Thisara Perera

Tillakaratne Dilshan, the Sri Lanka captain, is targetting a strong finish to the ODI series after his team won the fourth match by five wickets in Kimberley

It took Sri Lanka four games and a series loss to get their batting to fire to its potential as they chased down a stiff 300 in Kimberley

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Durban

Sri Lanka kept up a competitive spirit for large parts of day two but their lack of first-innings runs saw their comeback wilt away

It wasn't all one-way traffic on the second day in Centurion but South Africa ended in a very commanding position, having built a lead of 209 with AB de Villiers' 99 the cornerstone of their innings

Dhammika Prasad, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has been ruled out of the limited-overs series against Pakistan in the UAE due to an injury he sustained during the third Test in Sharjah

Sri Lanka have dropped promising batsman Dinesh Chandimal, allrounder Thisara Perera and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath from the squad for the final two one-dayers against Australia

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

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

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

Mahela Jayawardene stroked his way to the fastest World Cup hundred by a Sri Lankan, sharing a 176-run stand with his captain Kumar Sangakkara before the home side's pace bowlers rushed through a hapless Canadian line-up to deliver a 210-run victory

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A round-up of the preliminary matches in the 2010-11 Premier Limited Over Tournament in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka came on this tour with the goal of beating Australia in a series and achieved it with a match to spare

These two have binged on each other since July 2008, but what promises to be the one for the road went Sri Lanka's way, ending a run of losses in big home matches for Sri Lanka

The allrounder, playing his first game of the tournament, made sure his name remains in the selection mix with a disciplined bowling effort that earned him a maiden five-wicket haul

India succumbed so meekly that Sri Lanka waltzed through to the tri-series final without breaking into a sweat

New Zealanders endured poor passages of play in the latter stages of either innings, but did enough to seal victory against Sri Lanka Board President's XI in their first match on tour

Jeevan Mendis and Thissara Perera combined to hand Sri Lanka A their first win on the tour of Australia