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By Dhammika Ratnaweera reporting from Galle Ben Foakes made a fighting knock of 87 in 189 balls as number 6 batsman to rebuild the England first innings to finish the opening day on 321 for […]

  Lahiru Kumara, one of Sri Lankan cricket’s brightest young stars, has been thrown out of the Test squad on disciplinary grounds just hours before the team take on England in the first Test at […]

ngland might have been the better side in the white-ball exchanges, but Sri Lanka will start the Test series as the favourites. Overview Sri Lanka v England 1st Test Galle International Stadium, Galle Tuesday, 6 […]

Soon-to-retire Rangana Herath has been hailed as a ‘genius’ in subcontinent conditions by England assistant coach Paul Farbrace. A former Sri Lanka coach – he was assistant coach 2007 to 2010 and head coach in […]

Playing their first warm up match in Caribbeans, Sri Lankan women cricketers suffered a six wickets loss at the hands of the New Zealanders in their warm-up match of the T20 World Cup tournament now […]

Navod Paranavitharana hit a belligerent 62 runs off just 39 deliveries to steer Sri Lanka Under-19 to an eight wicket victory on the D/L system over Bangladesh U-19 in their one day match played at […]

HOPE, HETMYER, CHAHAL, DANANJAYA AND JADEJA ON THE CHARGE Top-ranked Kohli moves to 899 points to lead second-ranked Sharma by 28 points; Bangladesh trio also makes impressive gains Valuable ranking points up for grabs in […]

Test fast bowler Lahiru Kumara warmed up for the first Test against England with an impressive opening spell of bowling for Sri Lanka Board XI on the second day of the second 2-day warm-up match […]