by Sa’adi Thawfeeq

Bangladesh shock Sri Lanka in feisty run chase

Underdogs Bangladesh threw the Hero Nidahas T20I tri-series wide open when they pulled off a stunning five-wicket win over hosts Sri Lanka in the third match played at the R Premadasa Stadium yesterday.Chasing an imposing target of 215 Bangladesh buoyed by an opening partnership of 74 off 35 balls by Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das won with two balls to spare scoring 215 for...

2018-03-10 18:30:00 0

Akila Dananjaya vies for Test cap : Selectors appoint Lakmal vice-captain for BD Tests

With a new head coach Chandika Hathurusingha in place whose inputs are valued as much as the Test captain’s, the 16-member Sri Lanka squad picked for the two Tests against Bangladesh saw some interesting changes and a surprise appointment brought about that would probably shape future Test teams.Suranga Lakmal saddled with the extra responsibility of Test vice-captaincy....

2018-01-13 18:30:00 0

Lanka fights back from one session of madness

Karunaratne, Mendis stage recovery with 191-run stand:

The Sri Lanka batting to say the least was just pathetic. They cut out a dismal figure in the first innings when in one morning session of madness they lost eight wickets for 133 runs to be dismissed for 183 in reply to India’s massive total of 622-9 declared by lunch on the third day of the second Test at the SSC grounds yesterday.However unlike at Galle when India led...

2017-08-05 18:30:00 0

‘There are so many opportunities the sky is the limit for you’

Chief guest Asanka Gurusinha’s message to schoolboy cricketers :

Former Sri Lanka cricketer and member of the 1996 World Cup winning side Asanka Gurusinha who was chief guest at the 39th Sunday Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year awards ceremony held at the Galadari Hotel reminded the schoolboys present at the occasion that there was so much opportunities available in this country the sky is the limit for them.Gurusinha a...

2017-07-29 18:30:00 0

Trail Zimbabwe by 63 runs with 3 wickets in hand

Cremer creams up Lanka’s batting

Zimbabwe continued to dominate the one-off Test against Sri Lanka when they finished on top at the end of the second day by reducing the home team to 293 for seven wickets in reply to their first innings total of 356 at the R Premadasa Stadium yesterday.None of the Sri Lankan batsmen could emulate the marathon effort put in by Craig Ervine who batted 347 minutes for his...

2017-07-15 18:30:00 0

Weather gods smile on Sri Lanka : RELIEF as Sri Lanka wins and draws ODI series

There was a huge sigh of relief as Sri Lanka spared themselves the ignominy of losing a one-day international series to Bangladesh for the first time when they came back strongly in the third and final match to post a convincing 70-run win at the SSC grounds yesterday and thereby share the series one-all.Even the weather gods were on Sri Lanka’s side as the fickle weather...

2017-04-01 18:30:00 0

Rahman rocks the batting with three top order wickets : Sri Lanka clings to dear life as Bangladesh eye historic win

Bangladesh were eyeing a historic win in their Centenary Test following an inspired spell of left-arm reverse swing bowling by Mustafizur Rahman in the fourth afternoon of the second Test played at the P Sara Oval yesterday.The destroyer of the Sri Lankan top order batting Mustafizur Rahman.By the close Sri Lanka were fighting hard to stave off a possible defeat...

2017-03-18 18:30:00 0

Becomes most successful left-arm spinner in history : Herath (6/58) conjures another win for Sri Lanka

GALLE: Seasoned campaigner Rangana Herath once again proved his versatility as a captain when he fashioned out an unlikely win for Sri Lanka over Bangladesh by 259 runs in the first cricket Test concluded at the GalleInternational Stadium shortly after lunch yesterday.With Bangladesh resuming at 67 for no loss on the fifth and final day Sri Lanka needed to take ten...

2017-03-11 18:30:00 0

Confident team will perform well in South Africa : Captaincy was a challenge and a new experience - Herath

Captaining the Sri Lanka cricket team for the first time in his distinguished career at the age of 38 was a challenge and a new experience to Rangana Herath, one of the greatest left-arm spinners in the game. “I enjoyed every single moment of it and I did really enjoy the captaincy,” Herath told the Sunday Observer after arriving from Zimbabwe yesterday. Herath took over...

2016-11-12 18:30:00 0

Injured Mathews, Chandimal to miss tri-series : Upul Tharanga to captain Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka who already has a new captain to lead their Test side against Zimbabwe in the ongoing series have named another new skipper for the upcoming one-day tri-series against Zimbabwe and West Indies. Left-hand batsman Upul Tharanga’s chequered cricket career reached its peak when he was named captain of the Sri Lanka team for the one-day triangular which commences at...

2016-11-05 18:30:00 0