Sri Lanka
Captain Joty leads Bangladesh's thrilling win over Sri Lanka
Nigar Sultana Jyoti struck an unbeaten 51-ball 75 as Bangladesh women’s team beat their Sri Lankan counterparts by six wickets in the first T20I in Colombo on Tuesday.
Second match of BD-SL Women's series washed out too
The last match of the series against Sri Lanka is scheduled to be played in Colombo on Thursday.
Sri Lanka's hopes of direct World Cup qualification end in loss to NZ
Sri Lanka will now look to earn their berth via a 10-team qualifying competition in Zimbabwe in June and July.
Christchurch washout hits Sri Lanka World Cup hopes
The two teams split the points which further damages Sri Lanka's designs on a place in the top eight of the Super League, who automatically qualify for the World Cup in India in October and November.
Cricket World Cup: Who's in, who could be out
India and defending champions England are definitely in but former winners West Indies as well as South Africa and Sri Lanka could face a long, arduous road to reach the 2023 World Cup.
Dominant New Zealand close on series sweep of Sri Lanka
The tourists reached 113-2 in their second innings at stumps on day three but still trailed by 303 runs at Wellington's Basin Reserve
Conway puts New Zealand on top
Devon Conway's blistering 78 helped hosts New Zealand race to 155-2 against Sri Lanka at the end of a rain-delayed opening day of the second Test on Friday in Wellington.
India into WTC final after SL lose to NZ in last-ball thriller
Sri Lanka would have qualified for the WTC final if they had swept New Zealand in their two-match series and Australia denied India victory in the ongoing fourth test in Ahmedabad.
Mitchell and Tickner lead NZ fightback against SL
Sri Lanka had claimed the initiative on the first two days of the Christchurch Test but were 83 for three in their second innings at stumps on day three, a lead of 65 runs.
Lawyers say plagiarism claims over ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ are unfounded
On October 4, this year’s Booker Prize winning author Shehan Karunatilaka posted on his social media that a claim has been made by a “journalist from Colombo” that the idea for his novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida was “stolen”.
England beat Sri Lanka to make semis, Australia eliminated
England qualified for the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a nervy victory by four wickets over Sri Lanka in their final Super 12 match on Saturday, sending hosts and defending champions Australia out of the tournament in the process.
Sri Lanka keep semifinal hopes alive
Dhananjaya de Silva scored an unbeaten 66 as Sri Lanka kept their slim Twenty20 World Cup hopes alive with a six-wicket win over Afghanistan at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka growing in belief despite defeat, says Silverwood
Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood says his team have what it takes to emerge from a tough group at the Twenty20 World Cup despite their loss to holders Australia.
Mendis powers Sri Lanka to big win over Ireland
Disciplined bowling and an unbeaten half-century by Kusal Mendis powered Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket hammering of Ireland in their opening Super 12 match at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.
Sri Lanka limit Ireland to 128-8
Spinner Maheesh Theekshana led Sri Lanka's attack with 2-19 as they restricted Ireland to 128-8 in their opening Super 12 match at the T20 World Cup on Sunday.
UAE's Meiyappan takes first hattrick of 2022 T20 World Cup
Karthik Meiyappan of the United Arab Emirates took the first hattrick of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia on Tuesday, stunning Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize 2022
The novel opens with a photographer, the eponymous Maali Almeida, who has woken up dead in a celestial visa office, while his body sinks in the Beira Lake in Colombo. Maali has seven moons to find the man and woman he loves and lead them to "a hidden cache of photos that will rock Sri Lanka".
Stunning win was made in the UAE, says Namibia captain
Namibia's stunning ambush of Sri Lanka in their T20 World Cup opener on Sunday was born from the experience of playing the big dogs of cricket in the United Arab Emirates last year, according to captain Gerhard Erasmus.
India women on seventh heaven
India produced yet another dominant display to take home their seventh Women’s Asia Cup title as they brushed aside Sri Lanka with an eight-wicket victory in the grand finale at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
