Category: Sports

KINGSTON, July 2, 2013 (AFP) – Upul Tharanga plundered the highest individual score in a One-Day International in the Caribbean as Sri Lanka amassed 348 for one batting first against India in the third match of the Tri-Nation Series at Sabina Park on Tuesday.India did not help their cause in the field.Jayawardene was missed at […]

KINGSTON, July 1, 2013 (AFP) – India and Sri Lanka go in search of their first points of the Tri-Nation Series when they meet on Tuesday at Sabina Park as the preliminary phase of the competition reaches the halfway point.With the West Indies completing contrasting victories over the other two teams and already on their […]

KINGSTON, June 28, 2013 (AFP) – Chris Gayle notched his first one-day hundred against Sri Lanka as he led West Indies to a crushing six-wicket victory with more than 12 overs to spare in the opening match of the three-nation international series at Sabina Park on Friday.Replying to the visitors’ modest total of 208 all […]

June 26, 2013 (LBO) – Allianz Insurance Lanka said two Sri Lankan teenagers had been selected to take part in an international football camp in Germany sponsored by the insurer and another two will go to a camp in Thailand. Isuru Sandamal Weerasinghe, 14 and Roshen Subhash Pingho, 14 from Badulla and Payagala will go […]

BIRMINGHAM, June 23, 2013 (AFP) – India added the Champions Trophy title to the World Cup they won two years ago after seeing off England by five runs in a dramatic final at Edgbaston on Sunday. Tournament hosts England, still to win a major one-day international title, appeared to have done the hard work in […]

June 23, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors on Sunday made two changes to their Champions Trophy squad for a triangular one-day series in the West Indies starting this week. Batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is out with with a calf injury suffered in Thursday’s Champions Trophy semi-final defeat to India, while all-rounder Thisara Perera was […]

CARDIFF, June 19, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene is under no illusions about the scale of the task confronting his side when they face India in a Champions Trophy semi-final in Cardiff on Thursday.The latest high-profile one-day international contest between the teams is a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai. […]

LONDON, June 17, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka reached the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a 20-run victory over holders Australia in the last league match at the Oval in London on Monday.The Sri Lankans, who needed a win to stay in the competition, relied on aggressive half-centuries from Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne to score […]

SYDNEY, June 17, 2013 (AFP) – Captain Michael Clarke says it will be difficult for errant batsman David Warner to hold his place in the Australian side for next month’s first Ashes Test after his bar room punch-up with England’s Joe Root. Writing in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph on Monday, he said Warner’s actions were an […]

LONDON, June 13, 2013 (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara smashed an unbeaten 134 off 135 balls as Sri Lanka stunned England by seven wickets in a high-scoring thriller on Thursday to stay afloat in the Champions Trophy.Cook chipped in with 59 and Ravi Bopara smashed 28 runs from the final over after Sri Lanka grabbed four […]

BIRMINGHAM, June 12, 2013 (AFP) – David Warner’s future as a member of the Australia tour party in England was in the balance following his bar-room attack on England’s Joe Root. Warner struggled against England, scoring only nine runs in 21 balls. He also failed to score in warm-up games against India and West Indies. […]

CARDIFF, June 9, 2013 (AFP) – Former Sri Lankan captains Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan have been reprimanded for appealing excessively during Sunday’s tense Champions Trophy clash against New Zealand.The charges against Jayawardene and Dilshan were laid by on-field umpires Bruce Oxenford and Rod Tucker, and television umpire Ian Gould. An official reprimand is the […]