Sri Lanka news

Hambantota ground back on SLC's radar

May 22, 2017 Sooriyawewa is set to host its first ODI in two years, when Zimbabwe tour Sri Lanka in June and July

Champions Trophy 2017

Ford hopes for flat batting tracks in England

May 17, 2017 Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford has identified batting as Sri Lanka's foremost strength and said flat tracks would give the team the best chance to put the opposition under pressure

Sri Lanka news

Aravinda de Silva steps down from SLC role

May 5, 2017 A board release said Aravinda de Silva stepped down due to "personal commitments that would hinder his availability and time investment in the Committee further"

Champions Trophy 2017

Malinga's fitness in focus for Sri Lanka

May 2, 2017 Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford said that Lasith Malinga's contribution in "certain scenarios" could still be useful in the Champions Trophy even if he could not bowl ten full overs

The briefing

The Younis files, the Bravo elegy, the Manohar manoeuvre

May 2, 2017 | Features
Not up to scratch on what happened in cricket in April? No fear - here's the lowdown

Why is SLC in public-relations overdrive?

Apr 19, 2017 | Analysis
Thilanga Sumathipala's board has done as much for Sri Lanka's cricket as any other, but the chairman's desperation for the limelight does them no favours

Thilan Samaraweera

'Players these days are lucky - they don't get chewed out like we used to'

Apr 18, 2017 | Gleanings
Thilan Samaraweera talks about the Lahore attack, copping a earful from Ranatunga, and finishing with a higher Test average than Aravinda

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2nd T20I, Colombo

We played with more freedom - Shakib

Apr 7, 2017 | Gleanings
Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, stopped short of proclaiming the Sri Lanka tour Bangladesh's best-ever abroad, but mentioned that victories in the country were "rare"

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2nd T20I, Premadasa Stadium

'We should have won all three series' - Gurusinha

Apr 6, 2017 | Gleanings
Asanka Gurusinha has conceded his first tour as Sri Lanka's cricket manager has been disappointing

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2nd T20I, Colombo

How Malinga's slower dippers sucker-punched Bangladesh

Apr 6, 2017 | Gleanings
Double-strikes, double-drops, and triple-strikes feature in the plays of the day from the second T20I between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the Khettarama