By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka was beaten by Pakistan by 6 wickets with ten balls to spare in a record highest World Cup chase despite scoring 344 on the brilliance of Kusal Mendis’ 77 ball 122 by Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama 108 off 89 mainly due to a...
By Srian Obeyesekere In a 102-run world cup downsizing by record breaking South Africa, Sri Lanka can yet pick themselves up from the battle-scarred dust of the daring challenge mounted to achieving the 429 target that they roared after true to the trademark Lions...
Dasun Shanaka a redeeming 68, Charith Asalanka 79, Kusal Mendis 76 By Srian Obeyesekere South Africa broke the records by the highest ever ODI total 428, against a hapless Lankan attack in a 102-run victory, but credit to Sri Lanka for making a valiant effort to...
COUNTDOWN Sri Lanka – the iceberg challenge to World Cup By Srian Obeyesekere Akin to a ship going past a floating iceberg to the world cup, consistency will be the tall order bugged by top order batting failures while the same applies to the bowling department in the...
ON EVE WORLD CUP WARM UP By Srian Obeyesekere Kusal Mendis’ singlehanded lionhearted gung-ho 158 off 87 powered by 19 boundaries and 9 over the top in a total of 294 could not prevent Afghanistan from speeding to a 6-wicket win over Sri Lanka with 23 balls to spare...
By Srian Obeyesekere In a high scoring affair, Sri Lanka lost their first World Cup warm up match against Bangladesh by 7 wickets having totaled 263 off 49.1 overs at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. Bangladesh skippered by Mehidy Hasan Miraz made light of the...
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