Players / Shashikala Siriwardene

Women's World Cup 2013, play-offs

Edwards guides England to third place

Feb 15, 2013: England and Sri Lanka took the third and fifth spots in their respective playoffs against New Zealand and South Africa

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Women's World Cup 2013, Mumbai

Win easier than planned - Bates

Feb 8, 2013: After completing their third convincing win in four matches, New Zealand captain Suzie Bates said that she expected a 'really tough game' against Sri Lanka

India v Sri Lanka, Women's World Cup 2013, Mumbai

Siriwardene 'seriously super happy' with progress

Feb 5, 2013: The Sri Lanka captain called it a dream come true after her side qualified to the Super Sixes by defeating India

Sri Lanka v West Indies, Women's World Cup 2013, Mumbai

Pleased with team effort - Aguilleira

Feb 3, 2013: West Indies' captain Merissa Aguilleira was pleased with the all-round effort of her team, and especially the batting, after they routed Sri Lanka by 209 runs in their second match of the Women's World Cup

England v Sri Lanka, Women's World Cup, Mumbai

Sri Lanka's unwavering belief pays off

Feb 1, 2013: Even after England Women scored a challenging 238, Shashikala Siriwardene said she believed her batsmen could achieve Sri Lanka's first win over one of the top four sides

Sri Lanka news

Sangakkara sweeps top SLC awards

Sep 6, 2012: Kumar Sangakkara was rewarded for a prolific year in both Tests and ODIs at the Sri Lanka Cricket Awards, where he took home three of the evening's top prizes

ICC women's World Twenty20 2012

Siriwardene to lead Sri Lanka in women's World T20

Aug 23, 2012: Shashikala Siriwardene will lead Sri Lanka in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 in September

West Indies v Sri Lanka, 1st Women's T20I, Barbados

Daley continues to torment Sri Lanka

May 1, 2012: West Indies Women made a winning start to the five-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka Women, winning by 23 runs in Barbados

West Indies v Sri Lanka, 3rd Women's ODI, Barbados

Allround Daley helps West Indies to series win

Apr 30, 2012: West Indies Women clinched the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka 2-1 after the last match in Barbados went in favour of the hosts by 45 runs by the Duckworth-Lewis Method

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, women's 50-over match, Dambulla

Siriwardene key in another Sri Lanka win

Oct 13, 2011: Sri Lanka Women won a close game against Bangladesh Women in Dambulla, to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match limited-overs series

SL v Bangladesh, women's 50-over match, Dambulla

Siriwardene shines in Sri Lanka's easy win

Oct 11, 2011: Sri Lanka Women eased to an 82-run win against Bangladesh Women in Dambulla, in the first of three limited-overs games on Bangladesh Women's tour of Sri Lanka

Women's cricket

Charlotte Edwards warns against complacency

Nov 12, 2010: England women's captain Charlotte Edwards has warned against complacency in her team's tour of Sri Lanka where it plays two ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals

ICC Women's Cricket Challenge round-up, 4th day

South Africa win fourth match in a row

Oct 10, 2010: A round-up of the action from the fourth day of the ICC Women's Cricket Challenge where West Indies, South Africa and Pakistan all recorded victories

ICC Women's Cricket Challenge

Siriwardene aims for improved Sri Lanka show

Oct 3, 2010: Shashikala Siriwardene, who returns as captain of the Sri Lankan team for the ICC Women's Cricket Challenge, has said she's keen to begin her second leadership stint on winning note

ICC Women's World Twenty20 2010

Polgampola replaces Siriwardene in Sri Lanka's squad

May 2, 2010: Chamari Polgampola, the right-arm fast bowler, will replace Shashikala Siriwardene in the Sri Lankan women's squad for the ICC World Twenty20

Women's World Twenty20 2009

Siriwardene and two others dropped from World Cup squad

May 8, 2009: Sri Lanka selectors have suspended the country's top three top run-getters in the ICC Women's World Cup in Australia, as they named a 14-member squad for next month's Women's World Twenty20 in England

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, women's World Cup, Group B, Canberra

Pakistan secure 57-run victory

Mar 9, 2009: Pakistan bounced back from the defeat to India by beating Sri Lanka in their second match at Canberra's Manuka Oval

Sri Lanka women

How to lose the minnows tag

Mar 6, 2009: Cricinfo previews Sri Lanka's prospects for the women's World Cup 2009

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, tri-nation series final, Dhaka

Polgampola and Siriwardene spin SL to win

Feb 17, 2009: Chamari Polgampola and Shashikala Siriwardene took three wickets each to bowl out Pakistan for 123 and hand Sri Lanka a confidence-boosting win just before the World Cup in the tri-nation final in Dhaka

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Women's tri-series, 4th match, Bogra

Sri Lanka move into final

Feb 12, 2009: Sri Lanka enjoyed another comfortable victory, thereby sealing their place in the final of the tri-series