamari Atapattu decided to rewrite the history in front a brilliant crowd in London. The Sri Lankan Captain – Atapattu led from the front with two Player-of-the-Match Performances in the second and third T20 matches which saw Sri Lanka absolutely thrashing England on their home soil. Atapattu made 55 runs on the second T20 and picked up a wicket for 11 runs before producing another world class performance in the third ...

Sep 10, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Lacklustre batting send Lankans hurtling to another thrashing – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports Editor) One more batting collapse and a familiar scenario re-emerged putting Sri Lanka back to where they belonged, as the Kiwis bounced back to hand out a nine wicket thrashing to the struggling tourists while levelling the T20 series. Buoyed by their first win on tour,  Sri Lanka went in with renewed confidence but were rudely awoken the reality that the Kiwis are not easy beats at home. They carved up New Zealand’s attack in the first game. But New Zealand’s superior strategy of leading the attack with Adam Milne was testament of their bowling depth. And, Sri Lanka found another weapon they couldn’t defend against. Milne cut a swathe through a now established Sri Lankan inconsistent batting line-up to pick up 5 wickets for only 26 runss from his four overs, and with ...

Apr 5, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , , , ,
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Sanath most famous old boy of St Servatius-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Former Sri Lanka skipper better known as Master Blaster Sanath Jayasuriya, International cricket Council ( ICC ) Cricket umpire and former first class all rounder Ruchira Palliyaguruge and current Sri Lankan paceman Kasun Rajitha are the top cricket products of St Servatius College Matara which is celebrating their 125 th anniversary on November 2 (Tuesday) .Former Sports and Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma was the first Sports Minister produced by St Servatius Sanath Jayasuriya undoubtedly the best hard hitting stroke player and useful leggie produced by Sri Lanka was the first Southern Province National captain from Matara. The combination of Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kauluwithana completely changed the ODI format batting style and Sanath Jayasuriya was adjudged the most valuable player of the 1996 Sri Lanka World Cup winning team. Jayasuriya has his own style while his cover drive, hook ...

Nov 1, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Indian Legends cruise to easy win over Lankans Image source : mykhel Source : sundayobserver India Legends ended the dream run of Sri Lanka Legends with a comprehensive 33-run win in the final of the Road Safety World Series in Rajpur last night. TM Dilshan-led Sri Lanka Legends were flying high after winning all four group matches but they came up short against India for the second time in succession in the title clash. Chasing a target of 196, Sri Lanka replied with 162 all out. Sri Lanka Legends started poorly losing Sanath Jayasuriya for just five runs in the second over bowled by Vinay Kumar. Fellow opener Dilshan Munaweera hit a couple of boundaries before being stumped by Ojha off Pawar. With the power play yielding just 33 runs, skipper Dilshan also perished cheaply as he tried to step up the tempo. The match was as good as over as a ...

Oct 2, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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