Both Sri Lanka and Australia are in contention to qualify for the final of the ICC World Test Championship. Australia have accumulated 62.50 percentage points after 12 games whereas Sri Lanka have added 55.56 percentage points to their kitty.
Sri Lanka registered an impressive 2-1 T20I series win over West Indies and are favourites to dominate the three-match ODI series having beaten India in their last 50-over bilateral series at home. Sri Lanka will be without their premier pacer Matheesha Pathirana for the West Indies series.
Sri Lanka and West Indies will lock horns in the second T20I of the three-match series today in Dambulla. The visitors won the opening game by five wickets chasing down 180 with five balls in hand. West Indies will be looking to seal the series while Sri Lanka will be eager to level it.
The experienced wicketkeeper batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka's squad for the first time since January 2023 after impressive performances in the recent Caribbean Premier League and Lanka Premier League.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed the development and his appointment came into effect on October 1, 2024 and will run until March 31, 2026. The T20 World Cup, scheduled to be played in India and Sri Lanka two years later, is planned in February-March in 2026.
PAK-W vs SL-W, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Fatima Sana led by example as she scored the highest 30 runs and also took two big wickets to help Pakistan defend 116 runs in their opening game of the tournament against Asian champions Sri Lanka.
"The charges relate to international cricket and the Lanka Premier League. The ICC, in agreement with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), acted in accordance with Articles 1.7.4.1 and 1.8.1 of the Code," the ICC statement said.
Sri Lanka look to register a 2-0 series weep over New Zealand as they are a little away from winning the second Test at the Galle International Stadium, Galle. The Blackcaps trail by 315 runs after being given a follow-on in the second innings of the match.
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.
In-form batters Kamindu Mendis and Kusal Mendis registered brilliant centuries to help Sri Lanka post their biggest-ever Test innings total of 602 against New Zealand. Kamindu also entered the history books with his 5th Test century to dominate Day 2 of the second Test in Galle on Friday.
Kamindu Mendis registered his fifth Test century in his 13th innings to become the fastest Asian cricketer to reach five tons in red-ball cricket. Kamindu also equalled the legendary Don Bradman in the record for the fastest 1000 Test runs.
The in-form left-handed batter scored a fifty-plus score in his eighth consecutive Test match to become the first-ever cricketer to achieve this remarkable feat in red-ball cricket. Sri Lanka also managed to go past a 300-plus total on Day 1 of the second Test match against New Zealand in Galle.
The returning Australian bowlers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood made an instant impact with a combined five wickets after impressive batting from Alex Carey and Mitchell Marsh in the second ODI against England at Headingley on Saturday.
The opening Test match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand is interestingly poised at the moment. After three days of play, Sri Lanka are leading by 202 runs but there will be no play on the fourth day. It is officially a rest day. Here's why two teams have opted for rest between the Test?
Batting in his only 11th Test innings, Kamindu Mendis smashed his fourth Test century to set a new record for Sri Lanka in the first match against New Zealand at Galle International Stadium on Wednesday. Kusal Mendis also scored a fifty as Sri Lanka managed to reach a 300-plus total on Day 1.
Sri Lanka have made two changes to the team that defeated England in the third Test of the recently concluded series at the latter's home for the first match against New Zealand. A spinner makes a return for the first time after more than a year.
Sanath Jayasuriya was part of both of Sri Lanka's Test wins against England at The Oval. He struck a double century in his team's win in 1998 and was the interim coach in the recent win in 2024 against the Three Lions.
Pathum Nissanka hit a blistering century to lead Sri Lanka's run-chase of 219 against England in the third Test of the series at the Oval. With the win, Sri Lanka ended their 10-year-long drought of a match-win against the Three Lions.
After suffering a huge 190-run defeat in the second Test match against England, the Sri Lankan management made two big changes to their playing eleven for the third match at The Oval starting on Friday. The experienced spinner Prabath Jayasuriya was surprisingly left out of team.
After scoring a stunning hundred in the first innings, the right-arm pacer Gus Atkinson took five wickets in the second innings to power England to a big 190-run win in the second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Day 4.
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