Twenty-two year old left-arm spinner debutant Praveen Jayawickrama, in a dream start to his Test career took 6 wickets for 92 to decimate Bangladesh to 251 as Sri Lanka took a 242-run first innings lead, but chose not to enforce the follow on making 17 for 2 that of...

Sri Lanka ended the second day of the second test match against Bangladesh on 469 for 6 wickets adding a further 178 to the overnight 291 with wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella hogging the limelight with an unbeaten 64 off an equal number of deliveries at the...

Striking a masterly unbeaten 131, Lahiru Thirimanne blossomed into full measure in a measured comeback trail from the wilderness over the past year as he and skipper Dimuth Karunaratne, who struck 118 in the wake of his 234 in the previous test, took the Bangladesh...

The first test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ended in a high scoring draw after Sri Lanka declared the first innings on a mammoth 648 for 8 to lead by 107 in a thrust for an improbable win at the Pallekelle international Cricket Stadium on Sunday. With two sessions...

Skipper Dimuth Karunarate and Dhananjaya de Silva transformed the pressure cooker back to the wall 512 deficit scenario into a mighty gold value batting feats with the latter converting his overnight unbeaten 85 where he left yesterday  to a record maiden double...

In a typically resolute captain’s innings, skipper Dimuth Karunaratne’s unbeaten 85 and defiant 58 from Lahiru Thirimanne fronted a spirited 114-run first wicket Sri Lankan fight back, but it was somewhat negated by Bangladesh claiming the wickets of Oshada Fernando...