Dinesh Chandimal remained unbeaten on 65 off 68 balls as Sri Lanka posted 255 for the loss of 8 wickets at innings break against Pakistan in the first ODI at Dambulla today (11). Put into bat first Sri Lanka got off to a good start but wickets started falling at regular intervals. Mohammad Hafeez took four top wickets to cause Sri Lanka an unexpected trouble as the top order played considerably well. Allrounder Milinda Siriwardana made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka 255 for 8 wickets (50) (Kusal Perera 26, TM Dilshan 38, Lahiru Thirimanne 23, Upul Tharanga 20, Angelo Mathews 38, Dinesh Chandimal 65n.o, Milinda Siriwardana 22, Mohammad Hafeez 4/41, Rahat Ali 2/44) Pakistan: Azhar Ali (Capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Anwar Ali, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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