Lakshan, a standout talent at last year’s Lanka Premier League (LPL), is yet to make his international debut and picked up a knee injury after reaching England last week.

Arthur said a clear plan had been devised, in which a couple of the team’s traditionally top-order batsmen – which the team has a surfeit of – will be tasked with batting in the middle order and making those spots their own.

’’To be involved in the start of a new sporting tradition is very exciting, and at Thomas Lyte we are immensely proud to be making a trophy for the first ever WTC final,” Liam Malorey‑Vibert, the company’s Digital Marketing Manager said.

Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the Chairman of the Medical Panel of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), confirmed this, saying, “There were 24 players and two national physios (one being Ajantha Wattegama) who were given the second dose of Sputnik V vaccination.

The ICC announced the special edition intake to celebrate the prestigious history of Test cricket, and to coincide with the first ever ICC World Test Championship Final.

The left-arm spinner, who will turn 27 later this month, has taken 14 international wickets in 9 ODIs and 3 T20Is. His last international match was against the visiting England team in October 2018.

Without players, there is no SLC. The broadcasting fees and all other revenues have been earned by SLC because of their players, so there is no doubt that they must be paid a reasonable salary. However, the timing of such demands from players is ques

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) were spared the ignominy of having to potentially pull out of the tour of England this month, after the players in the squad for the limited over series today agreed to sign declaration letters ahead of their scheduled departu

According to sources at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the players will tour even without signing tour contracts.

“I train 2 1/2 hours a day at home with my personal trainer (Nigel Aaron) and I am confident of meeting the fitness and skin-fold levels in 30 days,” the 30-year-old left-handed batsman said.

This has been confirmed by Prof. Arjuna De Silva, the chairman of the Medical Panel of the Sri Lanka Cricket.

This new development was confirmed by Aravinda de Silva, the chairman of the Cricket Advisory Committee.

Tillakaratne, who was coach of the Sri Lanka Under-19 team between 2018 and 2020, is expected to serve in the capacity of Head Coach for at least a couple of years.

Harrop’s only first-class match was against the visiting Indian team in 2003. He later pursued a career in physiotherapy.

They both failed the run tests which were conducted recently during the Bangladesh tour.

According to sources in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Manoj Abeywickrama will continue to be the fielding coach on the England tour.

The dashing left-hander who has not been offered an annual contract by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) claims that he has been treated in an unfair manner.

National Olympic Committee (NOC) chairman Suresh Subramaniam denied the claims of NOC nominating 58 officials for the Tokyo Olympics set to go ahead in July 2021.

It is also speculated that all players, except Ashen Bandara, who travelled to Bangladesh have been retained for the England tour.

On Friday, while releasing the playing conditions for the World Test Championship Final, the ICC announced that a draw or a tie will see both teams crowned as joint winners. The ICC has also made provision for the reserve day if the time is lost duri

This decision was conveyed to Sri Lanka’s National Olympic Committee (NOCSL) by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Tripartite Commission, NOC SL president Suresh Subramaniam told the ‘Daily Mirror’.

As per a leaked document from the Ministry of Education which has been addressed to all the Provincial Directors of Education, all schools have been advised to follow the ‘circular No. 20/2009 dated 30.06.2009 and reference No. Ed/1/15/2/3/5 of the

The two others, who returned false-positives on Saturday, Isuru Udana and bowling coach Chaminda Vaas, are CVOID-19 negative, it was confirmed.

17 year-old Tharushi Karunaratne of Walala A. Ratnayake MMV qualified for the World Junior Athletics Championships after she came second in the Women’s 800m at the first stage events of the 99th National Athletic Championships, which is also a qual

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) is making preparations for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games which is less than a year away.

Sri Lanka are set to host two legs of the Asia Rugby Sevens Tournaments according to Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) President Rizly Illyas.

Cricketers offered central contracts have been given a deadline of June 3 by which they are expected to sign, according to Aravinda de Silva, the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) Technical Advisory Committee.

The three-member group of former administrators K. Mathivanan and NishanthaRanatunga, and former Test captain BandulaWarnapura have withdrawn their names from the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections, effectively ensuring the unopposed return of the Sha

Pay cuts are not the only issue that Sri Lanka national team players have had with their central contracts which are yet to be signed, but there are other issues as well, it is learnt.

The number of athletes sponsored under the ‘Next Olympic Champ’ programme, an initiative by Crysbro in partnership with the National Olympic Committee, has increased to 20.