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Sri Lanka have reignited the row over the 2023 World Cup timed-out dismissal of Angelo Mathews after celebrating their Twenty20 series win in Bangladesh by pointing to their wrists.The post Sri Lanka reignite timed-out row after T20 series win over Bangladesh appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka
- Shanto calls on Bangladesh to play ‘as a unit’ in ODI series against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- T20Squad (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka clinches the T20 series 2-0 with six-wicket haul from Mendis (Category: Breaking News)
- Highlights: Only T20: India Vs Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Fast bowler Wafadar Momand held Kamindu Mendis to defend 19 runs in the last over and hand Afghanistan a three-run win over Sri Lanka in the third and final Twenty20 international Wednesday. Sri Lanka won the series 2-1. Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran won the toss, elected to bat
- Mathews leads Sri Lanka to T20 win over Afghanistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Hasaranga suggests ‘another job’ for umpire following no ball controversy (Category: Breaking News)
- Stampede for match tickets in Dambulla (Category: Breaking News)
- Dhananjaya de Silva, Kamindu Mendis achieve rare feat in Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Test (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka bowled out Afghanistan for 115 to win their Twenty20 international by 72 runs and clinch the three-match series 2-0. Angelo Mathews starred with a 22-ball unbeaten 42 then both opening wickets. Sri Lanka were made to bat first and scored 6-187. Sadeera Samarawickrama top-scored with 52
- World reacts to Putin critic Alexei Navalny’s death (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Tamil family to be allowed to return to Biloela (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian cricketers raise ethical concerns about touring Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Father and son from Sri Lanka drown in Queensland waterfall tragedy (Category: Breaking News)
Captain Rohit Sharma hit a record-breaking fifth Twenty20 international century as India narrowly beat Afghanistan after two super overs. Rohit scored 121 not out from 69 balls in the initial game, but it took the hosts two super overs to complete a 3-0 series sweep in Bangalore. India recovered
- Rohit Sharma takes India to easy win over Afghanistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Kohli: Former India captain hits first century in 1,021 days against Afghanistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Majestic Gill ton takes Gujarat Titans past Mumba Indians and into final (Category: Breaking News)
- Pandya leads India to dramatic Asia Cup win against Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka pulled off a thrilling three-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a last ball thriller in the first Twenty20 international in Colombo on Sunday. Requiring six runs off the last two balls, tail-ender Dushmantha Chameera smashed a boundary off the penultimate ball. Then he pushed the last ball
- Nissanka ton helps Sri Lanka level Bangladesh series (Category: Breaking News)
- Scotland thrashed by Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup qualifier (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamari Athapaththu scores 195 in record chase (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka eke out narrow four-run victory over Afghans (Category: Breaking News)
A court in Nepal has found the country’s highest profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane guilty of raping an 18-year-old woman and has fixed January 10 for his sentencing. The judgement was announced after a repeatedly delayed trial that had left him free to continue his sporting career. The 23-year-old has been the face of cricket in […]
- Sandeep Lamichhane sentenced to eight years in jail for rape (Category: Breaking News)
- Babar and Iftikhar centuries serve up Pakistan victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Logan van Beek’s career-best 4 for 24 vaults Netherlands into Super Sixes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cricketers meet Nepal in quarter finals (Category: Breaking News)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided that the official window for the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be from March 22 till the end of May. Finalizing the exact dates is pending due to the upcoming general elections in the country next summer, with the schedule contingent on the election […]
- IPL auction player registration ends today (November 30) (Category: Breaking News)
- Dasun Shanaka to join Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC Website glitch puts India ahead of Australia in Test rankings; rectifies later (Category: Breaking News)
- Tillakaratne backs Bangladesh to make an impression in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka had his playing ban lifted on Tuesday, weeks after he was cleared of sexual assault by a court in Australia. The 32-year-old batsman was arrested in November last year just hours after his country lost to England in their final Twenty20 World Cup match
- Sri Lankan born pioneer of location-tracking technology in King’s honours list (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Australia push for permanent visas (Category: Breaking News)
- US bridge collapses after being hit by Colombo bound ship (Category: Breaking News)
- Nissanka ton helps Sri Lanka level Bangladesh series (Category: Breaking News)
The 2023 Asia Cup that is scheduled to take place later this year is set to move from Pakistan to Sri Lanka, a report in The Indian Express said on Monday.The post Asia Cup set to be shifted from Pakistan to Sri Lanka – Report appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News and Top Headlines - ONLANKA News.
- Cricket: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to enter Women’s Asia Cup 2022 final (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s victorious Cricket, Netball teams and Commonwealth medal winners felicitated (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to clinch sixth Asia Cup title (Category: Breaking News)
- Wanindu Hasaranga likely to miss ICC World Cup due to hamstring injury – report (Category: Breaking News)
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes Matheesha Pathirana could become a limited-overs asset for Sri Lanka with a light workload that does not include any test cricket.The post Slingy Pathirana can be Sri Lanka’s asset with reduced workload – Dhoni appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News and Top Headlines - ONLANKA News.
- Pathirana can be Sri Lanka s asset with reduced workload  Dhoni (Category: Breaking News)
- Matheesha Pathirana hails MS Dhoni as father figure in IPL journey (Category: Breaking News)
- Did MS Dhoni Intentionally Stall Play For 4 Minutes To Get Matheesha Pathirana Bowl? (Category: Breaking News)
- Malinga, Vaas disagree with Dhoni’s remark on Pathirana (Category: Breaking News)
Opening batsman Tim Seifert’s blistering 88 helped New Zealand defeat Sri Lanka by four wickets in their thrilling third and final Twenty20 international in Queenstown on Saturday to complete a 2-1 series victory. Seifert’s brutal assault on Sri Lanka’s bowlers during his 48-ball knock included 10
- Sri Lanka picks 17-member Test squad to tour New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali backs India or England and not Sri Lanka to win World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Australians and Kiwis in Sri Lanka commemorate Anzac Day (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand beats Sri Lanka in 2nd T20, levels series (Category: Breaking News)
Fast bowler Adam Milne took 5-26 as New Zealand bowled out Sri Lanka for 141 on Wednesday and went on to win the second Twenty20 cricket international by nine wickets. Milne became only the third New Zealander to claim a five-wicket haul in a T20 international after Tim Southee (5-18 vs. Pakistan
- Karunaratne, Mendis take Sri Lanka to 386-4 vs. Ireland (Category: Breaking News)
- Zadran century leads Afghanistan to ODI win over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in dramatic Super Over in 1st T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand seals dramatic win over Sri Lanka to claim T20 series (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka claimed a dramatic Super Over win in the opening match of their three-game Twenty20 series against New Zealand on Sunday to earn their first victory on tour. The match went to a tie-break decider after both teams chalked up 196 runs in a high-scoring thriller at Auckland’s Eden Park
- Sri Lanka-New Zealand World T20 goes to super over (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beat NZ in super over (Category: Breaking News)
- PHOTOS: Sri Lanka sink Kiwis in Super Over (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beat Black Caps after 'super over' (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been picked to play in the inaugural season of the Major Cricket League (MLC) in the USA. The draft for the inaugural season of the Major Cricket League (MLC) saw international cricket stars like former Australian skipper Aaron Finch, star Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, […]
- Kusal, Hasaranga named Sri Lanka’s ODI and T20I captains (Category: Breaking News)
- Mathews overlooked Chamari picked in The Hundred draft (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka attempting to reach settlement with rape victim (Category: Breaking News)
- Explosive star cast confirmed for Abu Dhabi T10 (Category: Breaking News)
Surrey have re-signed West Indies all-rounder Sunil Narine for the 2023 T20 Blast campaign. The 34-year-old will be available for all games that do not clash with his commitments with the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in International League T20. The white-ball specialist took 14 wickets in 14 games for Surrey last season and hit 199 […]
- Paris Mayor wants Russia banned from 2024 Olympics (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa beat Bangladesh to set up England semi-final (Category: Breaking News)
- Max Verstappen fastest on first day of testing (Category: Breaking News)
- Nordic nations join calls for ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes to be upheld (Category: Breaking News)
Dasun Shanaka led from the front with a record half-century and two wickets in Sri Lanka’s series-levelling 16-run win over India in the second Twenty20 international on Thursday. Shanaka hit an unbeaten 56 off 22 balls laced with two fours and six sixes to steer Sri Lanka to 206-6
- Debutant Shivam Mavi joins exclusive club as India register thrilling win (Category: Breaking News)
- Kohli ton powers India to big ODI win over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beat Tigers for 13th straight ODI win (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanath applauds sportsmanship of Indian captain in Sri Lanka game (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan captain Babar Azam broke a 16 year record as he became his country’s highest run scorer in a calendar year. He was 161 not out at the end of the first day of the two-Test series with New Zealand in Karachi to take his 2022 tally to 2,485 runs across all formats. In doing […]
- Azam and Rizwan steer Pakistan to incredible 10-wicket win (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan stun New Zealand to reach final (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese GP cancelled because of country’s ‘ongoing difficulties’ with Covid (Category: Breaking News)
- Pandya leads India to dramatic Asia Cup win against Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
Media Release14th November 2022 Sri Lanka Cricket donated Rs. 120 million to the National Sports Fund, earned by selling match tickets during the Australia Tour of Sri Lanka in 2022.The grant was made in keeping with a promise Sri Lanka Cricket made to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs...The post Sri Lanka Cricket donated another Rs. 120 million to the National Sports Fund appeared first on...
- Sri Lanka Cricket earned a record net profit of Rs. 6.3 billion in 2022 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Cricket earns a record net profit of Rs. 6.3 billion in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s victorious Cricket, Netball teams and Commonwealth medal winners felicitated (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister unhappy with SLC but promises to pay cricketers on time (Category: Business)
A New South Wales Supreme Court hearing will be held in December after Sri Lankan international Danushka Gunathilaka launched a second bail bid following his arrest and charges of four counts of sexual intercourse without consent.The post Danushka Gunathilaka makes new legal bid to get out of jail appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka Cricket hires new lawyers for Dhanushka Gunathilaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka accused of rape returns to court as new details emerge (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka Gunathilaka being moved to Sydney’s Silverwater Prison – report (Category: Breaking News)
- Sexual assault trial against Danushka Gunathilaka hit by delay (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka appeared by video link in handcuffs at a Sydney court today to seek bail after he was charged with four counts of sexual assault. Gunathilaka, who spoke only to confirm his identity, was shown on a screen in Downing Centre Local Court. He appeared calm as he sat wearing a […]
- Danushka attempting to reach settlement with rape victim (Category: Breaking News)
- Trial of rape-accused Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka hit by delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka allowed to use WhatsApp and go out at night in Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to take stern action if Danushka found guilty (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has handed over a cheque of USD 500,000 to President Ranil Wickremesinghe as a donation to the Apeksha Hospital (National Cancer Institute).The post Sri Lanka’s victorious Cricket, Netball teams and Commonwealth medal winners felicitated appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Netball and Cricket Asian Champions return to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cricket and netball teams return to heroes’ welcome (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka crowned Asian Netball Champions (Category: Breaking News)
Virat Kohli scored his first century in 1,021 days in India’s Asia Cup match against Afghanistan in Dubai. The 33-year-old, who last hit a century in a Test against Bangladesh on 23 November 2019, made an unbeaten 122 off 61 balls as already-eliminated India made 212-2 from their 20 overs. He hit 12 fours and […]
- England win third T20 against India despite Yadav’s hundred (Category: Breaking News)
- India beat England by four runs in Twenty20 semi-final (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan stun New Zealand to reach final (Category: Breaking News)
- Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
Trent Boult has been released from his New Zealand contract in order to spend more time with his family and play in domestic leagues around the world. As a result the bowler, 33, will have a “significantly reduced” role with his country, New Zealand Cricket said. Boult has taken 317 wickets in 78 Tests and […]
- Pakistan stun New Zealand to reach final (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia beat India by nine runs to claim cricket gold (Category: Breaking News)
- Williamson to miss second Test after positive Covid-19 test (Category: Breaking News)
- England stunned by Ireland as rain results in five-run defeat (Category: Breaking News)
England swatted aside Sri Lanka as they overhauled a meagre total with 17 balls to spare in their opening Twenty20 match of the Commonwealth Games. Spinner Sophie Ecclestone justified her ranking as the best T20 bowler in the world with three wickets to sap Sri Lanka of momentum. The visitors
- England stunned by Ireland as rain results in five-run defeat (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beat England by seven wickets to win women’s T20 series (Category: Breaking News)
- England win another thriller in Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
- England reach semi-finals with nervy win over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Jonny Bairstow’s devastating 90 helped England beat South Africa by 41 runs in a breathless, high-scoring first Twenty20 international in Bristol. Continuing his stunning Test form, Bairstow bullied the Proteas bowlers throughout his 53-ball assault as England racked up 234-6 –
- England batter hits his first IPL century for Sunrisers Hyderabad (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan stun New Zealand to reach final (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa secure thrilling win over India (Category: Breaking News)
- England win third T20 against India despite Yadav’s hundred (Category: Breaking News)
ODIs. Stokes, who became Test captain in April, will still play Twenty20 cricket […]
- England stunned by Ireland as rain results in five-run defeat (Category: Breaking News)
- England batter hits his first IPL century for Sunrisers Hyderabad (Category: Breaking News)
- Trent Boult to have ‘significantly reduced’ role with Black Caps (Category: Breaking News)
- England’s Moeen Ali takes 4-26 as Chennai Super Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants (Category: Breaking News)
England held on for a consolation victory in the third Twenty20 against India despite Suryakumar Yadav’s sensational century at Trent Bridge. Chasing 216, the tourists were 31-3 after five overs before Suryakumar’s 48-ball ton – his first for India – gave them real hope
- Australia beat India by nine runs to claim cricket gold (Category: Breaking News)
- England stunned by Ireland as rain results in five-run defeat (Category: Breaking News)
- Majestic Gill ton takes Gujarat Titans past Mumba Indians and into final (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa secure thrilling win over India (Category: Breaking News)
Ireland gave world number one side India a scare in the second Twenty20 but fell agonisingly short of a first victory over the tourists. A second-wicket partnership of 176 between Deepak Hooda (104) and Sanju Samson (77) – a world T20 record – helped India to a formidable 225-7
- Majestic Gill ton takes Gujarat Titans past Mumba Indians and into final (Category: Breaking News)
- England stunned by Ireland as rain results in five-run defeat (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa secure thrilling win over India (Category: Breaking News)
- Williamson to miss second Test after positive Covid-19 test (Category: Breaking News)
Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 80 helped Australia chase down a rain-revised target of 282 runs and beat hosts Sri Lanka by two wickets on Tuesday. The visitors started out chasing a total of 301 runs in 50 overs but a 90-minute rain break reduced the innings to 44 overs with the visitors requiring 282 under DLS […]
- Stoinis powers Australia to victory against Sri Lanka in Perth (Category: Breaking News)
- Pathum Nissanka sinks Australia in 3rd ODI (Category: Breaking News)
- Shanaka blinder denies Australia a clean sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia beats Sri Lanka to take 2-0 lead in three-match T20I series (Category: Breaking News)
Australia have survived an electric spell from all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga to edge Sri Lanka by three wickets and wrap up their three-match Twenty20 series. Veteran wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (26 not out) handled the immense pressure of batting with the tail to secure victory with 13 balls
- Sri Lanka crash out of T20 World Cup 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Malinga returns to Sri Lanka in coaching capacity (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia crumble in retro collapse to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia tour of Sri Lanka to go ahead as scheduled (Category: Breaking News)
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