Emirates Cricket Board on Monday (6) confirmed that the inaugural ILT20 League will be played between the window of January 6 to February 12, 2023. The new League will be called “International League T20” or “ILT20”.
Sri Lanka’s T20 captain Dasun Shanaka believes his team’s world-class bowling line-up can rein in the World Cup-winning Australian batting line-up, starting with the first T20 International at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Tuesday.
Australian fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood said that his team will come into their multi-format tour of Sri Lanka carrying significantly more confidence in handling sub-continental conditions than was present during their previous tour of the island in 2016.
St. Anthony’s College ended day one in a strong position in the 103rd annual big match against Trinity College, better known as the Battle of the Blues in the Hill Capital, which commenced at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy today.
Wanindu Hasaranga has been Sri Lanka’s biggest match-winner in the limited-overs formats for a few years now. A product of Richmond College, the leg-spinner ended up being the highest wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup last year as well as the Abu Dhabi T10 while capturing 26 wickets in arguably the biggest cricket festival in the world – the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The day-night matches in Sri Lanka’s limited over series against Australia next month will go ahead as scheduled, a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official said today, refuting reports in foreign media that all matches had been shifted to day games.
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