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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene will be unavailable for selection for the second Test, thanks to a finger injury to his right hand https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/176800/176835.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/content/story/752991.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/content/story/752991.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-752991 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Prasanna Jayawardene will miss the first Test against Bangladesh as he flies home for family reasons https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/176800/176835.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-sri-lanka-2013-14/content/story/713161.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-sri-lanka-2013-14/content/story/713161.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-713161 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Returning to a team full of wicketkeeper-batsmen, Prasanna Jayawardene shows what he brings to Sri Lanka's table, either side of the stumps https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/175800/175867.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2013-14/content/story/707761.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2013-14/content/story/707761.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-707761 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Wicketkeeper-batsman Prasanna Jayawardene has been named in Sri Lanka's 16-man Test squad for the upcoming series against Pakistan, having last played a Test against Australia last year https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147200/147252.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2013-14/content/story/703419.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2013-14/content/story/703419.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-703419 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the fifth-round matches of the Premier Limited Overs tournament https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/160900/160947.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/premier-limited-over-tournament-2013-14/content/story/698873.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/premier-limited-over-tournament-2013-14/content/story/698873.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-698873 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Prasanna Jayawardene may just be vying for a return to the Sri Lanka Test side after he hit the third hundred of the Board XI's innings, in the four-day match against the Development XI https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152400/152446.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/678331.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/678331.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-678331 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka Cricket has announced a triangular four-day tournament to begin on October 8, which effectively replaces the postponed Test tour of Zimbabwe https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/155200/155210.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/676503.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/676503.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-676503 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lahiru Thirimanne and Suranga Lakmal have been called up to Sri Lanka's squad for the third Test in Sydney https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/150000/150042.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598962.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598962.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598962 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chanaka Welegedara will not bowl again in the Boxing Day Test and is unlikely to recover in time for the third Test, after initial scans revealed a tear in his right hamstring https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152913.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598691.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598691.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598691 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Prasanna Jayawardene will go to hospital for X-rays after he was hit on the thumb by a Mitchell Johnson bouncer during Sri Lanka's first innings at the MCG https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152900.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598608.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598608.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598608 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia Chairman's XI and Sri Lankans played out a draw at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Just 31 overs were bowled today and the visitors finished on 396 for 6 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/596185.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/596185.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-596185 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Prasanna Jayawardene and offspinner Suraj Randiv returned to the Sri Lanka Test squad for the home series against England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-england-2012/content/story/558405.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-england-2012/content/story/558405.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-558405 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chamara Silva, a middle-order batsman, has joined Sri Lanka's squad in the UAE as back up for Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/541422.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/541422.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-541422 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chris Tremlett continued an impressive performance at his former home ground to claim a career-best 6 for 42 on a rain-hit second day to leave Sri Lanka 177 for 9 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/134100/134121.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/519419.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/519419.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-519419 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England will have expected to encounter problems removing a Jayawardene during this series, but that was likely to be Mahela not Prasanna https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/133400/133442.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/516883.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/516883.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-516883 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Prasanna Jayawardene has rued not being able to avoid the follow-on but said his team could finish on a positive note after the encouraging start provided by openers in the second innings https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124700/124712.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2010/content/story/487808.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2010/content/story/487808.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-487808 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's openers responded well after following-on in the first Test in Galle https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124600/124690.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2010/content/story/487687.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2010/content/story/487687.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-487687 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the fifth set of matches in the SLC Inter-Provincial Tournament 2009-10 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/61300/61323.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sldomestic-09/content/story/459196.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sldomestic-09/content/story/459196.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-459196 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:05 GMT Sri Lanka gave themselves a minimum of 134 overs and an ample cushion of runs to try and register their first Test win in India, but the Ahmedabad pitch got deader and deader every passing minute https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/110300/110365.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/content/story/435171.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/content/story/435171.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-435171 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the fifth round of matches in Tiers A and B of Sri Lanka's Premier League Tournament https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/432958.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/432958.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-432958 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:05 GMT Muttiah Muralitharan has returned to Sri Lanka's Test squad for the series against New Zealand after recovering from injury https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105800/105837.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvnz2009/content/story/419066.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvnz2009/content/story/419066.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-419066 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Sri Lankan captain has asked for better contributions from his batsmen in the second Test as they chase a historic series win https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105700/105792.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413768.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413768.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413768 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Prasanna Jayawardene, if deemed fit, along with Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara are all available as wicketkeeping options https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105500/105545.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413425.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413425.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413425 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT He may be replaced by Kaushal Silva or Chamara Kapugedera depending on whether Kumar Sangakkara dons the gloves https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/410735.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/410735.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-410735 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After the fog which had blighted their preparation on the tour so far relented, the Sri Lankans got themselves some useful batting practice on the final day against a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshvsl/content/story/384076.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshvsl/content/story/384076.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384076 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kumar Sangakkara believes the Sri Lankan Test team has benefitted by having him play as a specialist batsman and let Prasanna Jayawardene take charge behind the stumps https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshvsl/content/story/383689.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshvsl/content/story/383689.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383689 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka closed in on maintaining their unbeaten home Test series record against India since 1993. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvind/content/story/364483.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvind/content/story/364483.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-364483 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dileep Premachandran recaps the Plays of the day from the first day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and India in Galle https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvind/content/story/363123.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvind/content/story/363123.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-363123 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, says his team will not sit back on its 1-0 lead and will aim for a 2-0 result when the Test series concludes in Port of Spain from Thursday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wivsl/content/story/344831.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wivsl/content/story/344831.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-344831 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the fifth-round matches of the Premier League Tournament https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilankandomestic/content/story/339769.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilankandomestic/content/story/339769.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-339769 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Miller provides the plays of the fifth and final day at Galle https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/326896.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/326896.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-326896 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Prasanna Jayawardene has impressed during the first two Tests against England with his sharp glove work and resilient batting https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/325170.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/325170.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-325170 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lankan batsman who top scored with a fluent 92 said his team had not lost heart after being bowled out for 188 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/323227.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/323227.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-323227 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England enjoyed an impressive first day against Sri Lanka, bowling them out for 188 as Matthew Hoggard took four wickets then replying 49 for 1 at Kandy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/323065.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/323065.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-323065 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's batsmen missed a crucial opportunity to adjust to the Queensland conditions ahead of next week's Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvsl/content/story/318008.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvsl/content/story/318008.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-318008 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT Mahela Jayawardene described his team's thumping innings and 234-run victory over Bangladesh in the first Test as a brilliant effort under tough conditions https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvbdesh/content/story/299925.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvbdesh/content/story/299925.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-299925 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka ground down the visitors in humid conditions, with 125 runs coming in the first session, 107 in the second and 118 in the third as the lead swelled to 488 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvbdesh/content/story/299640.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvbdesh/content/story/299640.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-299640 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Chaminda Vaas and Prasanna Jayawardene figured in a 223-run partnership which was a seventh wicket record for Sri Lanka against all countries https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvbdesh/content/story/299718.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvbdesh/content/story/299718.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-299718 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Prasanna Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper who played in the two Tests against New Zealand, is in a Wellington hospital after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvsl/content/story/273558.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvsl/content/story/273558.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-273558 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, has called on his side to compete hard in New Zealand conditions and expressed faith in the youngsters called up for the forthcoming Test and one-day series. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/269770.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/269770.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269770 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene heaved a sigh of relief after his team had beaten South Africa by one wicket in a nail-biting finish to win the second Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvrsa/content/story/255970.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvrsa/content/story/255970.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255970 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka will have to make do without their most experienced bowler, Chaminda Vaas, who misses tomorrow's first Test against South Africa at Colombo with a hamstring injury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvrsa/content/story/254614.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvrsa/content/story/254614.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-254614 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Essex put a spanner in the works of Sri Lanka's preparations for the Natwest Series as they inflicted a six-wicket defeat at Chelmsford https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/250059.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/250059.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-250059 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nuwan Zoysa and Prasanna Jayawardene have been recalled to Sri Lanka's Test squad for the tour of England in April https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/243836.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/243836.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-243836 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies A held the edge over Sri Lanka A at the end of the second day's play at Dambulla https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/211811.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/211811.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-211811 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka A began their month-long tour of England with an easy 138-run win over an outclassed British Universities side at Leicester https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/138179.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/138179.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-138179 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Russel Arnold, Saman Jayantha and Nuwan Kulasekera are due to return toSri Lanka at the end of the five-match one-day series againstZimbabwe after the selectors trimmed down their Test squad to 16 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/134761.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/134761.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-134761 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka have called up three Test specialists for the forthcomingtwo-match series against Zimbabwe https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/134681.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/134681.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-134681 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The National Selectors, at a meeting held on 20th August 2003, decided to select a Squad of 15 Players for the Sri Lanka `A' team tour to South Africa in September/ October 2003 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125100.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125100.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125100 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT