‘Sri Lanka’ Archives
Herath stars Sri Lanka to win over England
Sri Lanka won their first home Test since the retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan in July 2010 as they completed a 75-run victory over England in Galle. Sri Lanka had, until this game, played 17 Tests and won just one since Murali's retirement as the leading Test wicket-taker. Having set England [...]
Malinga’s absence makes Bangladesh favorite over Sri Lanka | Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Match Preview
Sri Lanka have been knocked out of the Asia Cup. But they can still spoil Bangladesh or India's chances of qualifying for the final. Earlier this month, they knocked India out of the CB series after beating Australia in the tournament's final league game. They can ensure India go through this time [...]
India keeps the hope alive for final | Bangladesh need win to get final
Their bowling might struggle to defend 289 against Bangladesh. Their batting might not be resilient enough to dominate in all conditions. But in the subcontinent, India are the masters of the chase. And after having knocked off 321 in 36.4 overs in Hobart barely three weeks ago, they completed [...]
Sri Lanka beats India by 51 runs in CB series
All round Sri Lanka beats fragile India by 51 runs today in CB series. India abandoned their rotation policy and played all three senior batsmen. They also brought in a spinner in place of a fast bowler. They still leaked runs at the death. Their heavyweight top order still caved in [...]
South Africa outplayed Sri Lanka in 1st test
South Africa overwhelmed a brittle Sri Lanka by an innings and 81 runs at Centurion with victory sealed before tea on the third day when Vernon Philander claimed his tenth wicket of the match. The home side's bowlers needed just 39.1 overs to dismantle the opposition batting line-up for a second [...]
Sri Lanka bundled on 218
As has been the case for the bulk of this tour, Kumar Sangakkara was left with the responsibility of bailing the struggling Sri Lankan batting line-up out of trouble. Failures with the bat cost them the Test as well as the ODI series and events took a similar turn in the dead rubber as well, with [...]
Sri Lanka beats Pakistan
The ICC's latest fiddle with the rules was primarily responsible for the intrigue in Dubai, where the tale of two batting Powerplays decided the course of the second ODI; Sri Lanka stole 48 off theirs, to poke a [...]
Pakistan on top against SL
Tea Sri Lanka 239 and 17 for 0 (Paranavitana 10*, Thirimanne 7*) trail Pakistan 403 (Azhar 100, Shafiq 59, Younis 55, Dilshan 3-57) by 147 runs Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details How they were out The Sri Lanka openers survived a testing 40-minute spell before tea after Pakistan took a [...]
Geoff Marsh geared to help Sri Lanka rebuild
Geoff Marsh has said he is looking forward to the challenge of helping rebuild Sri Lanka's side after the loss of several veterans over the past two years. Marsh, who has been named Sri Lanka's new coach, said he found it "quite exciting" to see the young talent on display during the recent [...]
Australia wins series against Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka 473 (Mathews 105*, Dilshan 83, Sangakkara 79, M Jayawardene 51, Siddle 4-91) and 7 for 0 drew with Australia 316 (Hussey 118, Marsh 81, Eranga 4-65, Welegedara 3-75) and 488 (Hughes 126, Clarke 112, Hussey 93, Herath 7-157) Scorecard and ball-by-ball [...]
