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Lucky number 20 for Sydney Thunder

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

14-Jan-2014•The Report by Anuj Vignesh

Sri Lanka win with two balls to spare

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

20-Dec-2013•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dilshan signs with Sydney Thunder

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

26-Nov-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sri Lanka cruise to series win

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

21-Nov-2013•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

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

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

16-Nov-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Dambulla

Bad light gives Sri Lanka win, series squared

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

16-Nov-2013•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando in Dambulla

Rains end contest after SL post 288

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

10-Nov-2013•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

'Move to opener changed my career' - Dilshan

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

10-Oct-2013•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Tillakaratne Dilshan to quit Tests

Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is set to retire from Test cricket

09-Oct-2013•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Injured Dilshan out of first four-dayer

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

07-Oct-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Mominul, Silva record stand secures shock Doleshwar win

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

17-Sep-2013•Mohammad Isam

Sarwan hails Guyana's 'almost-perfect performance'

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

23-Aug-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dominant Guyana stroll into final

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.

23-Aug-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dilshan to join Guyana Amazon Warriors

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

20-Aug-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dilshan keeps faith in young batsmen

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

07-Aug-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dilshan powers Sri Lanka to consolation win

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

06-Aug-2013•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dominant Sri Lanka make it 4-1

South Africa suffered a fifth successive sub-standard batting performance in Sri Lanka to concede the final match in the series - a dead rubber - to opposition who have shown their superiority

31-Jul-2013•The Report by Firdose Moonda

Injured Dilshan out of West Indies tri-series

Upul Tharanga will replace the injured Tillakaratne Dilshan in Sri Lanka's squad for the tri-series in West Indies, while Ajantha Mendis also gets a recall at Thisara Perera's expense

21-Jun-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka hold their nerve to reach semi-final

A victorious Sri Lanka will play in Cardiff on Thursday. A humbled Australia will start pondering the Ashes, and the state of disrepair their cricket has fallen into

17-Jun-2013•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Cardiff pitch 'incredibly difficult' - McCullum

New Zealand's captain Brendon McCullum enjoyed a rare triumph against Sri Lanka in 50-over cricket

09-Jun-2013•David Hopps

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