Sanath Jayasuriya, former Sri Lanka captain and all-time great and the game’s most swashbuckling of all-rounder, will be appointed as the official head coach of the Sri Lanka men’s cricket team from October 7 onward. The SLC Board released an announcement on X, formerly Twitter, confirming Jayasuriya will replace Chris Silverwood. Silverwood stepped down from […]

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has agreed to an investigation from the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding match-fixing allegations that have emerged from Pakistan’s two-match Test tour of the island nation in July, under the guidance of the global body’s anti-corruption chief Alex Marshall. A few weeks ago Nalin Bandara, an opposition lawmaker had claimed in […]

Veteran Sri Lanka pacer Suranga Lakmal has opined on his Test career before his final game and he believes it’s the right time to hang up his boots. However, he announced before the series against India that it would be his final game at the international arena. He also thanked the Sri Lankan Cricket Board […]

Sri Lanka International player Bhanuka Rajapaksa has recently withdrawn his international retirement. And, this was a big surprise to the Sri Lankan cricket fraternity as well. The southpaw withdrew his international retirement letter just 8 days after announcing his retirement. He, however, withdrew his letter of retirement that he has already handed over to SLC. […]

Sri Lanka’s newly appointed skipper Dasun Shanaka has said the series against India will be an evenly contest as the visitors have several new faces without international experience under their belt. The series is scheduled to begin on July 18 in Colombo. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named several youngsters in […]

On Friday, Sri Lanka Cricket came up with a response for the World Cup-winning skipper, Arjuna Ranatunga who had criticized the board for agreeing to play against India’s B team in the upcoming limited-overs series, scheduled to be commencing on July 13. The cricket board refuted Ranatunga’s claims, saying the Indian team, led by Shikhar […]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named the Indian squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, scheduled to take place in July. Both teams will play three One-Day Internationals and three T20Is during the white-ball series in July. Meanwhile, a source revealed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has rejected BCCI’s request […]

A sword seems to be hanging over Sri Lanka’s limited-overs tour of England as the players expected to be selected refused to sign the tour contracts offered by Sri Lanka Cricket. Recently, the Sri Lankan men’s cricketers have been showing resistance to SLC’s new annual contracts scheme, as they reckon that the contracts lack transparency […]

A board official of the Sri Lankan cricket board has revealed that India have agreed to play more international games in Sri Lanka when both teams will face each other in the upcoming white-ball series. India will be helping Sri Lanka by doing that in order to make up for financial losses from the coronavirus. […]

On Tuesday, Sri Lanka has decided to order a criminal investigation into an allegation of the 2011 ICC World Cup final was “sold” to India, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official said. India’s brilliant win over the Islanders was voted the greatest sporting moment from 2000-2020 in a Laureus poll earlier this year but it has […]