Sri Lanka will play just 25 Tests as part of the new Future Tours Programme (FTP) that was released by the International Cricket Council today, with a majority of their 131 matches in the next four-year cycle coming in the 50-over format.

Kusal Mendis proved an unstoppable force scoring an unbeaten half-century to help SLC Reds to a comfortable seven-wicket win over SLC Blues in the final of the SLC Invitational T20 League played at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Monday.

A fighting run-a-ball, 75-run partnership for the seventh wicket between Anuk Fernando and Koshan Abeywickrama guided Fairfirst Insurance to a heart stopping two-wicket win over Maliban Biscuit Manufacturers in the final of the National Development B

For all the fears that their delayed declaration on day four may not have left them enough time to bowl out Pakistan on the final day of the second Test, Sri Lanka needed just half a day to complete a series-leveling 246-run win, with Prabath Jayasur

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has had its fair share of public disputes with players over the years, but in the recent past, the players have come out victorious courtesy of bully-boy tactics.

A half-century partnership between Dhananjaya de Silva and Dimuth Karunaratne nullified the advances Pakistan had made in taking five Sri Lankan wickets, putting the home team back in control of the second Test in Galle.

A breakthrough at the end of the second day’s play underscored Sri Lanka’s strong position in the second Test, as Pakistan were reduced to 191 for 7 at stumps, still 187 runs adrift for the hosts’ first innings score.

It may have been a day for Angelo Mathews to celebrate a rare milestone, but it was Dinesh Chandimal who starred for Sri Lanka in the second Test against Pakistan in Galle on Sunday.

A four-team invitational domestic T20 tournament will replace the postponed Lanka Premier League (LPL) as part of Sri Lanka’s preparation for the upcoming Asia Cup and T20 World Cup 2022.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Wednesday said that Abdullah Shafique can become one of the world’s best Test openers after his epic century against Sri Lanka in Galle.

An unbeaten 62 from Uvindu Weerasekara had Royal College end the weather-affected second day of the 143rd Battle of the Blues on 136 for 4, in response to S. Thomas’ College’s first innings total of 242.

Fifties by Senesh Hettiarachchi and Charuka Peiris helped steer S. Thomas’ College out of troubled waters and finish the day on 207 for six wickets on day one of the 143rd Battle of theBlues at the SSC Grounds in Colombo on Thursday.

The stage is set once again for the world’s second-longest uninterrupted cricket series in the world, the Royal-Thomian Big Match, to get underway tomorrow at the SSC Grounds in Colombo.

A defiant innings from Abdullah Shafique carried Pakistan to a record-breaking win in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle today, the visitors taking a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.

Abdullah Shafique’s unbeaten century ensured Pakistan stood firm in their pursuit of a record-breaking chase in Galle, although Sri Lanka gave themselves some hope of snatching victory in the first Test with the wicket of Babar Azam late on day fou

Shenal Boteju and Danal Hemananda shone for St. Peter’s College while skipper Shevon Daniel shone for St. Joseph’s College in their 88th Battle of the Saints annual big match played at the P Sara Stadium.

Sri Lanka exerted their dominance and extended the lead over Pakistan in the first Test in Galle, on the back of half-centuries from Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis and Oshada Fernando.

Prabath Jayasuriya’s impressive start to Test cricket continued with the left-arm spinner taking his third consecutive five-wicket haul, but a seventh Test century for Babar Azam denied Sri Lanka a significant lead in the first Test in Galle.

The third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) has been postponed to December.

Dhananjaya de Silva will return to the Sri Lankan side while Pathum Nissanka has been ruled due to Covid-19 for the first Test against Pakistan starting in Galle on Saturday, with captain Dimuth Karunaratne believing that his team will face a tougher

Sri Lankan spinner Prabath Jayasuriya’s mother has given full credit to the physios and trainers, who worked really hard to help her son achieve ’’super fitness’’.

Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne was full of praise for Dinesh Chandimal and debutant Prabath Jayasuriya whose efforts with bat and ball respectively allowed Sri Lanka to make a sharp turnaround after the team’s sub-par performance in the first

Dinesh Chandimal has been one of Sri Lanka’s best batsmen since the golden era of Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, TM Dilshan and Thilan Samaraweera.

In a rematch of last year’s final, the Jaffna Kings will take on the Galle Gladiators in the opening match of the third season of the Lanka Premier League on August 1 at R Premadasa.

Nalanda College broke a 69-year drought against traditional rivals Ananda College by winning the Battle of Maroons when they coasted to a convincing nine-wicket win in the 92nd encounter concluded at the SSC ground today.

Prabath Jayasuriya and Dinesh Chandimal scripted an incrediblewin for Sri Lanka to draw the two-Test series against Australia in Galle today, exorcising the horrors of an embarrassing defeat in the first Test last week.

Dinesh Chandimal’s fortuitous century and fifties from Kamindu Mendis and Angelo Mathews ensured Sri Lanka added to their collection of good sessions to gain a 67-run lead against Australia in the second Test in Galle on Sunday.

Centuries from Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne ensured that the opening day of the second Test belonged to Australia, benefiting from Sri Lanka’s rejigged bowling attack failing to impose itself on the visitors.

Sri Lanka will field a new-look bowling attack for the second Test against Australia, which begins in Galle tomorrow, but its final composition remains unclear after the home team was hit with a number of positive Covid-19 cases on Thursday.

Dimuth Karunaratne’s Sri Lanka are looking to level the Test series with spin reinforcements for the second match starting Friday against an upbeat Australia.