Kings open title defence with 24-run win

Defending champions, the Jaffna Kings, opened their Lanka Premier League 2022 campaign with a 24-run win over the Galle Gladiators, in a rematch of last year’s final.

Sports Minister appoints ’’Fact Finding Committee’’ on players’ behaviour at T20 World Cup

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has appointed a six-member Fact Finding Committee to inquire not only about the players’ behaviour during the T20 World Cup in Australia but also to ascertain whether officials showed ’’real concerns’’ for the team members.

Fresh inquiry against Chamika Karunaratne?

Sri Lanka all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne could face a fresh inquiry, this time from the Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, after a letter written about the player’s behaviour while on tour with the national team at the T20 World Cup in Australia last month, was leaked publicly.

Ibrahim, Farooqi help Afghanistan thrash Sri Lanka in ODI opener

Opener Ibrahim Zadran’s sparkling century and four wickets by Fazalhaq Farooqi led Afghanistan to an emphatic 60-run win over Sri Lanka in the opening one-day international on Friday.

Jimmy Neesham, Carlos Brathwaite headline overseas names for LPL

New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham and T20 World Cup winning West Indian Carlos Brathwaite are among the overseas players signed for this year’s Lanka Premier League (LPL).

Sports Minister calls for inquiry into Chamika’s omission

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has called for the Director General of the Ministry’s Sports Department to conduct an inquiry into the omission of all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne by the national Cricket selection Committee for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan.

CCC retain Major Club title, complete three-peat

CCC, led by Ashan Priyanjan, put in a gallant fightback in a high-scoring Major Club Cricket final to record a first-innings win over Tamil Union at the SSC ground on Sunday to clinch the title.

Isuru Udana stars on day two for Tamil Union

Isuru Udana cracked a quick-fire 72-ball knock of 88, inclusive of eight boundaries and three sixes, as he helped Tamil Union to a formidable score of 558 runs on day two of the Major Club cricket final played at the SSC ground.

Danushka Gunathilaka granted bail on sexual assault charges

Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been granted bail on sexual assault charges after a court heard he had the support of the Sri Lankan cricket association and government and a surety of $150,000 was offered.

IPL: Chameera released; Rajapaksa, Hasaranga, Theekshana and Pathirana retained

Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera was released by the Indian Premier League franchise the Lucknow Super Giants, as the eight teams released their lists of players retained ahead of December’s Player Auction.

Column: Buttler’s boys redefining T20 cricket

Jos Buttler and co lifted the T20 World Cup on Sunday after beating Pakistan in the grand finale that came to an end at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia.

Buttler’s world champions England can go from ’strength to strength’

Jos Buttler is reticent to call England one of the best white-ball teams ever, but the captain is confident there is more to come to cement their status as all-time greats.

’Still proud’ Pakistan mourns T20 World Cup defeat

Hunched over phones, packed into heaving grandstands, and crowded around restaurant TVs, cricket-crazed Pakistanis suffered collective heartbreak on Sunday as they watched their team go down to England in the Twenty20 World Cup final.

Buttler lauds Stokes as ’one of the greats’ as England win T20 World Cup

England skipper Jos Buttler hailed Ben Stokes as ’’a true match-winner’’ Sunday after the allrounder’s unbeaten 52 helped steer them past Pakistan to win the Twenty20 World Cup.

Wanindu among shortlist for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Player of the Tournament

The 9-member shortlist for the Player of the Tournament for the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 has now been revealed, with the fans getting the chance to vote for the winner.

Brilliant Hales, Buttler rout India as England cruise into T20 final

Alex Hales and Jos Buttler hammered brilliant unbeaten half-centuries as England crushed India by 10 wickets yesterday to set up a Twenty20 World Cup final with Pakistan. Chasing 169 for victory in the second semi-final in Adelaide, Hales smashed seven sixes in his 86 and Buttler, who made 80, hit three in a spellbinding batting performance to cruise into Sunday’s final in M

Brilliant Buttler hails England batting depth after India rout

Skipper Jos Buttler on Thursday said it was England’s batting depth that had allowed him and Alex Hales the freedom to demolish India by 10 wickets and power his side into a Twenty20 World Cup final with Pakistan.

New Zealand bank on experience to end T20 World Cup pain

Captain Kane Williamson is banking on experience to power New Zealand into a second successive Twenty20 World Cup final as they chase glory at last.

New Zealand qualify for T20 World Cup semis

New Zealand booked their place in the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, after Australia were restricted to 168/8 in their 20 overs against Afghanistan a short while ago.

Williamson helps New Zealand all but reach T20 World Cup semi-finals

Skipper Kane Williamson hit a quickfire half-century to all but take New Zealand into the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals as they hammered Ireland by 35 runs on Friday.

Injured Australia captain Finch could miss crunch T20 World Cup clash

Australia captain Aaron Finch said Thursday he could pull out of his team’s pivotal final Super 12 match at the Twenty20 World Cup against Afghanistan because of a hamstring injury.

Kohli stars as India beat Bangladesh to stand on brink of T20 semi-finals

Virat Kohli became the highest run-scorer in Twenty20 World Cup history yesterday as India edged Bangladesh by five runs in a crunch rain-hit Twenty20 World Cup clash in Adelaide that went to the last ball.

WATCH: England roar back to beat New Zealand and revive World Cup hopes

Clinical England rescued their Twenty20 World Cup campaign as they held their nerve to beat New Zealand by 20 runs at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.

WATCH: Sri Lanka keep World Cup semis hopes alive with six-wicket win

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.

As it happened: Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 6 wickets to keep World Cup semi-final hopes alive

Sri Lanka and Afghanistan face off in Super 12 with their respective World Cup campaigns on the line

Shanaka vows to fight as Sri Lanka won’t give up on semis

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka believes his side is still capable of clinching an unlikely semi-final berth at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Australia v England washout leaves all to play for at T20 World Cup

A highly anticipated clash between Australia and England at the Twenty20 World Cup was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain on Friday in Melbourne, leaving their group wide open.

WATCH: Stoinis powers Australia to seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka

Marcus Stoinis smashed an unbeaten 59 off 18 balls to power Australia to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka and reinvigorate their Twenty20 World Cup defence on Tuesday.

Australia ’hard to stop’ despite opening defeat: Marsh

All-rounder Mitchell Marsh said today that defending champions Australia were confident of bouncing back from their opening defeat at the T20 World Cup declaring: “Our best is the best in the world.

Mendis powers Sri Lanka to big win over Ireland at T20 World Cup

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 T20 World Cup on Sunday.