New Zealand eye victory as Wagner rocks Sri Lanka
New Zealand were eyeing an historic victory as injury and a barrage of Neil Wagner bouncers left Sri Lanka in tatters at the close of day four of the second Test in Christchurch on Saturday. The conditions were tailor-made for short-ball specialist Wagner, New Zealand bowling coach Shane Jurgensen said, as Sri Lanka were 231 [...]
Injured Mathews likely to miss limited over series in NZ
Sri Lanka’s chances of saving the second Test against New Zealand suffered a major blow after Angelo Mathews retired hurt with an apparent hamstring trouble during the fourth day’s play on Saturday. Mathews has been sent for a scan later last evening to see the extend of his injury and the chances of coming out [...]
Manoj, Vishal, Sathya end 2018 in style
The 11th week results of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest comes out with minor changes on the top of each category. Sukhitha Manoj, of St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa continues to lead the All-Island Schools segment while a few changes occurred in the centre of the list. [...]
Another dark cloud in the horizon
A group of candidates for the forthcoming Sri Lanka Cricket election are urging the Sports Minister to uphold democracy by conducting the long overdue poll without delay. Sports Minister Harin Fernando will meet International Cricket Council (ICC) head Shashank Manohar today in Nagpur in a desperate bid to convince the global body to allow more [...]
Trinity take home inaugural Mahela & Sanga Trophy
Trinity College snatched a thrilling 47-run victory over Nalanda College in thier Under-19 Inter-School Cricket encounter to claim the Mahela & Sanga Challenge Trophy at the Campbell Place yesterday. Chasing 174 runs for victory, Nalanda were bowled out for 127 in their second innings, with right-arm spinner Kavishka Senadeera doing the bulk of the damage. [...]
NCC in sight of victory over hapless Moors
NCC put themselves in a strong position to register an outright win over Moors SC on the second day of the Premier League inter-club cricket tournament match played at Braybrooke Place yesterday. NCC who put on a first innings score of 330 on the back of a fine 163 from Pathum Nissanka scored 367 for [...]
Skipper Isuru guides Vidyartha on first innings
Isuru Prabodha, the tall, attacking left-hander and skipper of Vidyartha College made a forceful 76 as he guided his team to a first innings lead of 96 runs over Kingswood College in their match at the Pallekele Stadium. By the close, Kingswood was bowled out for 145. The target was a mere 50, but time [...]
Two different incidents; one life lost
As 2018 nears end, the sports arena in Sri Lanka came out with two disturbing incidents, involving two promising sportsmen. On Friday evening former Sri Lanka Under-19, St. Peter’s College and current middle order batsman of Ragama Cricket Club, Akshu Fernando met with an accident, reportedly while travelling back home from training. Later on the [...]
The year that was in sports 2018
January 2 Chamari Atapattu became the first Sri Lanka women’s cricketer to earn an international signing at the Women’s Big Bash League. She was recruited by Melbourne Renegades following her epic 168 off 143 balls against Australia in the ICC Women’s World Cup ···································· 3 Thisara Perera’s short stint as ODI skipper ended ···································· 4 [...]
The new Minister of Sports must not leave Football in limbo!
Even as the year closes down and a new year is about to dawn, a new Minister of Sports (MOS) has been appointed and in his typical ebullient way, has hit the ground running. There is no doubt that he has blue blood in his gene, been brought up in a school with an undeniable [...]
Boteju, Aslam emerge champions
Two experience cueists in the island –reigning national snooker champion Susantha Boteju of Sea Endless and S.H.M. Aslam of Moors SC emerged champions of the Moors SC Open Invitation Snooker and Billiards tournaments played at the Moors SC billiards table in Colombo yesterday. Boteju coasted to a convincing five frames to one win over T. [...]
Re-laying of Diyagama athletic track delays
The re-laying of a synthetic track at the Diyagama Training Centre will be delayed by at least three months due to a recent management change in the contracting company and failure to obtain Cabinet approval by the Sports Ministry for proposed additional work. The project was expected to be completed by December 31 this year [...]
Fine 137 by Senal Deelanka for Softlogic Finance
Hemas Group, Hilton Residencies and Heshan Flexi Packaging won the starters at the MCA ‘D’ Division 40 over League Tournament 2019 which commenced last weekend. Senal Deelanka from Softlogic Finance being the first centurion (137 in 97 balls, inclusive of four sixes and 18 fours Vs. Hilton Residencies), together with Sachin Bandara from Heshan Flexi [...]
Sprinter Kumarage banned for doping
The Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency (SLADA) yesterday imposed a temporary ban on star athlete Kalinga Kumarage for having used prohibited drugs. Initial medical tests had proved that Kumarage had used a banned substance called anabolic androgenic steroid while competing in the Men’s 200m and 400m events at the Sri Lanka Army Athletics Meet held in [...]
Singapore’s 0812 and Sri Lanka’s 2019
When I was browsing the book ‘Project 0812′, I was just thinking how fortunate we are. May be a bit larger, but, Sri Lanka too is a tiny island nation arguably having limited resources as against the kind that India could offer. Yet, the similarity is that Sri Lanka concentrated in one sport and gained [...]
Unbeatable Kandy rides the rough seas
The first round of matches in the Dialog Rugby League has confirmed the obvious, that the champion Kandy SC team is the best in the business. They are not out on a limb as they were on previous occasions. But, as a whole, they have shown class and character. It looked a one-horse race for [...]
We should be proud of our pioneering Test cricketers
The achievements on the field of international cricket by the players who represented the tiny island of Sri Lanka during the first 25 years – after gaining Full Membership of the ICC in 1981 – is to say the least remarkable, and unmatched by any other Test-playing nation. For instance, it took New Zealand 26 [...]
SLSRFA goes tough on misbehaving junior skipper
The Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) met and discussed the behavioral issue that arose during the Asian Under-19 Tournaments and the involvement of the captain. The President of SLSRFA, Ranjith Chandrasekera emphasized that the future of a young player should not be compromised in taking a decision though there is a strong need [...]
2019 – 4th Tennis Season?
The Veterans, this is how older players were described in our sport, usually faded leaving a rich legacy. It is not happening anymore. There is no such thing as retirement. The veterans instead of leaving in good grace with fame are axing private road for their survival and benefits. It has made the Tennis Road-Map [...]