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  Sri Lanka vs Australia Live: When and where to watch SL vs AUS Test series live on TV and streaming?

  Cricket | January 28, 2025 17:00 IST

  Australia have already qualified for the World Test Championship final, hence the series might not have much significance more than a dead rubber in a larger context but Sri Lanka have an opportunity to finish the current cyle at No 3 position, leapfrogging India.

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  Sri Lanka recall star spinner in Test squad after two years for South Africa tour

  Cricket | November 19, 2024 13:31 IST

  Sri Lanka have announced their Test squad for the two-match Test series against South Africa away from home. The Dhananjaya de Silva-led side will miss Ramesh Mendis' services as he has been dropped from the team despite picking six wickets in the only Test he played this year.

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  SL vs NZ: Dhananjaya de Silva-Prabath Jayasuriya join Sri Lankan duo in unique Test fielding record

  Cricket | September 28, 2024 13:09 IST

  Prabath Jayasuriya picked six wickets to bowl out New Zealand to 88 and gave Sri Lanka a defining 514-run lead in the first innings of the second Test match in Galle on Saturday. Captain Dhananjaya de Silva picked five good catches to contribute to Sri Lanka's impressive bowling performance.

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  WTC points table update after SL vs NZ and IND vs BAN Test matches

  Cricket | September 23, 2024 10:47 IST

  Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand in the first Test match of the two-match series by 63 runs in Galle. They needed only two wickets on the final day and had 68 runs to defend. But it took only 3.4 overs for them to wrap things up on the fifth day.

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  Captain Dhananjaya de Silva reacts to Sri Lanka's Test win over England

  Cricket | September 09, 2024 21:02 IST

  Sri Lanka had not beaten England in a Test match since 2014. This is only Sri Lanka's fourth Test win on English soil and their first since June 2014 at Headingley in Leeds.

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  Dhananjaya de Silva calls for more county exposure for Sri Lankan players

  Cricket | August 28, 2024 22:59 IST

  Dhananjaya de Silva is leading Sri Lanka in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. He was handed over the reins in the red-ball format after Dimuth Karunaratne stepped down as captain.

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  Sri Lanka announce playing XI for Manchester Test against England, Rathnayake to make his debut

  Cricket | August 21, 2024 0:14 IST

  Sri Lanka have named their playing XI for the first Test against England starting Wednesday, August 21. It is a weakened pace attack with most of the seniors nursing their respective injuries and hence Milan Rathnayake will be making his debut. Sri Lanka would hope for a few crucial WTC points.

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  Sri Lanka claim fourth spot on WTC points table after 2-0 series win over Bangladesh

  Cricket | April 03, 2024 11:50 IST

  Sri Lankan pacers dominated the second Test match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram as they accounted for 33 of the 40 Bangladesh wickets to fall. The Sri Lankan spinners only got seven wickets.

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  Dhananjaya de Silva appointed Sri Lanka's Test skipper, replaces Dimuth Karunaratne

  Cricket | January 04, 2024 11:39 IST

  Dimuth Karunaratne led Sri Lanka in 30 Test matches during his stint. The island nation won 12 and lost the same number of games under his leadership. Karunaratne had a 40% win record in red-ball and stands fifth on the list of players to have captained Sri Lanka the most number of times in Tests.

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  SL vs WI, 2nd Test, Day 4 Report: De Silva, Embuldeniya put Lanka in command

  Cricket | December 02, 2021 19:21 IST

  Sri Lanka started the day three runs behind the West Indies and finished an imposing 279 ahead after a last-gasp stand by century-maker Dhananjaya de Silva and No. 10 batsman Lasith Embuldeniya in the second Test on Thursday.

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  Sri Lanka can beat India and end 2019 World Cup on a high, says Dhananjaya de Silva

  Cricket | July 02, 2019 11:17 IST

  Sri Lanka maybe already out of the WC but the team's off-spinner believes they can end their campaign on a high with an upset win over India.

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  1st Test: Pat Cummins' ten-for helps Australia win day-night Test by an innings against Sri Lanka

  Cricket | January 26, 2019 13:50 IST

  After Cummins dismissed Dimuth Karunaratne on the last ball of the second day, he took wickets in his first two overs Saturday.

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  Sri Lanka's Dhananjaya de Silva pulls out of Windies tour after father's murder

  Cricket | May 25, 2018 15:38 IST

  Sri Lanka all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva has pulled out from the tour of West Indies after his father Ranjan de Silva was murdered.

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  1st Test: Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva hit tons to take Sri Lanka to 504/3 on day 3

  Cricket | February 02, 2018 19:00 IST

  Kusal Mendis (196) missed his maiden double ton by just four runs as Sri Lanka ended the day 3 just nine runs behind Bangladesh's first innings total of 513.