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Nissanka ton stuns Australia, puts Sri Lanka in Super Eights

Sri Lanka's spinners backed up by Nissanka's unbeaten century leave Australia needing a miracle to make it to the next round

16-Feb-2026•Sidharth Monga

Shanaka and Rathnayake blow Oman away with frenetic half-centuries

Kusal Mendis chipped in with a half-century, while Maheesh Theekshana was almost impossible to score off as Oman went down by 105 runs in a one-sided T20 World Cup contest

12-Feb-2026•Danyal Rasool

Ireland fielding errors prove costly

As Sri Lanka accelerated, Ireland's catching deteriorated

08-Feb-2026•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis, spinners script Sri Lanka's win

Ireland dropped seven catches that proved to be a major factor in their 20-run loss

08-Feb-2026•Hemant Brar

England succumb to spin-bowling choke as Sri Lanka go 1-0 up

Four host spinners share six wickets between them to seal victory despite Jamie Overton's late charge

22-Jan-2026•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Shanaka, Mendis star in 12-over run-fest to square series for Sri Lanka

Hasaranga claims four wickets as Pakistan fall 14 runs short, despite Agha's best efforts

11-Jan-2026•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Chameera, Mishara take Sri Lanka to the final with a thrilling win

Chameera held his nerve at the death to deny Salman the ability to hit the winning runs

Updated on 27-Nov-2025•Danyal Rasool

ILT20: Dinesh Karthik joins Sharjah Warriorz

The former India wicketkeeper-batter was unveiled as a replacement player, a day before the ILT20's first player auction

30-Sep-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kusal, Nissanka easily dispatch Bangladesh in T20I series opener

But it was the SL bowling that laid the groundwork with Shanaka and Vandersay applying the squeeze

10-Jul-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Brook displaces Root to be No. 1 Test batter, Gill moves up to No. 6

Wiaan Mulder, who got a mammoth 367* against Zimbabwe, gained in both batters' and allrounders' rankings

09-Jul-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kusal 124 forms the centrepiece of Sri Lanka's series victory

Asitha Fernando and Dushmantha Chameera picked up three wickets each to bowl Bangladesh out for 186 chasing 286

08-Jul-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

SL batting coach Kandamby: 'Kusal needs to convert starts into hundreds'

"He could have easily gone on to score 150 to 200 runs in the first match," Kandamby said

07-Jul-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kusal Mendis counterattack balloons Sri Lanka's lead before Bangladesh collapse

His 84 off 87 balls took hosts 211 up in the first innings, before the SL spinners struck on a turning pitch

27-Jun-2025•Danyal Rasool

Kusal Mendis on SL's day three plans: We want to bat as long as possible

With a lead of 43 and eight wickets still in hand, the hosts have a chance to dictate how the remainder of this game goes

26-Jun-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kamindu, Athapaththu the biggest winners at Sri Lanka Cricket Awards 2024

Hasaranga won three awards while Dilhari denied an Athapaththu clean sweep

10-Jun-2025•Madushka Balasuriya

Kusal Mendis to replace Buttler at GT for IPL playoffs

Kusal Mendis had been at the PSL until last week but has now pivoted to playing in the IPL, a league in which he has never previously appeared

15-May-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kusal Mendis ton, Asalanka 78* set up SL's 2-0 sweep of Australia

Wellalage, Hasaranga and Asitha Fernando shared all the wickets as Australia folded for 107 in pursuit of 282

14-Feb-2025•Tristan Lavalette

Smith's triumph: Australia surge to clinical 2-0 series victory

The visitors had few alarms as Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne knocked off the target before lunch on the fourth day

09-Feb-2025•Tristan Lavalette

Kuhnemann's four, Webster's late impact puts Australia on course for 2-0

Angelo Mathews and Kusal Mendis had given Sri Lanka hope but the home side lost late wickets to finish on the brink

08-Feb-2025•Tristan Lavalette

Kusal Mendis fights for Sri Lanka as Starc and Lyon stand out

The home side were promisingly placed after lunch but lost their way before two Mendis' staged a recovery

06-Feb-2025•Tristan Lavalette

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