SL batter Kusal Mendis tests COVID-19 positive in Australia ahead of T20I series
Cricket | Feb 08, 2022, 07:09 PM ISTThe 27-year-old Mendis was found to be positive during a routine Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) conducted on Monday.
The 27-year-old Mendis was found to be positive during a routine Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) conducted on Monday.
In an international career which began in 2009 against India at the Nagpur ODI, Lakmal has taken 168 Test wickets in 68 matches, 109 wickets in 86 ODIs and eight wickets in 11 T20Is.
"Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to lift the one-year suspension imposed on the three players from playing International Cricket, across all three formats, with immediate effect," SLC stated in a press release.
Jayawardene was appointed to the latest role by Sri Lanka Cricket's (SLC) executive committee in consultation with the technical advisory committee of the Board.
Two employees of Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium were killed in an elephant attack, officials said on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2nd Test, Day 5: Follow Live Score, Updates, Commentary and the Latest Scorecard as Sri Lanka-West Indies resume Day five proceedings at Galle International Stadium in Galle.
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After the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant in South Africa that prompted travel curbs, the International Cricket Council abandoned the women's cricket World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe.
The West Indies debutant received the blow to his helmet and was taken to a hospital.
Australia vs Sri Lanka Super 12 Match can be watched live on Disney+ Hotstar and JioTV in India. The Star Sports network will broadcast the live game on the TV. The action will begin today at 07.30 PM in Dubai.
Australia and Sri Lanka will lock horns in the 22nd match of ICC T20 World Cup that will take place on 28th October, Thursday. The venue for this encounter will be Dubai and the match starts at 7.30 pm IST.
The 68-year old former cricketer had been admitted to ICU after he was diagnosed with high sugar levels, hindering blood circulation.
Sri Lanka won the 2014 edition of the tournament and from next year onwards their champion players retired one after another, leaving the side with a challenging job of finding their replacements.
Muralitharan, who still holds the record for the most number of wickets in both Tests (800) and ODIs (534), believes that in T20 Internationals bowlers can't always go for wickets like Tests or 50-over cricket.
Sri Lanka added Lahiru Kumara, Pathum Nissanka, Akila Dananjaya, and Binura Fernando to the final squad of 15 from the provisional squad that was announced earlier.
PCB CEO, Wasim Khan said Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) showed willingness to play in Pakistan but there was little time in hand for them to send their teams.
SLC clarified that Mathews was not in the contracted players' list because he is "currently unavailable for selection".
The trio was caught on camera on the streets of Durham during the limited overs series, which was a bio-bubble breach and they were sent back home midway into the tour and were suspended.
The group of players are training separately even as the virus outbreak forced a postponement of the series by four days after the home team's batting coach Grant Flower and data analyst G T Niroshan have contracted the virus.
GT Niroshan tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.
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