Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Senanayake heads to Perth to sort out action

Sachitra Senanayake, the Sri Lanka offspinner who was banned from bowling last month due to an illegal action, has left for Perth to undergo a remediation programme

10-Aug-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Senanayake to get help with correcting action

Sri Lanka offspinner Sachithra Senanayake will get help from Daryl Foster, a human movement lecturer at the University of Western Australia, to remedy his bowling action

28-Jul-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'Dressing room a happy place' - Atapattu

Sri Lanka's interim head coach Marvan Atapattu has said their Test series win in England stemmed from a dressing room in which 'everyone was honest with their opinions and was allowed to talk freely'

29-Jun-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Former Sri Lankan seamer dies at 57

Former Sri Lankan fast bowler Lantra Fernando died at the age of 57 on Monday during his morning jog in his hometown in Moratuwa

23-Jun-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Battle with England seamers pivotal, says Adams

Chris Adams, consultant to the Sri Lanka team, has said the key to Sri Lanka winning a Test series in England for the first time will be for their experienced batsmen to come out on top against England's seamers

08-Jun-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Will assess Test future one tour at a time - Jayawardene

Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene has said he will assess his Test future on a series by series basis and will continue so long as he is satisfied with the way he is contributing to the team

02-Jun-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Atapattu backs Sri Lanka's fighting spirit

Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lanka's interim coach, has backed his team to come out firing in the second one-day international against England as they attempt to level the series

24-May-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Adapting to conditions key- Mathews

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews believes that adapting to English conditions as quickly as possible will be his team's biggest challenge in their upcoming tour of England and Ireland

04-May-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

SL need fast-bowling allrounders for World Cup - Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya, the Sri Lanka chief selector, has outlined the need of fast-bowling allrounders for next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand if the team is to repeat the success it had in the T20 version in Bangladesh

27-Apr-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Former SL umpire Basil Anthony dies aged 76

Basil Anthony, the former Sri Lanka umpire who officiated in his Sri Lanka's inaugural Test, against Australia in Kandy in 1983, has died in Perth. He was aged 76

25-Apr-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Former SL first-class cricketer dies aged 81

Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva, the eldest of four brothers who played first-class club cricket in Sri Lanka, has died in Melbourne on Friday at the age of 81

25-Apr-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Former SL spinner Neil Chanmugam dies aged 73

Neil Chanmugam, one of Sri Lanka's leading offspinners of the pre-Test era, passed away on Tuesday aged 73 having lost his battle with cancer that affected him for the past four years

23-Apr-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

No excuses for Sri Lanka - Malinga

A spot in the semi-finals of the World T20 could well be heavily weighted on the toss of a coin when Sri Lanka take on New Zealand for one remaining spot in Group 1

30-Mar-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Chandimal suspended for one match

Dinesh Chandimal will miss Sri Lanka's final group match against New Zealand after he was suspended for one match due to Sri Lanka being found guilty of maintaining a slow over rate for the second time inside 12 months

28-Mar-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

No extra spin for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka will resist the temptation the bolster their spin attack against England even though the opposition have a poor record against the turning ball

26-Mar-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'Netherlands are playing good cricket' - Chandimal

Despite this history of putting less-fancied teams in their place, Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has assured fans his team will not be beset by complacency against Netherlands

23-Mar-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Chandimal eyeing opponents' spin weaknesses

Sri Lanka will look to use their opponents' deficiencies against spin to their advantage at the World T20 in Bangladesh, captain Dinesh Chandimal has said

21-Mar-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

SL hope for advantage in familiar conditions

Sri Lanka coach Paul Farbrace believes the experience of having played in Bangladesh over the past six weeks could work in favour of his team during the World T20

16-Mar-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'Unanimous' SLC backs ICC revamp

Sri Lanka Cricket's Executive Committee has made a unanimous decision to support the governance, finance and FTP changes in the ICC at its meeting on February 17

18-Feb-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Silva a solid Test opening option for Sri Lanka - Ford

Outgoing Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford has expressed optimism about Sri Lanka's future, after several key players contributed heavily in the Test series against Pakistan

22-Jan-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

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