Cricket News

Sri Lanka A head coach Avishka Gunawardene lamented the lack of big scores from the batsmen, after the side lost all four games in the A-team tri-series involving Pakistan A and hosts England Lions

Ben Duckett and Daniel Bell-Drummond smashed their way into the record books with the second-highest List A partnership in the world as England Lions cruised to a 140 run win over Sri Lanka A at Canterbury

Dawid Malan rewrote the record books as England Lions made it two wins out of two in the 50-over Tri-Series by crushing Sri Lanka A in Northampton

Pakistan A swept to a remarkable eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka A in Worcester, riding on the back of belligerent half-centuries from captain Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel to mow down a target of 148 in 19.1 overs

Eddie Jones, the England rugby coach, was in attendance at Lord's as the country's cricketers prepared for the first Test against Pakistan

Avishka Gunawardene, Sri Lanka A's coach for the tour of England, hopes to get an extended stint in order to work with players on a long-term basis to help them graduate to the national side

Former Sri Lanka opener Avishka Gunawardene has been appointed coach of the Sri Lanka A team, and former senior team coach Roy Dias will take up a similar role with the Under-19 side

Energy company Lanka IOC has signed a three-year deal worth 18 million rupees to sponsor Sri Lanka's A team