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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Sri Lanka left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara has migrated to Australia after being overlooked for the home Test series against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/155000/155093.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/904911.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/904911.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-904911 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chanaka Welegedara equalled the world record for the most economical four-over T20 spell, as Tamil Union handed out a 45-run defeat to Sinhalese Sports Club at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152500/152568.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/858535.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/858535.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-858535 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Sri Lankans continued to do much as they pleased against Northamptonshire. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/186700/186733.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/content/story/750695.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/content/story/750695.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-750695 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Injured fast bowler Suranga Lakmal has been left out of Sri Lanka's Test squad to England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/155000/155093.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/content/story/749683.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/content/story/749683.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-749683 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy due to the foot injury he picked up during a practice match last week, and Sri Lanka Cricket has replaced him with seam-bowling allrounder Dilhara Lokuhettige https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/155000/155093.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/637173.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/637173.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-637173 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chanaka Welegedara's prospects of traveling to England for the Champions Trophy have improved, after a scan on his landing foot and ankle revealed no breaks or fractures https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152300/152372.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/637016.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/637016.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-637016 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chanaka Welegedara may not feature in the upcoming Champions Trophy after sustaining a foot injury during the recent Rest of Sri Lanka v Sri Lanka A match on Friday in Pallekele https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152500/152568.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/636556.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/636556.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-636556 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya said that his selection panel opted for experience rather than young talent while picking the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/151600/151674.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/story/633666.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/story/633666.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-633666 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara has earned an ODI recall, picked in Sri Lanka's 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/155000/155093.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/633538.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/633538.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-633538 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka will be without batsman Kumar Sangakkara for the remainder of their tour of Australia, after scans revealed a fracture to his left hand https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152939.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598783.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598783.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598783 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 Tharindu Kaushal, a 19-year old offspinner, has been named in Sri Lanka's squad for the two Tests against New Zealand, while Chanaka Welegedara also returns to the side https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/140600/140642.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-new-zealand-2012/content/story/590453.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-new-zealand-2012/content/story/590453.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-590453 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara has been ruled out of the ongoing Test series against Pakistan with a torn shoulder muscle https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/136600/136611.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-pakistan-2012/content/story/570004.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-pakistan-2012/content/story/570004.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570004 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka left-arm fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara has been ruled out of the second Test against England that starts at the P Sara Oval on Tuesday with a groin injury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-england-2012/content/story/559367.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-england-2012/content/story/559367.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-559367 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hours after Tillakaratne Dilshan resigned as Sri Lanka captain, Mahela Jayawardene was appointed in his place to lead the ODI squad to Australia for the tri-series in February involving the hosts and India https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/140100/140142.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/commonwealth-bank-series-2012/content/story/550614.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/commonwealth-bank-series-2012/content/story/550614.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-550614 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In what has already been a champagne year for Test cricket, Chanaka Welegedara and Rangana Herath set Sri Lanka up for what could be the biggest Test upset of 2011 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/140600/140634.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/south-africa-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/547054.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/south-africa-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/547054.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-547054 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka remained ahead after another attritional day in the third Test in Sharjah, but not to the extent that they needed to be if they are to be confident of squaring the series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/138800/138837.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/539431.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/539431.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-539431 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chanaka Welegedara, the Sri Lanka seamer, says his team are still in with a chance of winning the second Test against Pakistan in Dubai https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/138400/138438.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/538361.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/538361.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-538361 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the semi-finals of the Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slcipt20-11/content/story/525379.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slcipt20-11/content/story/525379.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-525379 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen enlivened another day heavily disrupted by the weather at the Rose Bowl with a positive 85 as England moved into the lead on 195 for 4 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/134100/134136.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/519495.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/519495.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-519495 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The opening day at Lord's, under glorious sunshine, was not the one-sided affair it could have been but England took the honours by reaching 342 for 6 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/133700/133709.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/517658.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/517658.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-517658 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka made slightly hard work of chasing 213 at Uxbridge but opened their tour with a four-wicket victory as they reached the target with five overs to spare having bowled Middlesex out for 161 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124500/124572.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/515520.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/515520.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-515520 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's fast bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake is confident that his young and inexperienced charges can spring a surprise on England in the upcoming three-Test series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/125400/125444.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/515242.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/515242.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-515242 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Tillakaratne Dilshan wants to become the first Sri Lanka captain to secure a Test series victory in England after leaving the IPL early to lead his team https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/132300/132363.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/514200.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/514200.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-514200 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies' batsmen struggled on the first day of their tour match against a Sri Lanka President's XI at Colombo https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124200/124225.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2010/content/story/486367.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2010/content/story/486367.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-486367 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka have left out left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara and batsman Thilina Kandamby for the tri-series, which begins on August 10 in Dambulla https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/119100/119182.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sl-tri2010/content/story/471360.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sl-tri2010/content/story/471360.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-471360 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the first set of matches in the SLC Inter-Provincial Tournament 2009-10 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/114900/114905.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sldomestic-09/content/story/453070.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sldomestic-09/content/story/453070.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-453070 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the action from the semi-finals of the 2009-10 Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Tournament https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/114900/114954.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sldomestic-09/content/story/451035.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sldomestic-09/content/story/451035.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-451035 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rarely does a centurion get overshadowed in a match of middling scores. But though Thilan Samaraweera finished with an accomplished unbeaten 105, the headlines were stolen by Thissara Perera, who celebrated his third cap with a power-packed 15-ball 36 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112317.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/tri-bdesh2010/content/story/442518.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/tri-bdesh2010/content/story/442518.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442518 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Thilina Kandamby and Kaushal Silva are the two uncapped players in Sri Lanka's Test squad for the tour of India starting next month https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108600/108657.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/content/story/431519.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/content/story/431519.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-431519 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Thilina Kandamby, the left-hand batsman, will lead Sri Lanka A on the tour to South Africa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/364480.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/364480.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-364480 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Farveez Maharoof, the Sri Lankan allrounder, has been ruled out of the West Indies tour with a side strain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wivsl/content/story/341906.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wivsl/content/story/341906.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-341906 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka have banked on pace for the CB Series in Australia after naming six fast bowlers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/cbs/content/story/330856.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/cbs/content/story/330856.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-330856 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chaminda Vaas, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, spoke of his pride in answering the critics who questioned his value after he struck a workmanlike 90 and took four wickets on the third day against England at Galle https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/326626.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/326626.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-326626 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's coach, Trevor Bayliss, has expressed surprise at the way the Galle wicket played, after his team scored 147 for 4 on a rain delayed opening day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/326261.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/326261.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-326261 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest domestic action in Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/325744.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/325744.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-325744 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka have made two changes to their line-up for the final Test against England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/325704.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/story/325704.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-325704 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Marvan Atapattu, the former captain, has not to been included in Sri Lanka's 16-member Test squad to tour Australia after stating his unavailability; while Tillekaratne Dilshan, the right-hand middle-order batsman, has been dropped https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvsl/content/story/313728.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvsl/content/story/313728.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-313728 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka Cricket Invitation XI declared at 372 for 9 before bowling out Tamil Nadu for 202 to win by an innings and 96 runs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/312952.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/312952.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-312952 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka A ended their tour with a 154-run win against Durham after bowling them out for 217 on the final day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/306483.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/306483.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-306483 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 GMT Sri Lanka A have an excellent chance of heading for victory on the final day after taking the honours for the second successive day at Chester-le-Street https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/306119.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/306119.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-306119 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT