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Sri Lanka Cricket awards central contracts to 41 male players

Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Danushka Gunathilaka, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Thirimanne among the players dropped from the list

10-May-2024•Madushka Balasuriya

Sri Lanka call up Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwanidu Fernando for T20I series against Australia

Avishka Fernando and Kusal Perera remain unavailable for selection through injury

01-Jun-2022•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Lakshan Sandakan, Pathum Nissanka among five players Sri Lanka add to T20 World Cup squad

Lahiru Madushanka is left out from the original squad after failing to recover in time from a fractured collarbone

01-Oct-2021•Madushka Balasuriya

Kusal Perera back in limited-overs squads after recovering from Covid-19

Nuwan Pradeep and Dinesh Chandimal also return, alongside new faces who did well in domestic T20s

30-Aug-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Lakshan Sandakan, Chamika Karunaratne added to Sri Lanka squad for second Test against Bangladesh

The pair named as replacements for the injured Lahiru Kumara and Dilshan Madushanka

27-Apr-2021•ESPNcricinfo staff

Mathews, Chandimal boost for struggling Sri Lanka

Mathews will play as specialist batsman; Chandimal set to return after missing second Test in South Africa

13-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dhananjaya Lakshan's all-round show puts Galle in final

Daniel Bell-Drummond's 70 in vain for Colombo Kings

13-Dec-2020•Madushka Balasuriya

Pakistan duo Mohammad Amir, Ahsan Ali hand Galle Gladiators maiden win in LPL 2020

Amir took 5 for 26 while Ahsan struck a 38-ball 56 against Colombo Kings in Lanka Premier League

07-Dec-2020•Madushka Balasuriya

All-round domination helps India seal series 2-0

A strong opening partnership, a lower-order cameo, and fiery fast bowling helped India romp home despite a collapse

10-Jan-2020•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Harry Nielsen, Fawad Ahmed see Prime Minister's XI home in nervy chase against Sri Lankans

Nielsen makes 79 and Ahmed conjures 9 runs in closing stages to steal the game

24-Oct-2019•Alex Malcolm

Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews return for first Test against New Zealand

Three frontline spinners - Lasith Embuldeniya, Lakshan Sandakan and Akila Dananjaya - have been named in the 15-man party

09-Aug-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dickwella, Gunathilaka, Sandakan miss the cut for Bangladesh ODIs

Seamer Lahiru Madushanka also did not a find a place in Sri Lanka's finalised 18-man squad

24-Jul-2019•Madushka Balasuriya

Niroshan Dickwella, Akila Dananjaya, Lakshan Sandakan recalled for Bangladesh ODIs

Suranga Lakmal, Jeevan Mendis, Milinda Siriwardena and Jeffrey Vandersay, who were part of the World Cup squad, have been left out

19-Jul-2019•Madushka Balasuriya

Dananjaya, Sandakan eye 'A' route for national comebacks

Spin bowling pair to be mentored by Piyal Wijetunge on the 'A' tour of India

17-May-2019•Madushka Balasuriya

Lakshan Sandakan overstepping came from 'trying too hard' - SL bowling coach

Sri Lanka spin-bowling coach Piyal Wijetunge suggested the front-foot no-balls delivered by Lakshan Sandakan were "something new for us"

25-Nov-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

Lakshan Sandakan no-balls sum up SL day as England close on 3-0

Jos Buttler scored a half-century and England then struck four times with the ball, but Sri Lanka were undermined by their own errors on day three in Colombo

25-Nov-2018•The Report by George Dobell

Rashid, Stokes send Sri Lanka crumbling after tea

Sri Lanka collapsed like an origami skyscraper in a Godzilla attack, losing seven wickets in the space of 53 runs after tea, and 8 for 67 overall

24-Nov-2018•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka spinners undone by 'attacking mindset', says bowling coach

With England on top in Rangana Herath's final Test, Piyal Wijetunge admitted that Sri Lanka's spinners had been outbowled by the visitors

08-Nov-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Karunaratne to captain Sri Lanka A in Bangladesh

Karunaratne, who was ruled out of the ongoing tour of the West Indies with a broken finger, will return to action with the Sri Lanka A squad, which also features Dasun Shanaka, Lahiru Thirimanne and Lakshan Sandakan

12-Jun-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka select out of hope not expectation

When you are getting hammered all over and missing a talismanic bowler who has been both your stock bowler and your spearhead, there are no easy decisions

02-Dec-2017•Sidharth Monga in Delhi

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