Dimuth to reconsider decision to quit Test captaincy
Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has agreed to reconsider his decision to step down from captaincy following a request from cricket selectors. After Sri Lanka were whitewashed in the recent two-match Test series in New Zealand, the southpaw announced his decision to step down at the conclusion of the two-match home series against Ireland starting next [...]
Test cap for Dushan Hemantha against Ireland?
Dushan Hemantha, the leg-break bowler from BRC who rose to fame during Sri Lanka ‘A’ side’s home series against England Lions earlier this year, is likely to earn the Test call-up for the two-match Test series against Ireland. Both matches of the Ireland series will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium, a traditionally [...]
Fairfirst, HNB, CDB, Hayleys win
Fairfirst Insurance coasted to a 136-run win over CL Synergy Limited in a Mercantile Limited Overs game played at Colts cricket ground yesterday. After hitting 253 for the loss of 9 wickets, Wanuja Sahan (3/29), Asel Sigera (2/5) and Anuk Fernando (2/24) combined to bowl out CL Synergy for 117. Batter Sandun Weerakkody led Hattion [...]
Malwatte Valley claim Inter-Plantation 7s title
Malwatte Valley handed off Elpitiya by 17-0 in the Cup final to claim the Inter-Plantation Rugby 7s title worked off at the Dikoya Darawela Cricket Club (DMCC) ground yesterday. The winners were barely challenged by their opponents, as Malwatte Valley went on to record a comfortable 17-0 win, after seeing off Maskeliya by 21-5 in [...]
St. Servatius thrash St. Thomas’ by 157 runs
Half centuries by Diniru Abeywickramasinghe and Kushan Wijerama and a five-wicket haul from Viran Chamuditha paved the way for St. Servatius College to record a massive 157-run win against traditional rivals St. Thomas’ College in the 23rd Battle of the Blues of the South limited overs encounter played at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara yesterday. [...]
Mahanama demolish DSS
Mahanama College thrashed traditional rivals D.S. Senanayake College to record a massive 119-run win in their 17th Battle of the Golds limited overs encounter played at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. Batting first, Mahanama posted a mammoth total of 327 for 5 on the back of half centuries from Kavindu Amameth, Anjala Bandara and Inuka [...]
Sri Lanka suffer another series defeat despite a dramatic final over
The Black Caps have ended a summer of drama in appropriate fashion, barely clinching the T20 series against Sri Lanka in Queenstown. A sparkling new high score from Tim Seifert (88 off 48) had the hosts cruising to their target of 183, before his dismissal sparked a late wobble that included three wickets from as [...]
Ministry of Sports takes the cake to Sri Lanka Football
Local media are awash with reports of the Kusala Sarojini Weerawardena report that was handed over to the Minister of Sports just before he emplaned on a personal travel out of the island. Grandstanding is the order of the day, so even before carefully perusing the report and making a deliberate study of its contents, [...]
RTC Governor’s Cup on April 15
Royal Turf Club (RTC) has made all arrangements to conduct the 2023 edition of the much anticipated Governor’s Cup horseracing event, sponsored by Nippon Paint, at the Racecourse in Nuwara Eliya on April 15, Saturday. RTC is set to hold its fourth raceday lined up in the VisitSriLanka Horseracing Season 2023, which consist of five [...]
Tennis development strategy
One man show of player development J.P.M. Grenier in the lower courts of SLTA in the 1950 through to 1960s, to modern day SLTA scenario of managerial style mass tennis academies with cheering squads even for a first round match, is the shape of teaching progression in the country. Our tennis standard now rest more [...]
11 new national records tumble
Two of the most important events of the National Shooting Sport Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) calendar – the 22 National Championship and National Airgun Championship – for the year 2022, were conducted successfully over the past few months at two locations with 11 national records being established. Among all shooters, W.M.S.Y. Perera of Sri [...]