By Srian Obeyesekere Sadeera Samarawickrama was Sri Lanka’s leading run-scorer in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup, with 373 runs from 9 innings with a highest of 108 against Pakistan off 89 balls inclusive of 11 boundaries and 2 sixes. He averaged a pleasing 53.28. He...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka’s Consultant Coach Mahela Jayawardene attributing poor player fitness levels as one of the major drawbacks to the team's poor world cup performance is certainly an eye opener in an era of sophisticated technology.   Soon after Sri...

By Srian Obeyesekere Twenty-three-year-old Dilshan Madushanka proved to be Sri Lanka’s bright spot in its failed world cup campaign by braving all the odds of defeat to claiming 21 wickets. It put him third among the top bowlers with India’s Mohammed Shami leading...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka Head Coach, Chris Silverwood has in no uncertain terms spelt out that the team has to come out of the inconsistency cocoon that led to its recent world cup debacle. “I think inconsistency,” Chris Silverwood reportedly stated. “I think it...

By Srian Obeyesekere   Sri Lanka’s disastrous world cup campaign ended with further defeat in the final one by 5 wickets to New Zealand who thus enhanced their semi-final chances at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru yesterday. New Zealand was in the reckoning...