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Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI, Mirpur

Sri Lanka aim for sweep without Big Three

Feb 21, 2014: Sri Lanka have always had one of Dilshan, Sangakkara and Jayawardene in their ODI team since 1999. They will have to play the final ODI in Bangladesh without them

Sri Lanka in Bangladesh 2013-14

Bangladesh domestic experience will help us - Dilshan

Feb 10, 2014: Sri Lanka had 41 players in the 2013-14 Dhaka Premier Division, and Tillakaratne Dilshan has said that experience will help the team ahead of three limited-overs events in Bangladesh

Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder, BBL, Melbourne

Lucky number 20 for Sydney Thunder

Jan 14, 2014: Twenty games. Seven-hundred-and-fifty-three days. That's how long it had been since the Sydney Thunder last won a Twenty20 match.

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI, Dubai

Sri Lanka win with two balls to spare

Dec 20, 2013: Needing two off three balls, Sachithra Senanayake cut Shahid Afridi to the third-man boundary to give Sri Lanka a two-wicket victory

Big Bash League 2013-14

Dilshan signs with Sydney Thunder

Nov 26, 2013: After completing a limited-overs series against Pakistan, Tillakaratne Dilshan will turn up for Sydney Thunder in Big Bash League 2013-14

Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd T20, Pallekele

Sri Lanka cruise to series win

Nov 21, 2013: Kusal Perera and Tillakaratne Dilshan struck 96 rapid runs together, as Sri Lanka comfortably hunted down New Zealand's modest 142 for 7 to take the series 1-0

Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 3rd ODI, Dambulla

'It's easier for me to bat with Mahela' - Dilshan

Nov 16, 2013: Tillakaratne Dilshan has said he is more comfortable opening with Mahela Jayawardene than with any of the young players who have been trialled in that position this year, after the pair put on a 91-run stand at better than a run-a-ball against New Zealand

Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 3rd ODI, Dambulla

Bad light gives Sri Lanka win, series squared

Nov 16, 2013: Fading light cut New Zealand's feisty middle order short in Dambulla, as they pursued an unlikely 90 runs from the last eight overs with four wickets in hand

Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 1st ODI, Hambantota

Rains end contest after SL post 288

Nov 10, 2013: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews struck half-centuries to lead Sri Lanka to 288 for 9 in the first ODI against New Zealand in Hambantota, however the match was rained out after 4.2 overs in NZ's innings

Chasing glory

Oct 18, 2013: Virat Kohli is already third in terms of most centuries when batting second in ODIs, but his rate of scoring them is unmatched in the format's history

Sri Lanka news

'Move to opener changed my career' - Dilshan

Oct 10, 2013: Tillakaratne Dilshan said his decision to open the innings in Test cricket was the most important in his 14-year career, as he retired from Tests on Thursday

Sri Lanka news

An incurable opportunist

Oct 10, 2013: Tillakaratne Dilshan's absence will make a young side seem even greener, but what Sri Lanka will miss most about Dilshan is the fire in his bones for seizing the moment, and making it his own

Sri Lanka news

Tillakaratne Dilshan to quit Tests

Oct 9, 2013: Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is set to retire from Test cricket

Sri Lanka news

Injured Dilshan out of first four-dayer

Oct 7, 2013: A finger strain will keep Tillakaratne Dilshan out of the first match in Sri Lanka's first-class tri-series, which begins on Tuesday

Dhaka Premier Division, 2013

Mominul, Silva record stand secures shock Doleshwar win

Sep 17, 2013: A wrap of the Dhaka Premier Division List A matches played on September 17, 2013

T&T v Guyana, CPL 2013, 1st semi-final, Port-of-Spain

Sarwan hails Guyana's 'almost-perfect performance'

Aug 23, 2013: Ramnaresh Sarwan, captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, hailed his side's commanding show in the semi-final of the CPL, where they beat Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel by seven wickets

T&T v Guyana, CPL 2013, 1st semi-final, Port-of-Spain

Dominant Guyana stroll into final

Aug 22, 2013: T&T Red Steel's star-studded batting line-up let them down badly, paving the way for Guyana Amazon Warriors to enter the final of the first Caribbean Premier League with a seven-wicket win.

CPL 2013 news

Dilshan to join Guyana Amazon Warriors

Aug 20, 2013: Tillakaratne Dilshan has become the fifth Sri Lanka player to sign up with the inaugural Caribbean Premier League. He will join Guyana Amazon Warriors as a replacement for the injured New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 3rd T20, Hambantota

Dilshan keeps faith in young batsmen

Aug 7, 2013: Sri Lanka's misfiring middle order has been the cause of most concern in the 2-1 Twenty20 series loss to South Africa, but Tuesday's Man of the match Tillakaratne Dilshan has said the youngsters' failures do not necessarily bode ill for the team's future

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 3rd T20, Hambantota

Dilshan powers Sri Lanka to consolation win

Aug 6, 2013: Sri Lanka's batsmen found fluency for the first time in the Twenty20 series, as the hosts rode a furious start and a fast finish to a conciliatory six-wicket win in Hambantota