Mohammed Shami took five wickets as India’s pacemen produced a devastating display to skittle out Sri Lanka for just 55 as the unbeaten tournament hosts secured a World Cup semi-final place with a colossal 302-run win in Mumbai on Thursday.

Left-arm seamer Dilshan Madushanka registered his best bowling figures, 5-80, but the hosts asserted their dominance over Sri Lanka to pile up a formidable 357-8 runs in their seventh ICC Men’s World Cup game here at the Wankhede Cricket Stadium.

Sri Lanka players will wear black armbands during today’s game against India to pay tribute to the late Percy Abeysekera, the legendary cheerleader, the Sri Lanka Cricket said.

Arampant South Africa continue to shatter records with their big-hitting and huge totals, but the Proteas’ attack has also set new benchmarks during an imperious run at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

The second day’s play of the 2nd unofficial Test match between Sri Lanka Emerging XI and the visiting Bangladesh Emerging XI played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium saw Akbar Ali and Chamika Gunasekera shine for the respective sides.

As host India and Sri Lanka square off in a World Cup group league fixture at the Wankhede Stadium, Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood believes that the Asia Cup final debacle would motivate his team to put up a fight.

Quinton de Kock hit his fourth century of the World Cup while Rassie van der Dussen cracked his second as South Africa thrashed New Zealand by 190 runs on Wednesday to take a step closer to the semi-finals.

The last time India and Sri Lanka met at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai was on April 2, 2011. It was the World Cup final. With just four runs needed off 11 balls, a thunderous wallop from MS Dhoni off Nuwan Kulasekara flew over long-on into the crowd

Ahead of meeting Sri Lanka in their next World Cup fixture, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma hailed Sri Lanka’s legendary super-fan Mr. Percy Abeysekera as the first and the number one supporter of cricket.

Legends of the game Sachin Tendulkar and Muthiah Muralidaran will be in attendance at India’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka on Thursday as Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium turns blue as part of a joint initiative between ICC and

Afghanistan’s ICC Cricket World Cup campaign got even better with their clinical seven-wicket win over former World Cup champions Sri Lanka in Pune on Monday.

Kaya Daluwatta delivered a memorable performance, securing ninth position with an overall score of 305 on the final day of the Singha Thai Junior Golf Tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand.

A fine knock of 120 in 103 balls inclusive of ten boundaries and four sixes by Sri Lanka U19 discard Hirun Kapurubandara which was his second ton in five days was in vain as it could not prevent De Mazenod College Kandana pulling off a close three ru

Rain ruined the first day’s proceedings of the second Unofficial Test match between the Sri Lanka Emerging Team and the visiting Bangladesh Emerging Team, which began at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium today.

The Sri Lanka Under-19 Team scored a convincing 165-run win over Pakistan Under-19 to clinch the five-match Limited Over series 3-2 at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi today.

Shaheen Shah Afridi grabbed three wickets while openers Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique cracked half-centuries as Pakistan stormed to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Tuesday to stay afloat in the race for a World Cup semi-final place.

Trinity College prevailed with a 19 runs win on the Parabola system over St. Joseph’s College in a rain shortened match of the Under 19 inter-school limited over encounter played at Darley Road. St. Joseph’s taking first lease of the wicket made

Sri Lanka’s cricket stars and newspapers Tuesday mourned the death of a beloved ’’super fan’’ who had become a one-man cheer leader and a permanent presence at international games.

Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in Pune on Monday to record their third win of the World Cup and maintain their hopes of a semi-final place.

FIFA on Monday imposed a three-year ban on former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales after his forced kiss on the lips of World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso shocked the world of football.

Pakistan’s chief of selectors Inzamam-ul-Haq resigned from his post on Monday over allegations of a conflict of interest linked to the team’s poor performance at the World Cup in India.

Pakistan coach Grant Bradburn on Monday shrugged off claims his players haven’t been paid for five months, insisting the squad was determined to rescue their faltering World Cup campaign.

Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka’s impressive run of successive World Cup fifties came to an end when he was out for 46 against Afghanistan in Pune on Monday.

The luckless Sri Lanka have had to replace Lahiru Kumara after the in-form pacer became the latest in their squad to be sidelined through injury. Chameera made it back into the squad as his replacement.

’’Anything around the head has ramifications,’’ said a disconsolate New Zealand captain Sam Cane of his red card for a high tackle that ruled him out of much of the Rugby World Cup final -- the problem for many is how referees interpret what

Sri Lanka Under-19 recorded a three-wicket win over Pakistan Under-19 to make it 2-2 in the five-match limited-over series played at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi, yesterday.

Hangzhou Asian Games Gold Medalist Tharushi Karunarathna of A. Rathnayaka National School, Walala, and Asian Junior Athletic Championship Bronze Medalist Malith Yasiru of Kahawatta MMV, Kahawatta, won the Best Athlete Awards of the All Island Schools

Despite Sri Lanka’s horror start to the Cricket World Cup 2023, the island nation finds itself still in with a chance for a top-four finish.

A quick-fire 64-ball unbeaten knock of 109 runs, inclusive of eight boundaries and nine towering sixes by Hirun Kapurubandara and supported by a run-a-ball 55 with four boundaries and two sixes by Abishek Jayaweera, paved the way for St. Joseph’s t

World champion Max Verstappen drew level with Alain Prost on 51 Formula One victories on Sunday when he claimed his record 16th triumph of the season at the Mexican Grand Prix.