Pakistan Appoints Sarfraz Test Captain
Pakistan Tuesday rewarded Sarfraz Ahmed with the country's Test captaincy, a fortnight after he led the national team to an elusive Champions Trophy title in England. Underdogs Pakistan trounced...
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Sri Lanka Ends Decades-Long Occupation of Tamil Port
Sri Lanka's military said Tuesday it has ended its occupation of a major fishing harbour after 27 years and allowed Tamil civilians in the former war zone to take back their land. Security forces...
Sri Lanka Eyes Elephant Menace At Cricket Stadium
Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe for a series of one-day internationals at the Hambantota stadium. Experts will be on...
Sri Lanka Deploys Troops To Tackle Dengue Crisis
Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of soldiers to destroy mosquito breeding grounds as the country battles the spread of deadly dengue fever that has killed a record 215 people this year, officials said...
Sri Lanka Teen Hasaranga Bags Debut Hat-Trick
Teenager Wanidu Hasaranga took a hat-trick on his international debut as Sri Lanka bowled out Zimbabwe for 155 in the second one-day international in Galle on Sunday. The 19-year-old all-rounder, one...
Sri Lanka’s Controversial Bowler Malinga Falls Ill
Sri Lanka's controversial fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been diagnosed with a viral influenza and will sit out the second one-day international against Zimbabwe on Sunday, the cricket board said....
Kusal Mendis Puts Sri Lanka In Charge In Zimbabwe ODI
Kusal Mendis blasted 86 off 80 balls as Sri Lanka plundered 316-5 off Zimbabwe's lacklustre attack in the first of five one-day internationals on Friday. Upul Tharanga hit 79 and Danushka Gunathilaka...
US Embassy Warns Women Against Using Tuk-Tuks In Sri Lanka
The US embassy in Colombo warned Thursday its citizens visiting Sri Lanka to avoid travelling alone in tuk-tuks after a spate of sexual harassment complaints. The embassy, in a message posted on its...
Sri Lanka Eye Redemption Against Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka are looking to pick themselves up as the series against Zimbabwe begins this week in Galle after a string of poor performances prompted their coach to quit. Angelo Mathews leads the Sri...
Shastri To Apply For India Coach Job
Former captain Ravi Shastri will apply to become India's head coach after the national cricket board extended the application deadline following Anil Kumble's shock exit, reports said Thursday. "Yes,...
Nic Pothas Promoted To Sri Lanka Interim Coach
Sri Lanka on Tuesday placed the national cricket team in the charge of fielding coach Nic Pothas before finding a replacement for Graham Ford who prematurely ended his contract last week. Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka Name Uncapped Batsman For Zimbabwe ODI Series
Sri Lanka on Tuesday named a 13-member squad, including a 19-year-old uncapped batsman, for the five-match one-day international series against Zimbabwe. Wanidu Hasaranga, who has played 12 first...
Flat Feet At Root of Sri Lanka Injuries
Sri Lanka's cricketers have been suffering from high levels of injuries because most players are flat footed and wearing ill-fitting shoes, an expert said Monday. Australian podiatrist Nicholas...
Sri Lanka Blames Garbage Pile-Up For Record Dengue Toll
Sri Lanka has suffered a record 200 deaths from dengue fever this year, the health minister said Monday, blaming a garbage disposal crisis in Colombo. Rotting garbage has been piling up in many parts...
Ford Steps Down As Sri Lanka Cricket Coach
Sri Lanka's cricket coach Graham Ford has quit, officials said Saturday, midway through a 45-month contract and just two weeks after the team's early exit from the Champions Trophy. Sri Lanka's...
Tens of Thousands Stranded By Sri Lanka Doctors’ Strike
Tens of thousands of patients have been left in the lurch by a doctor-led strike at Sri Lanka's state-run hospitals, a consumer rights group said on Saturday. The Government Medical Officers...
ICC Confirms Plans For World XI Series In Pakistan
Plans for the full resumption of international cricket in Pakistan moved forward Friday when the sport's global governing body said it wanted to send a World XI to the country later this year. With...
Australia the Team To Beat At Women’s World Cup
Reigning champions Australia will be the team to beat when the 11th edition of the Women's World Cup gets under way in England this weekend. Led by Meg Lanning, the outstanding batsmen in the women's...
New India Coach Should ‘get Along’ With Kohli
India are likely to favour a new coach who can "get along" with Virat Kohli, cricket officials indicated Friday, after Anil Kumble stepped aside following a row with the captain. Former opener...
Jayawardene Pulls Out of Lancashire Cricket Stint
Sri Lanka great Mahela Jayawardene has withdrawn from his planned spell with Lancashire during English county cricket's Twenty20 Blast for unspecified "personal reasons", it was announced Thursday....