Chamindu shines in St. Mary’s thrilling win

Chamindu Nethsara shone with an allround performance in St. Mary’s College, Chilaw’s thrilling one run win over Maris Stella College Thimbirigaskatuwa in the Under 19 inter-school limited over tournament encounter played at Thimibirigaskatuwa.

Matheesha returns to Sri Lanka, exit yet to be ratified by ICC technical committee

Seamer Matheesha Pathirana, who has been ruled out of the Cricket World Cup, returned home from Bengaluru today.

Bond named Rajasthan IPL fast bowling coach

Former New Zealand cricketer Shane Bond will be the assistant and fast bowling coach for Rajasthan Royals in the 2024 season, the Indian Premier League franchise announced Monday.

Azam leads Pakistan to 282-7 as Afghanistan's teenage leg-spinner shines

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam hit a stylish half century to guide his team to a fighting 282-7 in their World Cup match against Afghanistan in Chennai on Monday.

India spin great Bedi dies aged 77

Former skipper Bishan Singh Bedi was a bold and sometimes rash voice in Indian cricket known as much for impetuous commentary on other players as his stellar left-arm spin.

Pavan, Navod, Shevon, Ahan steer Sri Lanka Emerging XI to series win

A quick-fire 56-ball knock of 85, which had 11 boundaries and two sixes by Pavan Ratnayake, supported by useful knocks from Navod Paranavithana, Shevon Daniel, and skipper Ahan Wickramasinghe, paved the way for Sri Lanka Emerging XI to record a comfortable five-wicket win over the visiting Bangladesh Emerging XI’s in the deciding ODI encounter played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium yesterday.

'Key player' ruled out of World Cup; Here’s England’s playing XI vs Sri Lanka

In a massive setback for England, ace speedster Reece Topley has been ruled out of the World Cup 2023 due to injury.

Himalayan fog that stopped World Cup match ’wonderful thing’

New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell said the blanket of Himalayan fog which stopped play in Sunday’s Cricket World Cup match against India at Dharamsala was ’’a wonderful thing’’.

Kohli hits 95 as unbeaten India down New Zealand at World Cup

Virat Kohli hit 95 to lead India to a four-wicket victory over New Zealand and a fifth win in five matches at the World Cup on Sunday although the superstar batsman just missed equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 one-day international centuries.

Injuries plague Sri Lankan camp

Seamer Matheesha Pathirana is likely to be ruled out of the World Cup due to a right shoulder injury. The 20-year-old didn’t feature in Sri Lanka’s last two matches against Australia and Netherlands and will not play further part in the 13th edition of the Men’s ICC World Cup as he is still experiencing the pain in his bowling arm.

'No time for mistakes,' says Sri Lanka match-winner Samarawickrama

Sri Lanka batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama on Saturday said the team doesn’t ’’have time to make mistakes’’ in their remaining World Cup matches after just one win in four games.

Sri Lanka look to bounce back after horror start

Coming into the World Cup, Sri Lanka Skipper Dasun Shanaka had hoped that the 2023 Asia Cup finalists would put on a strong show in Indian soil. What transpired during the last couple of weeks were three heartbreaking defeats and him, Shanaka, out of the tournament with an injury.

Peterites cruise to thrilling one-run win

St Peter’s College recorded a thrilling one-run win over Isipathana College in a low-scoring match of the Under-19 Inter-Schools Limited Overs Cricket Tournament encounter played at the BRC Grounds in Colombo.

Warner and Marsh fire Australia to 367-9 against Pakistan in World Cup

Openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh hit swashbuckling hundreds against a sloppy Pakistan to lift Australia to 367-9 in their World Cup clash in Bengaluru on Friday.

'Not an upset' if Dutch keep winning at World Cup

Dutch batsman Teja Nidamanuru believes it will not be an ’’upset’’ if his team defeat Sri Lanka on Saturday and keep alive their bid to reach the Cricket World Cup semi-finals.

Pandya out of India's World Cup clash with New Zealand

Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of India’s World Cup clash with New Zealand after suffering an injury in the win over Bangladesh, the BCCI said in a statement Friday.

Ton-up Kohli stars as India overwhelm Bangladesh in World Cup

Virat Kohli’s unbeaten century sealed India’s fourth win from four World Cup matches as the hosts defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in Pune on Thursday.

Nabil, Joy help Bangladesh Emerging XI level series

Two fine knocks by Prantik Nawrose Nabil and Mahmudul Hasan Joy helped Bangladesh Emerging XI to come out victorious by 21 runs on the D/L method in the second of the three ODI matches played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium today for the visitors to level the series at one each.

Kohli bowls for first time in six years after Pandya blow

India superstar Virat Kohli bowled in a one-day international for the first time in six years after all-rounder Hardik Pandya limped off midway through an over in Thursday’s World Cup match against Bangladesh.

Hasindu shines in Maris Stella’s four wicket win

Hasindu Perera with a knock of 60 had the major share in Maris Stella College Negombo’s four wicket win over D.S. Senanayake College in the Under 19 inter-school limited over tournament encounter played at Negombo.

Clinical New Zealand rout Afghanistan at Cricket World Cup

New Zealand handed giant-killing Afghanistan a brutal reality check on Wednesday when they exploited a disastrous fielding performance to romp to a 149-run victory at the Cricket World Cup.

Trinity best cricket team from central province

Trinity College were selected Best Team from the Central Province for the year 2022/2023 Inter-Schools cricket season at the Under-19 Schools Cricket Awards 2023 held at the BMICH in Colombo.

India glad to have ’top-gun’ Bumrah firing again

The return of India ’’top-gun’’ Jasprit Bumrah for the World Cup could not come soon enough for bowling coach Paras Mhambrey as he hailed the paceman’s strong start to the hosts’ campaign.

Netherlands humiliate South Africa at Cricket World Cup

Netherlands defeated mighty South Africa by 38 runs at the Cricket World Cup on Tuesday as the European outsiders humiliated the Proteas for the second time in a year.

World Beaters to World Jokers

Just before the start of Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, one of Kumar Sangakkara’s interviews with Sky Sports went viral on social media in which he said ’We know how to win a World Cup,’ and went on to discuss the nation’s performances in ICC events from 1996 to 2014 which would have given some of the cricket fanatics goosebumps as to how far Sri Lanka had gone despite being a tiny little Island in the Indian Ocean.

Skipper Ahan, Navod, Mohamed, Ashian steer Sri Lanka Emerging XI

A quick fire 53 ball unbeaten knock of 68 inclusive of six boundaries and a six by skipper Ahan Wickramasinghe, supported by half tons from Navod Paranavithana and Mohamed Shamaaz and a four wicket haul by Ashian Daniel paved the way for Sri Lanka Emerging XI to record a convincing 99 run win on D/L method over Bangladesh Emerging XI in the first of the three match ODI series played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium today.

Chamari Athapaththu to use Lasith Malinga’s jersey number 99 in BBL

Sri Lanka’s women’s team captain Chamari Athapaththu will wear Lasith Malinga’s jersey number 99 in the BBL (Big Bash League) tournament in Australia.

Madushanka has all that it takes to be a star - Vaas

A maiden and two wickets is a dream for any bowler - and Dilshan Madushanka had Australia’s destructive opener David Warner and Mr. Dependable Steven Smith trapped leg-before in his second over of the match to put them under early pressure chasing a below-par total of 210 to win their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match at Lucknow on Monday.

Edwards, Van der Merwe take Dutch to 245 against South Africa

Captain Scott Edwards smashed an undefeated 78 while Roelof van der Merwe returned to stun his homeland with a late cameo as the Netherlands made a fighting 245-8 against South Africa in the World Cup on Tuesday.

Afghanistan opener reprimanded for Code of Conduct breach

Afghanistan’s famous upset victory over England at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup has been soured with news that opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the match.