Sri Lanka’s expected, recent defeat at the hands of England was their fifth straight loss to them at home. Quite predictably, it was the batsmen who were put in dock as the pundits and the fandom ...

It is not an exaggeration to say that Wanindu Hasaranga is Sri Lanka’s best white-ball spinner since the retirement of Muthiah Muralidaran. Even though not a big spinner of the ball, his impeccable ...

Pathum Nissanka’s selection into Sri Lanka’s white-ball sides based on his first-class average over 60 embodied Sri Lanka’s longstanding theory that red-ball skills still hold sway in white-ball ...

Young players like Dickwella have been victims of favouritism. Towards the end of 2015, Niroshan Dickwella scores a century in a first-class fixture for Sri Lanka A in New Zealand, becomes the fifth ...

During the press conference following the conclusion of the first day of the second Test against Ireland at Galle, Piyal Wijetunga, the national spin bowling coach of Sri Lanka had no qualms throwing ...

The annual Dialog Cricket Awards ceremony was held at the Waters Edge, Battaramulla on the 30th of November, 2016. The event, which was also attended by Wasim Akram, saw Angelo Mathews bagging top ...

Lakshman Kadirgamar was an eminent statesman and a humanitarian in Sri Lanka who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs twice. Here is the transcript of an after-dinner speech made by him during a ...

A casual look at the way Sadeera Samarawickrama operates in ODIs should tell you where his strength lies, which is in the ease with which he plays spin and the numbers shore it up. In 2023, he ...

The third edition of the Lanka Premier League concluded recently with Jaffna scoring a hat-trick of championships by beating Colombo in the final. Even though this season was a damp squib as the ...

LBW rules for cricket are what off-side rules are for football. Take this quiz to find whether you have a sound knowledge of the rules regarding LBWs.

Kusal Mendis once again finds himself in a territory he has been all too familiar with throughout his career. His recent performance has breached the tolerance point and there is a fresh social media ...

Despite winning an Asia Cup in 2014 and humbling England in an ODI series in 2014, truth be told, Sri Lanka has been one of the most underperforming teams in world cricket since 2013. Although Sri ...