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India U-19 completed their domination of Sri Lanka with another emphatic result — a victory by an innings and 147 runs in the second ‘Youth Test’ on Friday. Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai shone with four […]

Media Release 27th July, 2018 Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) decided to suspend Danushka Gunathilake from six international cricket matches for breaching the ‘Player Code of Conduct and Contractual Obligation’. Out of the total six matches, three […]

Skipper Faf du Plessis hit an attractive 71 off 60 balls with 10 fours and a six and Reeza Hendricks and Willem Mulder chipped in with useful half-centuries to help South Africa beat Sri Lanka […]

Royal College cricketer Pasindu Sooriyabandara stroked a fine century but Sri Lanka was forced to follow-on in the second U19 four-day test against India played at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Hambantota yesterday. Facing a huge Indian […]

India’s Under-19 batsman Pawan Shah yesterday got his name etched in the record books as he registered the second-highest individual score in Youth Tests. Shah, who stands second in the list of highest scorers in […]

Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce the appointment of Charith Senanayake as the Manager of the National Team. His appointment will be in effect from 25th July to 30th September, 2018. Senanayake will function as the Team […]

Media Release The Minister of Sports Honorable Faiszer Musthapa approved the following players to represent the One Day International Squad for the ongoing South African Series. Angelo Mathews – Captain Dasun Shanaka Kusal Janith Perera […]

Rangana Herath’s 6/98 helped Sri Lanka overcome dogged South African resistance to win by 199 runs in the second and final Test in Colombo. It completed a 2-0 sweep in the series for the hosts. […]

Ending the day 3 very close to victory for a convincing 2-nil whitewash against visiting South Africa, Sri Lanka’s former skipper Angelo Mathews said that it was always a huge satisfaction to beat a top […]