March 10th, 2016 | by
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New Zealand 226 for 4 (Munro 67, Anderson 60*, Shanaka 2-48) beat Sri Lanka 152 for 7 (Thirimanne 41, Kapugedera 38, Milne 3-26) by 74 runs Already he had hit the second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 against them. That was in January...
February 9th, 2016 | by
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Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Dasun Shanaka – Sri Lanka’s lanky seam-bowling labour force – came upon a thoroughly surprising green Pune deck, and wound up delivering their team a surprisingly thorough...
February 2nd, 2016 | by
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Batsman Virat Kohli has been rested for the three T20 internationals against Sri Lanka in February ahead of the Asia Cup later in the month. Delhi left-arm spinner Pawan Negi, who used to play for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL,...
Full coverage of Kumar Sangakkara’s retirement
August 19th, 2015 | by
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Kumar Sangakkara confirmed on June 2015 that he would call time on his 15-year international career after the Colombo Test against India. Sangakkara, who had originally planned to retire after the World Cup, agreed to playing on...
August 17th, 2015 | by
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Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of India’s remaining two Tests against Sri Lanka after fracturing his right hand. Dhawan had injured the hand during the first Test in...
August 13th, 2015 | by
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For the first time since the Wellington Test of February 2014, India got to bat with little pressure and could look forward to sessions of piling on runs. Back then they had bowled New Zealand out for 192, and took a lead of 246....
August 5th, 2015 | by
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The sun has shone in daylight hours in the week preceding the India team’s arrival in Colombo, but as so often happens on the island, rains lie in ambush for the first sign of cricket. The visitors had been scheduled to...
July 30th, 2015 | by
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Lasith Malinga has blamed himself for an indifferent bowling performance in a frank assessment of his form following a 29-run loss against Pakistan in the first T20I in Colombo. He has at times been perceived as an incurable...
February 25th, 2015 | by
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Bangladesh are a point above Sri Lanka and although the World Cup is still at a very early stage, it is hard to imagine both sides envisioning themselves in their respective positions after their first two...
February 19th, 2015 | by
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At the top level, Sri Lanka’s cricket travels in waves that crescendo every four years: at the World Cup. Since 2012, there has been busy talk of building for the next event – of putting in place tested personnel,...
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