Akila Dananjaya factor sparks puzzle within the mandarins
Off-spinner Akila Dananjaya has been left out from the 15-man squad but will be part of the four-man travelling reserves for the T20 World Cup, the Sunday Times can confirm. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, teams are allowed to name four stand-by players to travel with the main squad to act as injury replacements. Dananjaya was [...]
A Lion comeback or a Proteas seal?
Deeply hurt by the Friday’s defeat, Sri Lanka will want to rise like a phoenix to stay afloat in the three-match series when the second T20 starts at the R Premadasa Stadium this evening. Sri Lanka, globally ranked ninth among the six teams that are fighting to occupy the last four places in the main [...]
‘Too early to rejoice’ – Chief Selector
The ODI series win over South Africa have put Sri Lanka in a positive frame of mind with fans starting to back the young lions in international cricket. But all Pramodya Wickremesinghe, Chairman of Selectors, wants is for it not to be a flash in the pan. With home conditions greatly assisting the Sri Lankans, [...]
Bhanuka, perhaps the truly struggling Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka
Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 29, was thought by many cricket pundits, of being unfairly treated by the national selectors time to time, as he was either underestimated or undermined at his prime as a top order batsman. For the record, he has so far played five One Day Internationals and eight Twenty20 Internationals as he earned the [...]
Women’s skipper Chamari Atapattu confident of qualifying for World Cup
As Sri Lanka prepares for the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe later this year, Sri Lanka women’s cricket team captain Chamari Atapattu believes, Sri Lanka could finish among the top three teams in the tournament. The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021 will be held in Zimbabwe from November 21 to December 5. The [...]
US Open 2021 — the essence of continuity
New York is staging the 141 edition of the US Open. The ill effects of virus has gripped northern America. The US Open is to reiterate Americans ‘tennis is alive in their land and will be so in the future’. USA does feel very strong about the continuity of tennis. The run up of seven [...]
The great Paralympic journey of a regenerated Para Athlete
There was much anticipation when the nine-member contingent departed for the Paralympics this year, and there was hope about the prospect of bettering Sri Lanka’s medal tally in Tokyo. The athletes were able to reap the rewards for their commitment and dedication when Javelin Thrower Dinesh Priyantha Herath clinched the gold medal making Sri Lanka [...]
The irreplaceable loss of Sri Lanka cricket
Last Tuesday, September 7, was probably the day Sri Lankan cricket followers breathed gleefully after many moons. There were two reasons behind that — a 2-1 a series win against the visiting South Africans in the One Day Internationals, and leapfrogging from rather bottom to the fifth position of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup [...]
Three teenagers in Davis Cup team of 2021
Sri Lanka’s five-member tennis team, currently in Amman, Jordan, competing in the Asia/Oceania Group III Davis Cup by Rakuten 2021, has three youngsters, who have made strides in the local arena. Alongside the most senior Yasitha de Silva, a 26-year-old former student of Ananda College and a graduated from the University of Colombo with a [...]
Oshini in Under-10 Girls final
Oshini Devindya Gunawardena, a nine-year-old student of Ferguson High School, Ratnapura reached the final of the FIDE Online Youth Chess World Cup, after a nail-biting finish at her tie-breaking Armageddon game. Oshini adapted a strong style of play in her first game in the semi-final against Russian Diana Preobrazhenskaya and won the game convincingly by [...]
Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket squad in Residential Training Camp at SSC
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced that, it will conduct a Residential Training Camp for the 26 selected members of the National Under-19 squad at the SSC grounds in Colombo. The Residential Training Camp will focus on upcoming inbound tours, the Under-19 Asia Cup, and the ICC Under-19 World Cup. The 22-day Training Camp will be [...]
Seven from Central Province in Sri Lanka Under-19 squad
Seven players from Central Province made it into the 26-member Sri Lanka Under-19 squad for the Youth Asia Cup in UAE, the Youth World Cup in West Indies, which will take place during early 2022. Three players each from St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota and Trinity College along with one player from St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy [...]
Formula 1 eSports title wide open after three rounds
The third leg of Sri Lanka’s first-ever esport Formula 1 championship ended on Wednesday with Akash De Mello taking the checked flag, as the race to the top spot opens up of with five more rounds to go. It is perhaps hard to imagine an e-race where viewers were forced to the edge of their [...]