By Srian Obeyesekere Opener Pathum Nissanka entered the double century record books in champagne style hammering an unbeaten 210 off 139 balls powered by 20 boundaries and 8 over the top in becoming the first Sri Lankan batsman to mount that elite summit as Sri Lanka...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka and Afghanistan renew rivalry in the ODI format in the hill climes of the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium from this week’s one-off Test match with the visitors reverting on Friday to the more familiar short format on which...

DELIGHTED LANKAN SKIPPER DHANANJAYA DE SILVA SAYS By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva expressed his post-match ecstasy of leading his country to his maiden triumph in the job by stating that ‘we always kept their run rate down while...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka swept to a 10-wicket victory over Afghanistan with a day and nearly 3 hours to spare  knocking off the 56 to seal it a short time before tea after the visitors had flattered and faltered crashing from a formidable overnight 199 for 1...

By Srian Obeyesekere Minnows to the world and with next to no experience with only 7 test match outings in seven years, and ground to the dust by Sri Lanka facing a 141-run first innings deficit it was truly bravo Afghanistan riding trouble to a tremendous recovery...